AVDF Table of Contents July / August 1998

	Commentary .NewEvent() The latest news from the Editor's Desk... TechEd '98 Jim Karabatsos reviews TechEd '98 - and gets pretty excited about the new VJ++
	Microsoft Visual Basic VB6 - a first look Jim Karabatsos examines the new beast on the block. Consistent Inconsistency Think you know how 32 Bit Op Systems and VB3 interact with long file names? Jason Tyro suggests a rethink. Monitoring progress with RaiseEvent Matt Gray uses RaiseEvent to keep users occupied while his DLL is hard at work. Validating IP Addresses Miles Forrest presents a neat little routine to ensure that an IP Address is valid. Documenting SQL Server Rupert Walsh manages to turn a documentation task into a development one, using VB, SQL Server and the Word Object Library. (Back)Slash and Burn Miles Forrest's solution to the perennial App.Path problem. Updating SQL Server... or not! Stephan Grieger documents a bug in ADO.
	Internet Development A mini Shopping Cart A simple ASP shopping cart using only Session variables from Mark Trescowthick. Of IIS Logging, Caching and ISAPI filters Mark Trescowthick discovers that the only thing the IIS Logs tell him is what's going right. VI6 - Different,yes. But better? A first look at Visual InterDev 6. Mark Trescowthick is not too impressed.
	Other Tools URLMapper - An ISAPI Filter Jim Karabatsos creates a Delphi ISAPI filter which re-maps URLs. Communicating with your server with SQLMail A 'blindly stubborn' Ross Mack finds, once working, SQLMail is a handy addition to the SQLServer programmer's box of tricks. Making Windows work that little bit harder A few of our more recent productivity discoveries and tools.
	Product Reviews @ Large Mark Trescowthick reports on a book which documents an Internet security breach he describes as "scary". McConnell Strikes Again The author of Code Complete and Rapid Development turns his attention to a Software Project Survival Guide. Mark Trescowthick likes the result. Total Access Inspector 2000 A Y2K scanner for Access gets Brett Sheppard's attention. ChartFX Internet Edition: Server-Side Matt Gray takes a look at a neat Server-Side graphing tool.
	Technical Support The Ultimate Q & A The net's best developer Newsgroup archive.
	AVDF Humour The Etch-A-Sketch Tech Support FAQ The Microsoft Page Top 11 Reasons Why E-Mail is Like a Male Reproductive Organ

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