February 2, 1999
Time is valuable -
Using the FrontPage hover button
Who does what? -
Differences between Internet Explorer versions
Where there's a will, usually DHTML is the
way - Creating a select all check box
A refreshing dialog - Using HTML dialog boxes
Shorts: 128-bit redirects, software update channels, character references, variable validity, determining browser type, preventing caching, ASP sessions, saving data to the client
January 4, 1999
A cornucopia of
controls - Dynamically displaying ActiveX controls
Decisions, decisions - Changing a service provider account
Screen
shot - Obtaining client screen pararmeters
Adding some style - Displaying XML
Shorts: custom errors, HTML Help questions, tooltips, e-commerce, the SBN navigation bar, scripting documentation, Internet Explorer 5 feedback, Microsoft Agent
December 7, 1998
Klickity klak, now
hear this - Playing sounds when depressing a button
Mocking menus - Creating custom context menus
They just
don't mix - Using zIndex on different objects
Getting published - Building an online publishing tool
Shorts: Microsoft Agent, quotes in VBScript, printing, DHTML scriptlets, XLL, combo and selection boxes, controls docs, mouseovers
November 4, 1998
No mountain too small - Navigation through the use of radio buttons
Tick, tock - Using timers in DHTML
Christmas comes early! - Accessing the DHTML programming model through Java
Now playing on the big screen - Full-screen mode in Internet Explorer
Shorts: DHTML properties and attributes, screen positioning, page breaks, DHTML books, SQL Server queries
Hot-button issue: Curing '80004005' Database-Related Errors
October 5, 1998
A-error hunting we will go - JScript error handling
Knock, knock - Displaying glossary definitions
Crank it up - Trying to improve data-binding performance
Shorts: DTD IDs, setting home pages, today variable, online docs, Members Helping Members, Windows Scripting Host
Hot-button issue: Querying remote databases
September 8, 1998
XML marks the spot - Transporting data using XML
ER - Using CDO to create and send mail
Remember me? - Retaining user logon information
B-4 ... Miss - Dynamically included external script files and scriptlets
Shorts: Database-driven Web sites, pop-up menus, online searches of Access 97, chat rooms, TARGET=SISTER, ActiveX controls, RDS & XML, MouseOver effects
Hot-button issue: Errors received when recompiling
August 3, 1998
Registration not required - Using JavaReg
Relative positioning perchance? - Using CSS positioning
Tale of the image map - Server-side versus client-side image maps
Refresh-O-Matic - Refreshing database queries
Resourceful GIFs - Using GIFs as a resource to the Java Package Manager
Shorts: WebTV dating service, <HR>, borderless frames, bar and pie charts, full-screen mode, Internet API docs, Internet Explorer logo, Visual Basic & HTML
July 6, 1998
Honey, I shrunk what? - Creating Mobile Channels
Connection off-kilter - Problems with ADO connections
Is it real, or is it ...? - Creating and using virtual directories
Sticking with selections - Changing <SELECT> tags dynamically
Input not required - Changing background color of form fields
Coding for a bright future - Referencing page elements using DHTML
Shorts: Detecting user OS, JavaScript window.focus(), FrontPage 98 animation compatibility, moving objects, sending fonts, Microsoft certifications, tool tips for links, updating frames
June 1, 1998
Where have I been? - How to set up logging with CDF
Ugliness - Active Desktop items displaying error pages
I'm late, I'm late ... - Creating an update schedule with CDF
Call me - Autodial problem with subscriptions
May 5, 1998
ActiveX: To use or not to use ... - ActiveX security issues
Connection this, Command that? - Creating Recordset objects in Visual Basic
Mark me safe, baby - Creating safe ActiveX controls
In with the new and out with the old - Using TreeView for a site map
SAVE IT, for crying out loud! - Automatically saving a file
Shorts: Detecting JavaScript support, Web-based questionnaires, positioning using client script, e-mail with ASP technology, ASP technology programming references, dynamic color changes in tables, custom error pages, positioning text on a background image
Apr 6, 1998 - Best of the Web Men
Corralling your content - Positioning and updating content
Complete Control Is Yours - Detecting browser encryption strength
Who gets what, and when? - Tracking file downloads
Dynamic activation - Create a dynamic Active Desktop item
The missing link - Create a page of links automatically
We don't need no stinkin' bugs - Differences using the <STYLE> tag with Internet Explorer 4.0
Shorts: Add images with DHTML, page counter, server purchasing issues, FrontPage hover button, reading from the registry, online ordering, e-mail message fields
Mar 2, 1998
Better than slides - Viewing larger thumbnail of graphics on a page
DHTML for simple folk - Swapping button images
Finding the fine print - Receiving e-mail with Channel updates
Fabulous features - Formatting form input
This versus that - Making a <B>statement</B> - Formatting form input
"Dyn-o-matic!" - Updating scripting engines
Shorts: Viewing ASP files, VBScript & JavaScript, small-scale IIS, linking to VRML page, FrontPage hover button, shared VBScript variables, images in e-mail, cookies without ASP technology
Feb 2, 1998
Do you belong in here? - Setting up a members-only area
Gonna write you a letter - Sending e-mail from ASP
Complete control is yours - Detecting browser encryption strength
Fabulous features - Using ASP without control of the server
This versus that - Subscriptions versus Channels
Time for a tune-up - Updating scripting engines
