The HTTP Protocol / IEWebFix and Active Content / Stacked Bar Chart - WebReference Update
WebReference Update: May 22, 2006
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
FEATURE: How to Use the HTTP ProtocolFEATURE: How to Fix Web Pages with Active Content
OTHER VOICES:
- Visual Studio 2005 Hands-On Tutorial: Part 4
- User Tips: Receiving an E-mail When Database Data is Changed
- Sample Code: Stacked Bar Chart
- Google Cleans Ajax for Java
- .mobi Domain Opens for Business
- Web Inventor Sees His Brainchild Ready for Big Leap
FEATURE: How to Use the HTTP Protocol
Various protocols are used for communication over the Web, perhaps the most important being HTTP, which is also fundamental to Ajax applications. This week you'll learn about the HTTP protocol and how it's used to request and receive information.
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FEATURE: How to Fix Web Pages with Active Content
As a result of a recent lawsuit, Microsoft has changed the way that Internet Explorer deals with Active Content. This can be fixed by using JavaScript but it creates extra work. Fortunately, there's another solution, IEWebFix.
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OTHER VOICES
- Visual Studio 2005 Hands-On Tutorial: Part 4
This is the fourth part in a series of hands-on tutorials that will take you through all the steps to build a complete application using Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005. The tutorial is finished by creating a Web Service to host the data and then consume the Web Service from Windows, the Web, and the business layer.
15 Seconds, May 18, 2006 - User Tips: Receiving an E-mail When Database Data is Changed
This tip, from Wade, demonstrates how to use a trigger and xp_sendmail to alert a DBA or developer when any data is updated in a certain database table.
4 Guys from Rolla, May 17, 2006 - Sample Code: Stacked Bar Chart
It seems that some of our visitors were experiencing technical difficulties with the positioning used in our stacked bar chart sample. This update simplifies the generated HTML and should cause fewer display problems.
ASP 101
NET NEWS
- Google Cleans Ajax for Java
Google Web Toolkit takes regular Java apps and converts them to the often-incompatible JavaScript for all browsers
internetnews, May 19, 2006 - .mobi Domain Opens for Business
From today, trademark holders from within the mobile industry have the chance to register their trademarks as .mobi domains. From 12 June to 22 August, all trademark holders will be given the opportunity to get their hands on a .mobi domain before the whole thing is thrown open to the world on 28 August.
The Register, May 22, 2006 - Web Inventor Sees His Brainchild Ready for Big Leap
The World Wide Web is on the cusp of making its next big leap to become an open environment for collaboration and its inventor said he has not been so optimistic in years.
Reuters, May 19, 2006
That's it for this Monday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: May 22, 2006
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/060522.html

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