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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:16:04 GMT The DZone community 2008-07-24T20:16:04Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/queue/how-to/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/faq_for_wsfphp_installation.html FAQ, This answers to the questions people ask regularly in the wsf/php user mailing lists and forums. how-to php web services Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:11:41 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97864.html dimuthuc 2008-07-24T20:11:41Z FAQ, This answers to the questions people ask regularly in the wsf/php user mailing lists and forums.]]> 97864 2008-07-24T20:11:41Z 1 0 1 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97864.jpg dimuthuc http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/317348.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/making_64bit_mysql_work_with_newlisp.html For the past few days have been spent trying to get the newLISP MySQL module to work with the 64-bit version of the libmysqlclient library. Here is what I did to get things working properly. how-to other languages Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:34:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97861.html jober 2008-07-24T19:34:02Z For the past few days have been spent trying to get the newLISP MySQL module to work with the 64-bit version of the libmysqlclient library. Here is what I did to get things working properly.]]> 97861 2008-07-24T19:34:02Z 1 0 1 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97861.jpg jober http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/253983.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/state_preserved_bottom_hanging_message_box_using.html In this tutorial, you see how to create a state preserved bottom hanging message box using jQuery. State preserved means wheneer you close the message box it's state is preserved in cookie and won't display that message for specified interval. frameworks how-to javascript php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:00:53 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97835.html roshanbh 2008-07-24T18:00:53Z In this tutorial, you see how to create a state preserved bottom hanging message box using jQuery. State preserved means wheneer you close the message box it's state is preserved in cookie and won't display that message for specified interval.]]> 97835 2008-07-24T18:00:53Z 2 0 4 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97835.jpg roshanbh http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/262632.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/tip_fetching_random_rows_from_sql_server.html Recently I needed to fetch random rows from a SQL server table. If you have an integer column then using RAND() function goes well. However in my case there was no number column. In such cases you can use the following query database how-to microsoft Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:53:57 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97832.html mswatcher 2008-07-24T17:53:57Z Recently I needed to fetch random rows from a SQL server table. If you have an integer column then using RAND() function goes well. However in my case there was no number column. In such cases you can use the following query]]> 97832 2008-07-24T17:53:57Z 1 0 0 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97832.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/max_length_on_jtextfield_using_documentfilter_a_s.html Have you ever tried to make a textfield that accepts only 20 characters? Or a text area that automatically converts the user typed letters to upper case? Swing’s Document Listener is the most accurate and hassle-free way to achieve this in Swing. This articles explains you what you need to get started with Document Filter. Step by Step. gui how-to java usability Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:24:58 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97809.html kaushik_sathupadi 2008-07-24T16:24:58Z Have you ever tried to make a textfield that accepts only 20 characters? Or a text area that automatically converts the user typed letters to upper case? Swing’s Document Listener is the most accurate and hassle-free way to achieve this in Swing. This articles explains you what you need to get started with Document Filter. Step by Step.]]> 97809 2008-07-24T16:24:58Z 1 0 5 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97809.jpg kaushik_sathupadi http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/290170.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/aspect_oriented_programming_a_different_aspect.html Yesterday I was having a meeting about a new project startup. At some level the meeting was stuck on an argument of logging. Well I suggested the same thing as any experienced developer would suggest... "Why don't we use the Aspects?".Our project is running on Websphere Application Server and using JDK 1.4 which means we won't be using EJB3 or annotations. So I just tried AspectJ - although I found the examples were confusing, what I achieved was very simple and easy. Here is a basic tutorial on how to enable and using Aspects frameworks how-to java methodology Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:53:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97797.html jsugrue 2008-07-24T14:53:44Z Yesterday I was having a meeting about a new project startup. At some level the meeting was stuck on an argument of logging. Well I suggested the same thing as any experienced developer would suggest... "Why don't we use the Aspects?".Our project is running on Websphere Application Server and using JDK 1.4 which means we won't be using EJB3 or annotations. So I just tried AspectJ - although I found the examples were confusing, what I achieved was very simple and easy. Here is a basic tutorial on how to enable and using Aspects]]> 97797 2008-07-24T14:53:44Z 4 0 33 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97797.jpg jsugrue http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/185351.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/getting_started_with_powershell_2_part_3.html My “getting started” series ran out of steam a bit partly because I didn’t get much feedback on them — maybe you’re not interested, or maybe it wasn’t easy enough, or was just too confusing. In any case, I want to put up at least this one last post to suggest that you get the PowerShell Code Repository set up, and to show you the final version of my profile script and how it loads the various pieces it needs, and then I’ll send you on your way. how-to microsoft other languages tools Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:16:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97782.