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This article describes practical methods of optimizing the performance of ASP pages which retrieve and display tabular data from a database. Test results of each coding technique show the potential for dramatic speedups of dynamic web pages.

  • Platform: Asp, Scripts

After adding images to your Powerpoint presentation, your Powerpoint file (PPT) may become very large. This article describes how to use Office XP's built-in feature to compress pictures in the presentation and reduce the file size. Several alternative solutions are also presented for older versions of Office.

  • Platform: Misc Scripts

This article describes how to count the number of instances of a process that are currently running on the system. It is written in C++ for Windows, but could be ported to other systems and languages easily. (Linux, Visual Basic/VB, C, Unix, MacOS) The system just needs to support interprocess semaphores. The idea can be extended to count any resource, such as a thread, file, data structure, or network object.

  • Platform: C & C++, Scripts

Use this wizard to experiment with font and text styles and generate sample CSS style source code. This wizard uses dynamic HTML to change the style of the table in-situ, without loading another page. It is cross-browser compatible with Firefox, Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other modern browsers.

  • Platform: JavaScript, Scripts

Enabling SSL on IIS is not as simple as clicking a checkbox setting. In particular, enabling SSL independently on Windows XP Professional is not possible. This site describes a method of creating a free self-signed certificate to enable SSL encryption for testing and private purposes.

  • Platform: Misc Scripts

Use this script to erase all the free space on your disk drive by filling it with blank, zeroed files. The WSF script runs on Windows and is freeware licensed under GPL. Just copy it to the drive you want to fill up, and double-click on it.

  • Platform: Misc Scripts

It is very common operation to request one field of information via a database query. This is called a singleton query. ADO.Net has specific functions for singleton queries, but not ADO (ActiveX Data Objects). This article describes how to use an ADO command object to perform faster singleton queries.

  • Platform: Asp, Scripts

Draw your own favicon or icon online for free using this entirely web-based, non-Java icon generator. All you need is a modern web browser like Firefox. The tool creates a 16x16 pixel icon in 16 colors with optional transparency.

  • Platform: Misc Scripts

This article describes how to create tables with alternating row colors in CSS and HTML. Script examples are provided for ASP and PHP. The method described here accomplishes the effect with very little code.

  • Platform: Asp, Scripts

Use this wizard to experiment with table border styles and generate style source code. This wizard uses dynamic HTML to change the style of the table in-situ, without loading another page. It is cross-browser compatible with Firefox, Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other modern browsers.

  • Platform: JavaScript, Scripts

JumpToWidget is a Java applet that combines a text input box with a list box so that a user can make a selection from a large list quickly by typing in a substring into the text input box. On each keypress, the List box updates to show only the options that contain the entered substrings. Substrings are separated by spaces in the text input box. Only options which contain every substring are matched, and the comparison is case insensitive by default. This widget attempts to mimic the behaviour of the "Jump To File" feature in Winamp.

  • Platform: Java, Scripts

Use this Javascript function to check or uncheck all the checkboxes in a form. This function is specially designed for dynamic pages with varying numbers of checkboxes. Unlike other functions out there, it will work without error even if there are no checkboxes or there is only one checkbox. It is also significantly faster for long lists, because it saves the length of the checkbox in a variable, instead of recalculating it in the loop. Finally, the function is granted to the public domain--use it as you wish.

  • Platform: JavaScript, Scripts

This pair of Javascript function can get or set the checked value of a group of radio buttons. These functions are specially designed for dynamic pages, and work without error with zero, one, or more radio buttons. Also, because the radio length is saved before looping, this function is much faster. Finally, the functions are granted to the public domain.

  • Platform: JavaScript, Scripts

This article describes how to properly redirect a page in ASP or PHP using an HTTP 301 status code and Location header. It also describes alternative methods of redirection using Javascript or META tags.

  • Platform: Asp, Scripts

This is a public domain Perl script to convert Yahoo! Stores XML feed into Froogle data feed, and FTP the file to Froogle's server. It requires Perl (free), a merchant agreement/ftp account with Froogle, and a Yahoo! store account with store export enabled.

  • Platform: CGI and Perl, Scripts
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Print Inspector

Whether you are using a printer connected to your local desktop computer or a print server sometimes you need to see whats going on in your printer by having a close look at the print jobs sent by the users. Print Inspector is such type software ...


Disk Genius

Disk Genius was formerly known as Partition Guru which is an all-in-one solution for disk partition management, data recovery and disk repairing. It can recover lost files from partition, backup and restore partition table, clone partition or clone ...


Safe In Cloud

It is quite difficult to find any computer users nowadays who do not need to use the web, for any purpose. Whether it is for education or entertainment, the web is your best resource. You also need to use various online services for banking, ...


PictBear

Nowadays, a majority of PC users resort to digital image editing once in a while. It may be required for retouching image captured in smart phones or for creating an album in Facebook. For some people, tinkering with digital images is a pastime too. ...


Panda Cloud Cleaner

PC security has become a tricky and complicated subject both for home users and network supervisors, with complexity and risk factors multiplying over the years. Using a single antivirus app may not be enough anymore. That explains why many users ...


SnapCrab

Nearly every PC users need to take screenshots from time to time, whether it is for personal or professional needs. While using the basic Windows screenshot capture method is available, it is not adequate for everyone. When you want to capture ...


BitKiller

Dealing with various types of data efficiently holds the key to success in any computing task. Apart from generating new data and modifying existing files, it becomes necessary to delete existing files at times. While most users resort to using ...


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