TechRepublic Resources
- Sorting with hierarchical data and HTML tables
- See what solution Phillip Perkins offered a colleague who wanted to create a folder/file hierarchy view with sorting capabilities using JavaScript. An IT colleague recently asked me how to create a folder/file hierarchy view with sorting capabilities using a JavaScript solution. He wanted the view to look...
- Tags: HTML, XML, Phillip Perkins, row node, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Row, Node, Table, Listing B, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-12-19
- Consuming database events in Web applications
- Within Microsoft SQL Server 2000, you can make use of the Web and DTS packages to extend database events to external applications. This article demonstrates how you can create and execute DTS packages on SQL Server 2000. In most instances, any changes to data exist within the application...
- Tags: Databases, Storage, Phillip Perkins, Enterprise software, Web application, database, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Web, Application, Procedure, Event, Package, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Listing B, Database Event, Channel Management, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware
- Technical articles 2005-12-05
- Convert images for printing with MagickWand for PHP
- Phillip Perkins shows you how to use MagickWand for PHP to convert individual page images into bitmaps before printing. He also explains what you need to do to customize his solution for your own project. In last week's article, I set the stage for creating a printing solution...
- Tags: PHP, MagickWand, ImageMagick, Phillip Perkins, Scripting languages, Document management, printing, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Function, Microsoft Developer Network, Printer, Image, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Technical articles 2005-11-01
- Create a Web-based printing solution with PHP and MagickWand for PHP
- Phillip Perkins demonstrates how to create a Web-based printing solution using PHP and MagickWand for PHP. The solution will accept file uploads and automatically send the uploaded file to a printer. Port 80—the standard port for HTTP communications—is no longer strictly a gateway for hypertext and Web images....
- Tags: PHP, Phillip Perkins, Printers, Scripting languages, printing, printer, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Function, Parameter, Web, Hardware, Peripherals, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-10-24
- Easily consume SOAP Web services with JavaScript
- If you aren't using Web services in your development work, it's time to start consuming Web services whenever and wherever possible. This article demonstrates how easy it is to consume Web services via JavaScript and both XMLHTTP and XMLHttpRequest. It's time to start consuming Web services whenever and ...
- Tags: Phillip Perkins, Web services, Channel management, Simple Object Access Protocol, Web service, Web, WSDL, JavaScript, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., XMLHTTP, SOAPAction, SOAP, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Technical articles 2005-10-03
- Add mapping functionality to Web sites with Image_GIS in PHP
- Image_GIS is a PEAR package for PHP that allows you to add digital maps to Web sites using free downloadable GIS files. Learn how to use the Image_GIS package to add mapping functionality to a Web site. Image_GIS is a PEAR package for PHP that allows developers to...
- Tags: Web, PHP, Image_GIS, GIS, Phillip Perkins, Web site development, Web technology, Web site, Image_GIS package, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Package, Data, Information, Image, Software, Internet
- Technical articles 2005-08-16
- Create reusable Web components for Mozilla
- Learn how to create a custom, reusable component bound to custom behaviors through XBL. By using the techniques Phillip Perkins describes in this article, you can create custom components to use in Mozilla-based browsers. Reusable components are the foundation of modular design in programming. Mozilla provides component...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Corp., XBL, Phillip Perkins, Channel management, Web browsers, Div, divMsg, Web Development Zone Newsletter, HTML, Definition, Definition Data, Mice, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet
- Technical articles 2005-08-10
- Create a data binding solution for Firefox
- One fact that sets Firefox apart from Internet Explorer is that it provides support for XBL (eXtensible Binding Language). Here's an examination of how XBL is important for binding data fields to XML data islands. Mozilla's Firefox browser is becoming a favorite among Web application developers, including myself....
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, XML-Data, dataFld, XML, Phillip Perkins, Web browsers, id, XML-Data Islands, data field, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Data, XBL, Update Method, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-09
- Secure your Web pages with custom authentication
- For more control over your authorization protocol, you can set the HTTP status of the response and parse the information as you receive it. In this article, Phillip Perkins explores authentication mechanisms in HTTP. If you want to secure your Web pages, you would probably set the Web...
- Tags: Web, HTTP, NTLM, Phillip Perkins, Web servers, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Digest Authentication, Web server, authentication, HTTP Status, header, server, Basic Authentication, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Client, Web Page, Status, Security
- Technical articles 2005-08-09
- Use custom configuration settings in .NET
- The .NET Framework provides you with the means to access configuration settings through Collection classes. Check out three methods for accessing and storing configuration information. The .NET Framework makes configuration settings a breeze with XML-based configurations. It also supplies the means necessary for accessing...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, NameValueSectionHandler, XML, Phillip Perkins, .NET, MyCustomSection portion, configuration data, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Microsoft .NET Framework, Section, Application Configuration Data, System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler, MySingleTagSection, MyDictionarySection, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-09
- Create an audio stitching tool in PHP
- One way to provide visually impaired users with the ability to use OCR-defeating passcodes is to stitch WAV files together. Phillip Perkins shows you how to deconstruct a group of WAV files and reconstruct one large WAV file by compiling the group. One way to...
