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Jonathan Zufi shows how to use the XMLHTTP object within JavaScript or VBScript to validate form-field information without having to submit a page and wait for the result. [Read This Article][Top]
Firing events on a Web server is an easy task. However most of the easy solutions require you to have your own dedicated IIS or SQL Server on the Internet to play with, a privilege not shared by many. In this article, Matthew Muller shows you how to get the same functionality in a shared hosting environment. [Read This Article][Top]
Web galleries are an easy way to add interactivity and content to your Web site. However, how do you keep the Web galleries consistent with your site and how do you overcome the deficiencies of your Web gallery creation tool? John Sorensen explains a simple way to do both. [Read This Article][Top]
Using classes in ASP 3.0 we can create dynamic arrays of objects. Donnell DeLeon Smith's article also shows how we can implement a class of dynamic arrays of objects several layers deep, if required. [Read This Article][Top]
Even though SMS is now in high gear, developers remain slated with restrictive limits to carrier resources. Sending an SMS message via e-mail requires the acceptance of several hidden flaws. Joe Lauer shows how to avoid these complications by sending a wireless text-message through the use of ASP. [Read This Article][Top]
Add punch to your validation routines by adding regular expressions. Further prepare yourself for the coming ASP.NET regular expression validation control. This article shows you how to use regular expressions and provides sample patterns for different user inputs. [Read This Article][Top]
Thought displaying file ACLs on a Web
page in a browser was impossible without Active Directory installed? Think again.
Through a patchwork of technologies, Larry Schwartz proves otherwise. [Read This Article][Top]
Servers-side validations on the client side...isn't that an oxymoron? Maybe, but Pandurang Nayak shows us how to accomplish a type of remote scripting using a mix of Javascript and ASP. [Read This Article][Top]
A function that calls itself repeatedly, satisfying some condition is
called a Recursive Function. Using recursion, we split a complex problem into its single simplest case.
The recursive function only knows how to solve that simplest case. You'll see the difference
between solving a problem iteratively and recursively later. [Read This Article][Top]
Do you know what happens when you use multiple languages within your ASP page? Gopikrishna S throws light on how an ASP page behaves when multiple languages are used for server side scripting. [Read This Article][Top]
In this article Shahriar Moosavizadeh uses a script to report each day's sales data via E-mail to the sales manager. The Windows Scripting Host allows scripts to be executed directly on the desktop and create a report without having to run the script within the HTML document or ASP page. Included is a sample script that both builds the report and E-mails it to the sales manager,
and step-by-step screenshots and instructions. [Read This Article][Top]
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In order to write VBScript, you have to know how to structure your code so
that your scripts and programs execute properly. Each of the different
types of VBScript that you write has different rules regarding its
structure. This chapter looks at each of these in turn. It also examines
the ways in which your host environment allows you to import VBScript code
libraries, thus allowing you to create reusable code. The chapter ends
with a discussion of VBScript usage to write class modules. [Read The Article]
Building on his earlier article, Sanjeev Yadav focuses on server-side scriptlets, discussing how the same common routine can be added to the methods of the scriptlet and how they can exploit components within the application. [Read The Article]
One of the most under-utilized features of the scripting runtime is the Dictionary object. Avonelle Lovhaug demonstrates some interesting uses for the Dictionary object for ASP developers. [Read The Article]
Just when you though all variables were the same and you had
finally figured the variant out... they pull you back in with
variant sub-types! [Read The Article]
Wonderful though your Script Engine might be, if the client machine is using an earlier version it won't do you a lot of good - unless, that is, you've coded for all eventualities. Alex Homer shows how it's done. [Read the Article]
If you are using Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) or JScript® today, chances are you're using them in either Microsoft® Internet Explorer or with Active Server Pages (ASP) technology. But these are not the only places to use these languages. Any application that supports Microsoft Windows Script can use these languages. Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange, for example, allow you to use VBScript in their applications. Another application that uses the VBScript and JScript engines is the Windows Script Host (WSH). [Read This Article]
You're writing a Web page and you decide that you need to write some script. Fortunately, you can choose from several scripting languages. Unfortunately, there are several languages to choose from, which puts the decision on you. What should you do? This article discusses the differences between VBScript and JScript and when to use each. [Read This Article]