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-24T14:16:52Z My “getting started” series ran out of steam a bit partly because I didn’t get much feedback on them — maybe you’re not interested, or maybe it wasn’t easy enough, or was just too confusing. In any case, I want to put up at least this one last post to suggest that you get the PowerShell Code Repository set up, and to show you the final version of my profile script and how it loads the various pieces it needs, and then I’ll send you on your way.]]> 97782 2008-07-24T14:16:52Z 2 0 8 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97782.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/careful_with_numeric_data_types_in_mysql.html TINYINT can be set to length of 4, but that doesn’t mean the max value is 9999. database how-to Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:57:12 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97777.html gallard 2008-07-24T13:57:12Z TINYINT can be set to length of 4, but that doesn’t mean the max value is 9999.]]> 97777 2008-07-24T13:57:12Z 2 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97777.jpg gallard http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/284459.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/drawing_fractal_trees_part_3.html Now, when I originally wrote the bones of the app it was very simple; everything fit in the single Page.xaml.cs file; there's actually very little to it. Since then I've expanded it to cater for all sorts of UI niceties and expansion opportunities, so it's a little bigger (and that's what's in the ZIP above). I'll concentrate on the basics for the purposes of the blog post; you can download the full source and inspect the complexities. .net how-to ria tools Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:46:13 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97772.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-24T13:46:13Z Now, when I originally wrote the bones of the app it was very simple; everything fit in the single Page.xaml.cs file; there's actually very little to it. Since then I've expanded it to cater for all sorts of UI niceties and expansion opportunities, so it's a little bigger (and that's what's in the ZIP above). I'll concentrate on the basics for the purposes of the blog post; you can download the full source and inspect the complexities.]]> 97772 2008-07-24T13:46:13Z 2 0 3 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97772.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/using_speech_in_visual_studio.html Part of the .NET 3.0 release was the System.Speech namespace. This gives you easy access to powerful speech capabilities. Text to Speech, Speech Recognition, and Dictation are all part of this library. I've tried speech recognition every 5 years or so, and it has always worked, but it never allowed me to work faster than just using my keyboard. .net how-to microsoft tools Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:42:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97771.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-24T13:42:35Z Part of the .NET 3.0 release was the System.Speech namespace. This gives you easy access to powerful speech capabilities. Text to Speech, Speech Recognition, and Dictation are all part of this library. I've tried speech recognition every 5 years or so, and it has always worked, but it never allowed me to work faster than just using my keyboard.]]> 97771 2008-07-24T13:42:35Z 2 0 1 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97771.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/killer_design_development_dashboard_w_100s_of_res.html Massive and fairly easy to navigate web resource list. Definitely worth a peek, if not a bookmark. how-to tools web design Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:14:19 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97761.html juanles 2008-07-24T13:14:19Z Massive and fairly easy to navigate web resource list. Definitely worth a peek, if not a bookmark.]]> 97761 2008-07-24T13:14:19Z 3 0 21 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97761.jpg juanles http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/275989.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/working_with_configuration_files_in_unity.html The post describe how to work with configuration files in Unity application block .net how-to Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:17:38 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97751.html gilf 2008-07-24T12:17:38Z The post describe how to work with configuration files in Unity application block]]> 97751 2008-07-24T12:17:38Z 3 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97751.jpg gilf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/301040.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/create_a_fast_c_python_extension_with_cython_tuto.html A tutorial showing how to convert a simple Python module in to a Python extension using Cython. c-and-cpp how-to python Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:14:54 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97728.html gakman 2008-07-24T10:14:54Z A tutorial showing how to convert a simple Python module in to a Python extension using Cython.]]> 97728 2008-07-24T10:14:54Z 3 0 10 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97728.jpg gakman http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/234042.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/local_ejbs_and_spring_frameworks_ejb_annotation.html Lately I have been working with Glassfish v2 and local EJB3. Everything worked perfectly until I have decided to leverage the Spring Framework for my web component. Glassfish only supports @EJB annotation on limited types of classes and injection in POJOs (Spring Controllers) are not supported. And here's a solution. how-to java Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:51:13 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97688.html Valgoerad 2008-07-24T06:51:13Z Lately I have been working with Glassfish v2 and local EJB3. Everything worked perfectly until I have decided to leverage the Spring Framework for my web component. Glassfish only supports @EJB annotation on limited types of classes and injection in POJOs (Spring Controllers) are not supported. And here's a solution.]]> 97688 2008-07-24T06:51:13Z 1 0 16 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97688.jpg Valgoerad http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/242660.