- Tags: PHP, WAV, NumChannels, SampleRate, Phillip Perkins, Scripting languages, Using PHP, tool, BitsPerSample/8, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Function, Parameter, Audio, Drawback, Data, Information, ChunkID, ChunkSize, Subchunk1ID, Subchunk1Size, AudioFormat, BlockAlign, BitsPerSample, Subchunk2ID, Subchunk2Size, FILESTRUCT, StitchFiles, $lFileSize, CalcLittleEndianValue, GetLittleEndianByteArray
- Technical articles 2005-08-09
- Perform HTML form validation with ASP.NET
- ASP.NET's validation mechanism gives even amateurs the ability to validate data through a structured approach. Learn about ASP.NET's validators and discover how you can incorporate them in your pages. One of the many strengths of ASP.NET is that it provides a framework for common Web...
- Tags: HTML, Microsoft ASP.NET, RegularExpressionValidator, CompareValidator, CustomValidator, ControlToValidate, txtTest, ErrorMessage, Phillip Perkins, .NET, validator, input control, server, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Value, Validation Mechanism, Middleware, Servers, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- XML data validation with XPath and XSL
- If you have an application in which you collect information into an XML document, you can run that document through an XSLT validation mechanism to create a centralized validation mechanism. In this article, Phillip Perkins explains how you can accomplish that. If you're designing Web applications, you ...
- Tags: XSLT, XSL, XPath, XML-Data, XML, Phillip Perkins, XPath function, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Error, Validation Mechanism, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Create a Web configuration INI file
- Discover how you can implement your own INI file for Web application configuration information. The INI file can provide a central repository for this information to which you can provide a Web front-end to make configuration changes. Application-specific configuration information has historically been stored in INI...
- Tags: Web, Phillip Perkins, Microsoft Windows, INI-file, Dim sURL, configuration information, Web Development Zone Newsletter, XML Document, Domain, Node, INI, sDomain, sKeyName, sFileName, Set, Nothing, Domain Node, sDomain Parameter, sKeyName Node, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Utilize Web Services Enhancements' support for DIME in .NET
- Web Services Enhancements (WSE) helps developers build scalable, secure Web services that cross security domains. It also supports Direct Internet Message Encapsulation (DIME). In this article, you'll learn how to attach a simple DIME attachment to a SOAP message. Web Services Enhancements 2.0 for Microsoft .NET (WSE) is...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft .NET, Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, Phillip Perkins, Web services, Channel management, .NET, Listing C, Web service, Direct Internet Message Encapsulation, Web Development Zone Newsletter, DimeAttachment, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Run XPath queries in PHP
- PHP uses functions that provide XPath—a language that allows you to address parts of an XML document—functionality through contexts. Phillip Perkins offers sample XML data and PHP code to grab different parts of the XML document. XPath is a language that allows you to address parts...
- Tags: PHP, Microsoft Corp., XPath, XML, Phillip Perkins, Scripting languages, Microsoft Windows XP, XML-Data, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Function, Document Object Model, Node, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Use styles to dynamically create headers, footers, and page breaks
- If you want to force widths and page breaks on an HTML page, Phillip Perkins explains how you can do it. He walks you through the process of creating the headers and footers necessary to dynamically insert these items to create a formatted hardcopy. While perusing a...
- Tags: Phillip Perkins, Web browsers, footer, header, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Length, JavaScript, Row, Scripting Languages, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-05
- Control browser navigation with Browser Helper Objects
- Phillip Perkins shows you how to build a rudimentary content filter, which uses the functionality of Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) to control browser navigation. I once read an article about AdBlock, which is an extension available to Mozilla. This add-on allows users to enter filter expressions to...
- Tags: Phillip Perkins, Web browsers, Web browser, Dim sURLs, browser helper object, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Event, Microsoft Internet Explorer, NavigateComplete2 Event, Set, Variant, Internet
- Technical articles 2005-08-05
- Add value changing functionality to the HTML file input element
- The HTML file input element is a valuable commodity that can add value to intranet applications. However, it doesn't allow you to change the value of the element. Phillip Perkins shows you a simple coding trick that allows you to get past this drawback. As a means to...
- Tags: HTML, Microsoft Visual Basic, Phillip Perkins, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, .NET, Web browsers, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Id, Value, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-05
- Combine disparate data systems with XML
- If you need to combine two or more data sources into one logical data source, you can do it easily with XML. Phillip Perkins presents an example that puts this concept into action. One of the coolest things about XML is that it's a platform-independent method of...
- Tags: SQL, IBM DB2, Databases, Storage, XML, Phillip Perkins, database, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Method, Data Source, Data, Information, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-05
