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Developer

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.

Data Management

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.

Developer

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.

Printers

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.

Enterprise Software

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.

Software

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.

Project Management

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.

Data Centers

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.

Developer

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.

Developer

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.

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Sorting with hierarchical data and HTML tables

Consuming database events in Web applications

Convert images for printing with MagickWand for PHP

Create a Web-based printing solution with PHP and MagickWand for PHP

Easily consume SOAP Web services with JavaScript

Add mapping functionality to Web sites with Image_GIS in PHP

Create reusable Web components for Mozilla

Secure your Web pages with custom authentication

Use custom configuration settings in .NET

Create an audio stitching tool in PHP

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