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Changing Form Title Bar Color

A user asked if there was a way to programmatically change the color of the form's title bar. The short answer to this is no. The color of the title bar is cont...

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Case Sensitivity in the Replace Function

One of the newer VBScript functions, Replace, allows you to replace text within one string with other text. The simplest method for using this function is:

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Can't Clone Recordset

A user recently complained that he couldn't use the Clone method on a recordset. This method is only available for recordsets that aren't forward-only recordset...

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Calling Subroutines

In VBScript, you can call a subroutine simply by using the name of the subroutine, as shown here: H...

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Calling Stored Procedures

You can use your stored procedures with ASP and ADO Connection objects; however, you don't need to use the word 'call' to do it. Just do like this, assuming the...

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Calling Event Handlers as Subroutines

When you’re writing a VB program, you create event handlers to deal with events like a form loading or a user clicking on a button. These event handlers are jus...

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Calling Another Page

A number of readers have asked if it is possible to "call" another ASP page in the way you might call a subroutine in another language. Currently, the only opti...

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Cache Common Data

If you're using data from a database in a lookup manner, keep it in local variables or an array instead of continually checking the recordset. This will make yo...

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Building Multi-Page Forms

A reader asked for some advice on multi-page forms, in which a large form (like an insurance application) requires more than one screen of information. As was m...

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Sending Mail with ASP.NET 2.0

In ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft deprecated the System.Web.Mail namespace and replaced it with System.Net.Mail. The new library introduces some new features, but it...

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Persistent Logins under ASP.NET 2.0

For some sites, allowing users to "save their passwords" is not a major security concern, and it speeds up the user's ability to interact with the site. As...

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Creating a Simple Monitor with Ping

The .NET Framework Library includes a vast number of classes and functions, some of which you'd never know about. Take the Ping class, for example. Althoug...

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Testing Web Sites with HttpWebRequest

In verifying that a network server is running, I check certain Web sites to make sure that the server is up, running, and not generating any Web errors. In...

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Post Data Programmatically with Web-Scraping

Screen-scraping was a popular method for slowly converting mainframe applications into applications that would run on PCs. The application would connect to t...

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Comparing Strings Safely

You often need to compare strings (or other data types), but sometimes a value could be null or DBNull if it's coming from the database. The .NET Framework's...

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ASP.NET Repeater Control's ItemDataBound Event

In the previous tip, you saw how to use a Repeater to respond to events generated within the Repeater. This tip will show you how to work with the fields and da...

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IIS 6.0 File Types

One of the "enjoyable" parts of running a web hosting company is dealing with the changes that appear in new releases of products. I run exclusively on Windo...

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What's New in ASP.NET 2.0

If you're looking for good information on what is new in 2.0,

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Dynamic Master Pages

Well, my ASP.NET 2.0 content management system seems to be working well, and I've already converted three of my managed sites to use it. I've found a few thi...

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Using the ADO Field Attributes Property

Every time you create a recordset, ADO is sending you back lots of information about the data you selected. The complete list of attributes is available in your...

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