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Question: Is it possible to use Java to execute a command on Unix and get the output from that command? Answer: Yes. The java.lang.Runtime class has various exec() methods thatcan
ou can make your site more visually interesting by putting color, texture, or images in the background of your page. You can also select colors for text, links, and visited
n the following pages you can try HTML code and see the results of your work. When you see a text box you can click on the “Try It” button
ables let you display your content in rows and columns, either surrounded by borders or with no borders.But tables are much more than neatly arranged items. You can use tables
ypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the basic building block of the World Wide Web page. It uses a pre-defined set of tags to format text, create hyperlinks to other places,
eta tags are not magic, not a cure-all for the search engine blues, and not a secret solution for pulling in data. Meta tags are simply place-holders for storing information
se lists to display numbered steps, bulleted items, or items and their definitions. You can also use lists as a sort of short-cut “cheat” to create a quick indent. Adding
rames let you divide an HTML page into different areas, each displaying different content. If you are using a frames-compatible browser (Netscape Navigator 2.X or IE 3.X or later) you
n imagemap is a graphic image with multiple different clickable areas and embedded links. For example, a map with clickable regions is an imagemap. Each region is linked to a
Question: How can I use the contents of a text box as the WHERE clause in a SQL query? “SELECT * FROM Table WHERE Field = Text1.Text” doesn’t work. Answer:
Question: When I compile my applets or applications, the compiler often tells me I’d use a “deprecated API” and that I should recompile with the option “-deprecate”. If I do
Question: I want to alert the user of my application withan ASCII 7 bell character. When I run the application from a prompt and use System.out.println((char)7) I get the result
Question: I’ve read your article on text files. However I would like to know how one achieves the same functionality with binary files(i.e. How do you read in a binary
Question: Can you help me to get a calculated value from many records? A dataset(Paradox table) that I use has an Integer field which is used to put minutes value.
Question: My 16bit application requires the presence of a DOS environment variable. On startup I check for it. If it does not exist I display an error. I would like
Question: I need to calculate the number of workingdays. Is there an easy way to do this? Answer: From what I can see, there is no built-in function to do
Question: I wish to create my own Windows program for a kart racing club that we can enter all the drivers for a race meeting, draw a grid for the
Question: How do I use the socket.getInputStream() with theObjectInputStream? Because the arguement type of the ObjectInputStream constructor is FileInputStream. I like to do something like:remoteIn = new ObjectInputStream(socket.getInputStream()); What should
Question: How do I find whole words in TextAreas? I have an application that is suppose to find particular words in a paragraph to see if you use certain words
Question: Many companies offer Borland Database Engine replacements claiming to be smaller and faster. What does the BDE offer that these replacements don’t? Is there a good reason to keep
Question: How do you make a percent bar with the Win 95look and feel? I know that you can make a percentbar using a picture box, but I am trying
Question: I have a place in my Active Server Page script (VBScript) where I’d like to wait for 1 second before performing an action. What can one do to cause
Question: How do you create and use a multidimensional array of type int. Answer: C programmers are used to dealing with multidimensional arrays as chunksof contiguous memory which can be
Question: We are developing a Java application which we want to distribute.We want our application main Frame/window to occupy the entire screen. But at runtime how do we adjust the
Question: Hi, I am looking for a way of displaying a textareabox and then being able to tell what text the userhas highlighted (with mouse) and then replacing thetext? Can
Question: I am writing an application that uses the URLConnection class to open a connection to a web site. However one of the sites I wish to access has web
Question: How do I control blockingin Java. For example, in telnet Iwould like to take an actionif the user presses a certainkey. This requiresnon-blocking read; I think? Answer: It is
Question: I have a 16-bit win3.1 version of of a project. We recentlyreceived user requested thesoftware as win95 users.How can I distribte theprogram w/o having to developa program in 32-bit.
Question: I am trying to populate a comboxbox from a table (or query). If I use dataware is only receive the first record, I however want all records in the
Question: What are the difference between FileLen() & Len()? When checking the file size making sure it is not exceeding 32KB in the text box, should I use FileLen() or