From: "Support Online Staff" <SupportOnlineStaff_000926@news.newswire.microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 11:31:29 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Developer Support News Watch - July 13, 1998
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Developer Support News Watch
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As a subscriber to Developer Support News Watch, you receive e-mail
twice each month that highlights some of the new articles recently
published on Support Online, Microsoft's award-winning technical support
web site.  

Table of Contents
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(1) Announcements
(2) New Knowledge Base Articles
(3) Requesting Articles via E-Mail
(4) Developer Product FAQs & Support Resources
(5) Additional Resources

(1) Announcements

Integrated Solutions: Microsoft Business Applications Conference 98
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At the Microsoft Business Applications Conference, the content will 
be technical, but the focus will be on how you can build the best 
integrated solutions for your most common business problems. 
Sign up today -- see http://www.microsoft.com/events/bizapps/

Southern California Developers
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Attention all Developers in Southern California <http://www.microsoft.com/socal>:
On July 21 & 22, attend the FREE Microsoft TechNet Quarterly Briefing and 
gain the know-how to implement the latest technology. Keynote on the Windows 
desktop plus a developer must: the Developer Track covering Windows DNA and 
3-tier app development.  Use VIP CODE LSMTS.

New Features Make Finding Your Answers on Support Online Even Easier
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Support Online recently released a number of new features to make it 
even easier to find the answers you need. The following highlights some of 
the enhancements you'll see on Support Online at http://support.microsoft.com/.

For information about how to use these new Support Online features, see 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/howto/.

- Specify an article ID number. If you know the ID number of the 
  Knowledge Base article you want, you can enter the ID number 
  to find that specific article.

- Search for troubleshooting tools. Now you can customize your 
  search to include troubleshooting tools only.

- Search for specific drivers and other downloadable files. If you
  know the name of the driver or download file you want, enter the
  full file name to find the file on Support Online. 

- See what's new. If you want to see the latest information about 
  a product and/or a topic, use the What's New option and select 
  the number of days you want to review. You can select 1, 3, 7, 
  14, or 30 days.  

- Toggle between Advanced View and Basic View. Advanced View 
  offers additional search options and other features. Now you 
  can easily toggle between Advanced View and Basic View.

Need help using these features? See http://support.microsoft.com/support/howto/.


(2) New Knowledge Base Articles
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In addition to the FAQ documents mentioned below, the 
following articles were recently updated in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ActiveX Data Objects 
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PRB: Decimal Values Passed to a Stored Procedure Get Truncated (Q188574)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/74.asp

ActiveX SDK 
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INFO: Internet Explorer designMode Property Is Not Supported (Q188864)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/8/64.asp

Active Server Pages 
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PRB: Request.ServerVariables("LOGON_USER") Returns Empty String (Q188717)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/17.asp
PRB: Implements Keyword Fails in VB DLL called from ASP (Q188716)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/16.asp
HOWTO: Change Information in a Database from ASP (Q188713)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/13.asp

Automation/VBA
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BUG: Starting Word Manually Uses Same Instance as Automation (Q188546)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/46.asp

Internet Development 
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PRB: The File Upload Control Cannot Publish Your Files (Q188953)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/53.asp
BETA-INFO: DHTML Behaviors Limited to One Per HTML Element (Q188866)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/8/66.asp
PRB: Forms 2.0 CommandButton Fires Click Event When Disabled (Q188766)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/66.asp
BETA-PRB: Type Mismatch for Document.parentWindow (Q188764)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/64.asp
BUG: document.readyState Not in Sync with Download in IFrame (Q188763)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/63.asp
HOWTO: Show Web Page Source from a Hyperlink (Q188762)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/62.asp

Java
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BUG: KEY_PRESSED Event Not Generated for Some Controls (Q188808)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/8/08.asp
FIX: Setting Colors for List/Choice Control Fails (Q188448)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/48.asp
FIX: AFC Deadlock May Occur When Setting UIFrame's Cursor. (Q188446)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/46.asp

