Monthly Archives: December 2006

I’ve started studying Adobe After Effects. I’m currently reading Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 1: The Essentials (3rd Edition, Version 6.5) by Trish Meyer and Chris Meyer. I’m only up to page 20 because the first chapter is … Continue reading →

In an Active Server Pages script, you can reference a type library using the METADATA tag. This automatically imports the constants from a DLL. It is usually used for ADO constants and eliminates the need for the adovbs.inc include file. … Continue reading →

Today I had to troubleshoot a mail problem on a web server. I needed to determine if the SMTP Service was running. I used to have an ASP script to list Windows Services and their status but I needed something … Continue reading →

Today I installed Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2004 SP1 to solve a problem I’ve been having with my printer. There are no Windows XP printer drivers for my Sharp FO-3800M multifunction printer. In order to print anything I’ve had to shut … Continue reading →

I recently worked on a project that required updating a specific line of text in a file. This proved to be surprisingly difficult because I’ve never done that in ASP.NET before and I could not find any sample code on … Continue reading →

I have been working on a web application that can send me text messages using MSN Messenger. It works pretty well except I have to double click the contact to join the conversation before I can receive the message. I … Continue reading →