Shorts: Server purchasing issues, scripting language for DHTML, ActiveX controls, Reading from the registry, FrontPage extensions, Address field, Online ordering, DHTML scriptlet
Jan 5, 1998
We don't need no stinkin' bugs - Differences using the <STYLE> tag with Internet Explorer 4.0
Now you see it, now you don't - Preventing images from printing
A ghost from the past - COBOL - Database access with Microsoft Transaction Server
Corralling your content - Positioning and updating content
What a gyp! - Authoring for multiple browsers
Don't limit yourself - Using the Ad Rotator Component
A better way to hide - More on hiding underlines
Shorts: E-mail message fields, Drop-down list box font size, Fixed position, BGCOLOR on mouseover, HTTP file upload, Add images with DHTML, Dynamic graphic changes, E-mail order data
Dec 1, 1997
Barney finds new life - Internet Explorer 4.0 and 3.03 on the same machine
The missing link - Create a page of links automatically
Keeping up with today's styles - Dynamically underlining anchors
Dynamic activation - Create a dynamic Active Desktop item
You have your orders, soldier! - Updating online status reports
Shorts: SortColumn, Microsoft Agent, File Upload Control, Spreadsheet objects and ASP script, Full-screen mode, Page counter, Remote Data Service
Nov 3, 1997
Target practice - Displaying form results in frames
The well-read control - Reading files with ActiveX controls
Some Perls of wisdom - Getting Perl scripts to work on PWS
Roll over Beethoven - Playing multiple .wav files
To cache or not to cache - Preventing caching
Shorts: Anchor style, ASP browser sniff, Register with search engines, Member validation, DHTML watermark, ISP support, Visual InterDev Output Window, Start page button
Oct 6, 1997
Spilling the contents - Browsing directory contents on Web servers
Your time is valuable - Reusable script files
Formalities - Developing documents for ASP projects
Hot off the press - Publishing documents on the Web
Menu malfeasance - Using pop-up menus in Java
Shorts: Desktop items, downloading fonts, Internet Control Pack transferred, Marquees, Redirect pages, Online Databases, Links to frames, IFRAME
Sept 8, 1997
Express yourself - Embedding custom fonts in Web pages
Standards as a way of life - RSACi ratings
Surfing, a pleasurable experience - Detecting ActiveX components
Who gets what, and when? - Tracking file downloads
Help me - Using HTML Help
Shorts: "First-time" pages, HTML Layout Control, Setting up intranets, CSS examples, Java programming, Passing values into DLLs, Server Internet connections, Security features
Aug 4, 1997
Try again - Custom messages from Web servers
Activate me - Activating buttons on a navigation bar
Puzzle pieces - ActiveX and JavaBeans
Revelation experience - One background image for all screen resolutions
ActiveQuestions - ActiveX controls and ActiveX server components
Protecting the cookie jar - Java applet and cookies
Jul 7, 1997
Global uniqueness - Creating globally unique CLSIDs
Hey, I'm not done yet! - Waiting for Microsoft Agent to finish speaking
Strutting your stuff - Gaining Microsoft Internet certification
Who did you say you are? - Hosting multiple Web sites on one machine
Banging heads - Sending e-mail from server scripts
Who's keeping up? - Tools for DHTML and CDF
Jun 23, 1997
A desktop component by any other name ... - Information on desktop components for Internet Explorer 4.0
Footprints - Tracking users on a Web site
Name that tune - Using databases without server processing
Slick navigation - Building a drop-down list box
Jun 9, 1997
Precise positioning, please - Laying out HTML objects
Follow the map - Adding to the IIS script map
Money is always an issue - Creating ActiveX components
You're hired! - Using Internet Explorer 4.0 technologies
A square peg in a round hole - JScript versus JavaScript
You aren't from around here, are you? - Determining client domain name
May 27, 1997
Bake a batch - Using cookies on Web sites
Life-styles from Hawaii - Using "mailto:" with forms
Hello, is anybody out there? - Setting up chat rooms
Watch us pull an applet out of a hat - Adding Java applets with FrontPage 97
Coffee or tea? - When to use Java or ActiveX
Unsolved DSN mysteries - Differences between Data Source Names
May 12, 1997
Frame frenzy gone mad - Frequently asked frame questions
Don't I know you? - Recognizing browser type
Wowing the bosses - Internet Explorer in Kiosk Mode
Motion pictures - Displaying images with Java
Hexed by a wizard - Borderless frames with FrontPage 97
For the love of ASP - ASP and content types
Enough already! - Limiting records returned by IDC
Apr 25, 1997
Pony Express Microsoft Outlook 97 and Outlook Express
Show me the money! Banner ads on Web sites
In the eyes of the beholder Creating transparent GIFs
Where is dBase-ment? Accessing databases with Visual J++
A one-stop shopping extravaganza Hardware needs for Internet Service Providers
Hey, let me in! User authentication for Web pages
Staying organized Using tab controls to manipulate frames
Mar 27, 1997
We've
been framed! Creating
borderless frames
Old-timers
watch out Learning Java
Say
what?! Microsoft® Agent
and pronounciation
Feed me Data
access with the Advanced Data Connector
Hand-in-hand
Calling JScript from Java
Want it done right? Do it yourself
Looking for ActiveX controls
Tooting
our own horn Becoming known
on the Internet
Feb 27, 1997
You can count on me Adding a counter to your Web page
Housecleaning Removing ActiveX controls
In your face Drawing attention to links
Which side are you on? Browser sniffing
Wishes come true? Microsoft Script Debugger
Developing on the edge The complexities of a VM upgrade