MAPI Programming 
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HOWTO: Use BatchExport to Specify Which Attributes to Export (Q188960)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/60.asp
PRB: Error 2001 Linking Simple MAPI Applications (Q188959)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/59.asp
INFO: Possible Causes for Memory Leaks in MAPI Clients/Providers (Q188958)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/58.asp
PRB: Transport Causes MAPI Spooler to Shutdown Unexpectedly (Q188653)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/6/53.asp
PRB: CDO Rendering Library Not Available Outside of ASP (Q188599)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/99.asp
HOWTO: Open the Global Profile Section (Q188482)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/82.asp

Mastering Series 
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PRB: Troubleshooting Active Movie Problems in Mastering Series (Q188660)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/6/60.asp
PRB: Marisa.dll Causes Movie Clip Errors in Mastering Series (Q188445)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/45.asp

ODBC Programming 
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PRB: Stored Procedure Invocation Returns "Protocol Error in TDS" (Q188558)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/58.asp
Internet Scripting Languages 
HOWTO: Use Internet Transfer Control in ASP or in WSH Script (Q188955)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/55.asp

Visual Basic 
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BUG: Incorrect Localized Strings Display in the Visual Basic IDE (Q189056)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/0/56.asp
PRB: ITC Cannot Perform ASCII-type FTP Transfer (Q188956)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/56.asp
HOWTO: Use the Remote Data Control to Pass Bookmarks (Q188861)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/8/61.asp
FILE: VB5SP3DS.EXE Contains Visual Basic SP3 Debugging Symbols (Q188588)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/88.asp
HOWTO: Expedite the Visual Basic Support Process (Q188586)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/86.asp
BUG: UserControl's ContainedControls Do Not Inherit ScaleMode (Q188552)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/52.asp
INFO: Visual Basic Requirements for Using Exported DLLs (Q188541)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/41.asp

Visual C++ 
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BUG: Calling CHttpFile::ErrorDlg Function Causes Errors 127 & 2 (Q189094)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/0/94.asp
BUG: Step 2 of the MFC AppWizard Does Not Set Macro Values (Q189073)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/0/73.asp
PRB: WinDBG for WinCe 2.0 Does Not Support Named Pipes (Q189036)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/0/36.asp
HOWTO: VC++ MFC Client for the ComCallingJava Sample (Q188817)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/8/17.asp
BUG: AV Using ios-Derived Type in Multithreaded Apps (Q188721)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/21.asp
PRB: Error Executing ~vcecho!Compiling (Q188720)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/20.asp
BUG: Error C1083 Building Large Projects with Browse Info (Q188708)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/08.asp
INFO: Visual C++ and the Year 2000, Years that Cause an Overflow (Q188707)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/07.asp
BUG: Memory Leak with Jet 3.51 and Remote ODBC Data Sources (Q188579)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/79.asp

Visual FoxPro 
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HOWTO: Determine the Operating System Build Number (Q188987)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/87.asp
HOWTO: Use the Win32 API to Access File Dates and Times (Q188977)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/9/77.asp
HOWTO: Setting the System Date and Time Programmatically (Q188897)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/8/97.asp
BUG: "String is too long to fit" Error Passing Variables to COM (Q188888)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/8/88.asp
PRB: "Cannot Open File" Message Building FoxPro 2.6 Project (Q188536)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/36.asp
HOWTO: Sharing Data Between Processes Using Memory-Mapped Files (Q188535)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/35.asp
HOWTO: Use API Calls to Detect Other Running Applications (Q188404)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/04.asp
HOWTO: Modify Report Fields Programmatically (Q188403)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/03.asp
PRB: ACCESS Cannot Import/Link Table if Index Contains Function (Q188401)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/01.asp

Visual InterDev
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BUG: Executing "SP_PrimaryKey" results in no primary key (Q188719)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/19.asp
HOWTO: Troubleshoot IUSR_machine Permissions Problem (Q188712)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/12.asp

