Archived Doc JavaScript Columns

These JavaScript articles were written by the Doc JavaScript team (Yehuda Shiran and Tomer Shiran) between 1997 and 2002. If you have your own Web site, you can grab our Tip of the Day RSS files to display a fresh new JavaScript tip on your site every day of the year.

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[120] IBuySpy Store, Part II: JScript Components

Learn how to write the JScript .NET components in the JScript .NET-based IBuySpy Store. Learn about stored procedures and their advantages over in-line queries. Learn how to specify authorization and authentication in Web.config. Learn how to compile the JScript .NET components, and which classes and methods they support.
Related tips:
   - DHTML Elements in Netscape 6
   - Instantiating An Additional XML File
   - Writing Pages without Code Behind
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Applications and Games

[119] IBuySpy Store, Part I: Installing

Learn how to install JScript .NET-based IBuySpy Store. Learn about the key techologies, the directory structure, the file types, and the documentation system. Learn how to install the Web site, the SQL database, and the connection between them.
Related tips:
   - Checking the Returned Raw SOAP Packet
   - Extracting the Document's HTML
   - Using the Index Number as the Selecting Criterion
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Applications and Games

[118] JScript .NET, Part XII: Exception Handling

Learn how to use JScript .NET's exception handling. Learn why it is better than if...else statements. Learn how to use the try...catch...finally statement. Learn how to throw and catch exceptions between different levels of nesting. Learn how to throw Error objects instead of strings.
Related tips:
   - Deploying and Testing IsPrime's Consumer
   - File Operations and Properties
   - Namespaces and Assemblies
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Applications and Games

[117] JScript .NET, Part XI: Creating Windows Forms

Learn how to create Windows forms with JScript .NET. Learn how to anchor controls to their containing panel, how to dock multiple windows within a parent panel, how to add an event handler to a control, how to redefine a base class' event handler, and how to create a menu system.
Related tips:
   - Escape Sequences
   - Using the Global Server Object
   - Writing Code Behind for the add Web service
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Applications and Games

[116] JScript .NET, Part X: Displaying Information

Learn how to display information from JScript .NET. Learn how to use print(), System.Console(), and System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox from command-line compiled-and-linked code. Learn how to display variables and function's return values from ASP.NET pages, using Response.Write(). Pop up windows at the client side by code running at the server side.
Related tips:
   - Dynamically Loading External Files
   - Unicode
   - Using hide
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Applications and Games

[115] JScript .NET, Part IX: Code Behind

Learn how to separate the JScript .NET code from the ASP.NET page. Study how to use this Code Behind concept in three examples: an Hello World page, a page consuming the add Web service, and another page consuming the IsPrime Web service. Learn how to write and compile Code Behind, and how to call it from an ASP.NET page.
Related tips:
   - Consuming the add Web Service using Code Behind
   - Avoiding Marquee in Netscape 6
   - Defining an Object's Methods with Anonymous Functions
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Windows

[114] JScript .NET, Part VIII: Consuming IsPrime from ASP.NET

Learn how to consume the IsPrime Web service from ASP.NET pages. Study how to compile its proxy and how to create a .dll file for it. Learn how to write an ASP.NET control and how to write JScript .NET for ASP.NET.
Related tips:
   - The .NET Framework's Common Language Runtime
   - Throwing Exceptions from Try and Catch Blocks
   - Defining and Using Enumeration
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Windows

[113] JScript .NET, Part VII: Consuming add from ASP.NET

Learn how to consume Web services from ASP.NET pages. Learn what is ASP.NET and its similarities to HTML. Define a virtual directory on your Web server and point it to your local directory. Study how to compile a proxy and how to create a .dll file for it. Learn how to write ASP.NET controls and how to write JScript .NET for ASP.NET.
Related tips:
   - Node Types You Can Add to the XML Tree
   - Creating New XML Tree Nodes
   - Writing Web Forms
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Windows

[112] JScript .NET, Part VI: Creating IE Web Services

Learn how to create Web services with JScript .NET. Learn how to use Web services interactively. See how to consume them from IE. Learn how to put GUI for two Web services on the same page.
Related tips:
   - Modifying Options on the Fly
   - Defining the Enumeration Data Type
   - JScript .NET's Classes
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Windows

[111] JScript .NET, Part V: Polymorphism

Read about JScript .NET polymorphism. Learn how to use the .NET framework polymorphic methods, the Object type, and derived objects with base members. See how to implement polymorphic utility functions and how to define polymorphic interfaces.
Related tips:
   - The SqlCommand Class
   - Specifying IBuySpy's Server Instance Name
   - File I/O
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Windows