.NewEvent() The latest news from the Editor's Desk... plus a rant on the Sun/Microsoft Interim Decision
Ramblings.DeveloperService Jim Karabatsos in soapbox mode - this time defending developers' (much maligned) service levels.
Microsoft Visual Basic
Passing Recordsets via HTTP Jim Karabatsos takes a look at the newest way to move data around.
Bad Boys Stephen Grieger and accomplices present a "funny" application - with some neat twists.
Where never the twain should meet? Some observations from the GUI Computing crew about managing VB 5 and VB 6 co-existence.
ADO 2 - The Next Generation Jason Tyro takes a Trek around ADO 2's new features.
Sorting Numbered Documents Rupert Walsh extends VB's built-in sort options to handle document numbers.
Pop(up) goes the Value! Rupert Walsh details how to create Functions with pop-up value lists
Data1.Recordset.Woops Jim Karabatsos discovers that there are still a few data control gotchas to be found.
Socket to me Ross Mack explores the wonderful world of sockets programming.
Excel, Y2K and CSV Dermot Balson highlights a very nasty Y2K gotcha in Excel's handling of CSV files.
Some Fun with GetRows Ross Mack presents some interesting observations on GetRows performance with ADO and SQL Server.
Multiple recordsets? I don't think so... Continuing the ADO/SQL Server theme, Ross documents an "interesting" problem where SQL Server wants to return multiple recordsets - even if you don't.
Registering Remote Components Sick of chasing rogue component versions around a host of development PCs? Ross Mack was...
AUTORUNing HTML A generic solution to getting Autorun to display HTML files, from Ross Mack and Mark Trescowthick.
Product Reviews
Two Wise men, Four Wise Choices Two (allegedly) wise men - Brett Sheppard and Ross Mack - take at look at the revamped Wise Installer range.