Archive for the 'Programming' Category

Getting Started with Android

Android is an Operating System and application suite for mobile devices. It is being developed by the Open Alliance Project, with Google being a major partner so its is developing a lot of interest. The fact that Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million in awards for mobile apps built […]

Reinstalling the .NET Framework

Having trouble with your .NET framework? I had a difficult time getting Windows Update to install Hotfix KB928366 on my computer. No matter what I did, I couldn’t uninstall or fix the .NET Framework. After a lot of Googling and trying different suggestions, here is what worked for me.
How to re-install the .NET Framework 1.1

Remove […]

Palm Programming

Heres a list of resources for programming for the Palm.
OnboardC is a complete C programming environment for your Palm. The source editor, resource editor and compiler all run on your Palm so you can develop on the move.
Handheld Basic++ (HB++) from Peter Holmes Consulting is a complete and very well designed visual basic development environment.

The […]

Software Development Tools

Some interesting new development tools and platforms are available these days.
Microsoft is providing beta versions of its Visual Studio 2005
Mono is an open source IDE for developing .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. from http://www.mono-project.com/
Grasshopper is a Visual Studio .NET plug-in which enables you to use C# […]

Open Internet Explorer from MS-Access

Database Journal shows how to open a web page from inside MSAccess.
Public Function UpdateOrderInfoWebSite() As Long
On Error Resume NextDim objDoc As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
Dim sURL As String
Dim lOrderID As LonglOrderID = Forms!frmOrder!txtOrderIDConst cURL As String =”http://localhost/Orders/Process.asp”
sURL = cURL & “?ID=” & lOrderID
sURL = sURL & “&SDate =” & Forms!frmOrder!txtStatusDate
sURL = sURL & “&SID =” & Forms!frmOrder!cboStatusID
sURL = […]

Open IE from Access

From http://www.databasejournal.com/features/msaccess/article.php/10895_3505836_2Public

Public Function UpdateOrderInfoWebSite() As Long<br />
On Error Resume NextDim objDoc As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer<br />
Dim sURL As String<br />
Dim lOrderID As LonglOrderID = Forms!frmOrder!txtOrderID</p>
<p>Const cURL As String =”http://localhost/Orders/Process.asp”<br />
sURL = cURL &#38; “?ID=” &#38; lOrderID<br />
sURL = sURL &#38; “&#38;SDate =” &#38; Forms!frmOrder!txtStatusDate<br />
sURL = sURL &#38; “&#38;SID =” &#38; Forms!frmOrder!cboStatusID<br />
sURL = sURL &#38; “&#38;PONum […]

Runing Access Queries

My favorite method for executing SQL, be it saved queries or raw SQL, is the Execute method of the Database object. You can execute a statement with a single line, like this:
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CurrentDb.Execute “UPDATE titles SET price = price * 1.10″
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In this case, CurrentDB references the currently open database. Alternatively, you can […]

See Sharp

Interested in learning C# or even .NET? The open source Ximian C# compiler is available for .NET and Linux at www.go-mono.com. Another free compiler is #develop with a full IDE for both C# and VB.NET at www.icsharpcode.net.

With open source rivals like these, commercial C# producers like Microsoft and Borland face a stiff challenge, especially with […]