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• VBScript for IP Addresses
  Use VBScript to email yourself the IP Addresses of remote computers
• Convert a Recordset to XML
  Use ASP to convert an ADO recordset to pure XML.
• Textareas and Whitespace
  Use JavaScript to remove all whitespace from an HTML TEXTAREA.
• Generating MHTML
  Use VB6 to create MHTML and Mime-Encoded Emails.
• Virus Update
  Information on MyDoom virus.
• Finding a Server's Location
  Some tips on using ASP to perform Reverse DNS Lookups and finding a server's geographic location

New Tutorials:

• Play Sound Files   Added 7/17/05
  Play Sound Files in your VB Application.
• Encode Variable Bit Rate WMAs   Added 2/07/05
  Use Visual Basic to Encode WAVs and MP3s to Variable Bit Rate WMAs.
• Getting the duration of Audio Files    Added 2/07/05
  Use Visual Basic to get the length of your audio files (MP3, WMA and WAV formats).
• Updating WMA Files    Added 2/04/05
  Use VB to update the properties of your WMA files without reencoding.
• Checking Credit Card Numbers   Added 4/18/04
  Use ASP to check whether or not a credit card number is valid.

Resources:

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ASP:

• Checking Credit Card Numbers
  Use ASP to check whether or not a credit card number is valid.
• Convert ASP to ASP.NET
  A Tutorial on how to convert your old ASP pages to ASP.NET
• Convert Hexadecimal to Decimal
  Use JavaScript or ASP to convert Hexadecimal numbers to Decimal values (and vice-versa).
  Includes functions for both ASP and JavaScript
• Connecting to Databases
  Use ASP to connect your web pages to a database.
  Includes details on the Connection and Recordset objects.
  
• Detect Browser Type
  Use ASP to detect what type of web browser is being used.
  
• Get User's IP Address
  Use ASP to log the IP Address of your site's users.
  
• Domain Name System (DNS) Lookup
  Use ASP to perform DNS Lookups on specific IP Addresses
  
• Request.ServerVariables
  A list of all the properties exposed under Request.ServerVariables() -- uses ASP.
  
• Emailing with ASP and Visual Basic
  ASP code to send email with CDONTS.
  Also includes code for Visual Basic to create and send emails with MAPI and WINSOCK.
• Session Timeouts
  How to give your users a warning before their session times out.
  
• Use the Shell in ASP
  Run Programs from the Command Line (DOS prompt) with ASP
  
  

Colors on the Web:

• Hex and RGB Color Converter
  Convert any Hex number to an RGB value (or vice versa),
  view a list of Netscape Color values, and test out color values online.
• Internet Explorer's Interpretation of Color Names
  An explanation of how Internet Explorer converts invalid color names into RGB values

Cascading Style Sheets:

• Alpha Filter Transparency
  Use Microsoft's Alpha Filter to create transparency effects on your web page.
• The Anchor Tag
  Use Cascading Style Sheets to change the Anchor Tag -- change background colors and set up borders around your links.
• Multiple Anchor Styles
  Use more than one style for your Anchor Tags (or any other HTML Tag) in your Cascading Style Sheets.
• Handle a Browser's Color Depth dynamically
  Use cascading style sheets to present a properly degraded web page to browsers using low color resolutions.
• Justify and Align Text
  Use CSS and in-line STYLE tags to justify your text, or align it to the right or left of your page.
• Page Breaks and Printing
  Use cascading style sheets to force page breaks when a user is printing out your web page.
  Internet Explorer Only

JavaScript:

• Bookmarks and Favicon
  Use JavaScript to bookmark your URL, and add a Favicon to the address bar.
  Internet Explorer Only
• Browser Cookies
  Use Javascript to set and retrieve cookies on a user's browser.
• Convert Hexadecimal to Decimal
  Use JavaScript or ASP to convert Hexadecimal numbers to Decimal values (and vice-versa).
  Includes functions for both ASP and JavaScript
• Date Formatting
  Use JavaScript to format the current date and print it out on your web page.
  
• Detect Browser Type
  Use JavaScript to detect what type of web browser is being used.
  
• Detect Plug-Ins (such as Shockwave's Flash)
  Use JavaScript to detect what plug-ins are installed on the user's browser.
  
• Dynamic Image Gallery
  Use JavaScript to set up an image gallery, allowing users to search through your pictures.
  
• Preload Images
  Use JavaScript to preload your images. Useful for Rollover images.
  
• Rollover Function
  Use JavaScript to create Rollover Effects for your images.
• The Navigator Object
  Use JavaScript to expose the properties of the Navigator Object, including Browser Type, Cookie Settings and Language.

Security Issues:

• Custom 404/Page Not Found Error Message
  Customize the page that comes up for HTTP 404/Page Not Found Errors
  Covers Unix and IIS
  
• Creating Secure Web Forms
  Tips and code samples to ensure that your web page is secure. Includes ASP code and Javascript.
• Port Listing (0 to 1023)
  A listing of the Well Known Ports (0 - 1024)
• Protect your site from content-theft
  Prevent other sites from stealing content from your web pages -- uses JavaScript.
• Securing Your Access-log
  Password protect your access-log.
  Apache Servers Only
• Web Access-log
  Tips on using your web access-log to track down the source of an intrusion on your server.
• Web Access-Log Entries
  A list of entries found in Web Access-Logs. Includes summaries of viruses, worms and other hacks.

Visual Basic:

• Convert Binary to Decimal
  Use Visual Basic to Convert Decimal Numbers into Binary format.
• Emailing with Visual Basic and ASP
  Use Visual Basic to create and send emails with MAPI and WINSOCK.
  Includes ASP code to send email with CDONTS.
• Encode Variable Bit Rate WMAs
  Use Visual Basic to Encode WAVs and MP3s to Variable Bit Rate WMAs.
• Getting the duration of Audio Files
  Use Visual Basic to get the length of your audio files (MP3, WMA and WAV formats).
• Hide Programs from Task List
  Hide your VB applications from the Task List.
• Play Sound Files Play Sound Files in your VB Application.
• System Tray Icons
  VB Code that will put an icon for your application in the System Tray.
• Updating WMA Files
  Use VB to update the properties of your WMA files without reencoding.

Miscellaneous:

• Changing IE's Default View Source Editor
  Instructions to change the default program that Inernet Explorer uses to View Source.
• HTML U.S. State Listing
  HTML code to add a select drop down box with all of the U.S. State Names.
• Convert HTML to XHTML
  A tutorial on how to convert your existing HTML pages to XHTML.
• The Show Desktop Icon
  How to create the "Show Desktop" Icon and add it to your Quick Launch Bar in Windows.