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/using_apache_virtual_hosts_and_proxypass_together.html A quick tip on how to use Apache VirtualHost directives (when hosting many sites off 1 server) and the ProxyPass directives to pass-through traffic to a backing server like Tomcat without the use of old-school redirects. how-to java server unix-linux Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:12:01 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97662.html rkalla 2008-07-24T06:12:01Z A quick tip on how to use Apache VirtualHost directives (when hosting many sites off 1 server) and the ProxyPass directives to pass-through traffic to a backing server like Tomcat without the use of old-school redirects.]]> 97662 2008-07-24T06:12:01Z 1 0 9 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97662.jpg rkalla http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/40277.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/saliyas_blog.html This is my personal blog which contains various technical topics, howtos and some interesting moments of life how-to java open source unix-linux Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:54:15 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97642.html esaliya 2008-07-24T04:54:15Z This is my personal blog which contains various technical topics, howtos and some interesting moments of life]]> 97642 2008-07-24T04:54:15Z 1 0 9 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97642.jpg esaliya http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/318853.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/so_you_want_to_be_a_programmer.html Walter Bright asks what college course a programmer really needs. And gets a lot of answers. Including Rosfran Borges's advice to study poetry, including Blake and Baudelaire. I'm trying to picture Blakean code -- actually, I may have written some. how-to opinion other languages Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:49:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97607.html LBR9 2008-07-23T23:49:52Z Walter Bright asks what college course a programmer really needs. And gets a lot of answers. Including Rosfran Borges's advice to study poetry, including Blake and Baudelaire. I'm trying to picture Blakean code -- actually, I may have written some.]]> 97607 2008-07-23T23:49:52Z 2 0 22 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97607.jpg LBR9 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/283052.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/creating_an_xna_project_for_both_windows_and_xbox.html This week I’ve started a new XNA project and I had some troubles trying to configure the solution with Visual Studio, until I figured out how easy it was. The point was creating a single solution with both Windows and XBOX projects on it. I also want a single shared folder for the sources. .net frameworks games how-to Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:47:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97579.html Helius 2008-07-23T21:47:40Z This week I’ve started a new XNA project and I had some troubles trying to configure the solution with Visual Studio, until I figured out how easy it was. The point was creating a single solution with both Windows and XBOX projects on it. I also want a single shared folder for the sources.]]> 97579 2008-07-23T21:47:40Z 3 0 12 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97579.jpg Helius http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/297891.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/visual_studio_namespace_resolution.html Sometimes when coding you will type the name of a class or structure that is not recognised because the name is not fully qualified and the appropriate using statement is missing. This can be a particular problem when copying sample code from web sites. .net how-to microsoft Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:09:06 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97566.html BlackWasp 2008-07-23T21:09:06Z Sometimes when coding you will type the name of a class or structure that is not recognised because the name is not fully qualified and the appropriate using statement is missing. This can be a particular problem when copying sample code from web sites.]]> 97566 2008-07-23T21:09:06Z 3 0 3 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97566.jpg BlackWasp http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/210593.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/get_sed_savvy_part_2.html Make yourself more productive by mastering one of the most powerful command-line tools. Part 2 of an ongoing series on the Stream EDitor. how-to methodology open source unix-linux Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:04:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97482.html Eric Wendelin 2008-07-23T16:04:35Z Make yourself more productive by mastering one of the most powerful command-line tools. Part 2 of an ongoing series on the Stream EDitor.]]> 97482 2008-07-23T16:04:35Z 2 0 17 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97482.jpg dubness http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/196882.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/introduction_to_the_ninject_ioc_container.html Short screencast that will walk you through how to use the Ninject IoC (Inversion of Control) Container. This episode will also review the basics of the Strategy Pattern as it is critical to IoC. .net how-to microsoft tools Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:13:27 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97380.html Dwhittaker 2008-07-23T10:13:27Z Short screencast that will walk you through how to use the Ninject IoC (Inversion of Control) Container. This episode will also review the basics of the Strategy Pattern as it is critical to IoC.]]> 97380 2008-07-23T10:13:27Z 4 0 12 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97380.jpg Dwhittaker http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/231542.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/css_browser_hacks_for_firefox_opera_safari.html Learn how to target Firefox, Opera, Safari & Internet Explorer with these surefire CSS Hacks. css-html how-to web design Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:44:24 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97288.html WebmasterNeal 2008-07-23T00:44:24Z Learn how to target Firefox, Opera, Safari & Internet Explorer with these surefire CSS Hacks.]]> 97288 2008-07-23T00:44:24Z 2 0 21 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97288.jpg WebmasterNeal http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/297517.gif