Win32 SDK 
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HOWTO: Programmatically Trigger a SNMP Trap (Q189131)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/1/31.asp
FIX: ICMP API Header & Library Files Missing from Windows CE (Q189120)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/1/20.asp
HOWTO: Create Context-Sensitive HTML Help in a Visual Basic App (Q189086)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/0/86.asp
HOWTO: Use the SetupAPI's SetupIterateCabinet() Function (Q189085)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/0/85.asp
HOWTO: Create a Tri-pane Window with HTML Help Workshop (Q189084)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/0/84.asp
BUG: LoadPerfCounterTextString Fails with Error 87 (Q188769)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/69.asp
INFO: Working with the FILETIME Structure (Q188768)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/68.asp
HOWTO: Specify Access Control on Window NT Container Objects (Q188760)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/7/60.asp
INFO: UserDomain Method Does Not Work Under Win95 with WSH (Q188602)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/6/02.asp
BUG: ADSI NDS Provider Does Not Support Extension of NDS Schema (Q188510)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/10.asp
BUG: Editing MAP or ALIAS in the HTML Help Workshop Causes Error (Q188444)
  http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/4/44.asp


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(4) Developer Product FAQs & Support Resources
==============================================
Here's some highlights and pointers to the latest information on 
Microsoft Developer Tools:

Visual Studio Service Pack Released: Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3 
contains bug fixes for many tools, and is now available for developers 
who use any of the Visual Studio tools. See 
http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/ for the latest information.

Visual BASIC Frequently Asked Questions:
For pointers to the latest Visual BASIC FAQ's, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/vbasic/faq/default.asp

Visual C++ 5.0 (Professional & Enterprise) 
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q167654), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/6/54.asp

Visual FoxPro 5.0 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/vfoxpro/content/faq
/vfoxpro/vfp50win/default.asp

Visual J++ Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q169173), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q169/1/73.asp

Visual InterDev Troubleshooting Guide:
Look through this guide to help you quickly troubleshoot and overcome
the most common technical issues you may encounter when first setting up
your Microsoft Visual InterDev working environment.
See http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/content/tsguide.asp

Microsoft SourceSafe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (Q134369), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q134/3/69.asp

Microsoft Developer Support Messaging Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
http://support.microsoft.com/support/messagingsdk/faq/default.asp

Multimedia Sample Projects:
Add multimedia functionality to your Visual Basic program by using the
techniques in these Visual Basic sample projects. See
http://support.microsoft.com/support/vbasic/vbmm.asp

Active Template Library (ATL) Frequently Asked Questions (Q166480), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q166/4/80.asp

Popular MFC Samples--created by support engineers for MFC developers.
See http://support.microsoft.com/support/visualc/atlmfc/samples.asp

OLE Automation Using MFC
For the latest articles about automating Microsoft Office 97 components
using the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/visualc/atlmfc/oleatmfc.asp

VBA Software Development Kit Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q170298) 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q170/2/98.asp

COM Security Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q158508), see 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q158/5/08.asp

ADC 1.0 FAQ Available for Download (Q165292), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q165/2/92.asp
Or download directly from:
http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/ADC10FAQ.EXE

Visual Modeler 1.0 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)(Q166395), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q166/3/95.asp

ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) Frequently Asked Questions (Q183606) 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q183/6/06.asp 

Microsoft Internet Finance Server Toolkit (MIFST) Frequently Asked 
Questions (Q182448) 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q182/4/48.asp 

Developing with the ActiveX SDK - FAQ (Q158264), see 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q158/2/64.asp 

Developing with the Internet Client SDK - FAQ (Q167435), see 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/4/35.asp

SDK for Java Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q168942), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q168/9/42.asp

Microsoft SDK for Java Release:
Go to this page to download the latest released Microsoft SDK for 
Java (2.02), which contains the Java VM from IE 4.01, support 
for JDK 1.1, J/Direct, AFC, samples, the latest Java compiler, 
and documentation.  See http://www.microsoft.com/java/download.htm

The latest Microsoft VM for Java: Easily upgrade to the latest VM, 
See http://www.microsoft.com/java/vm/dl_vmsp2.htm

Java/COM/DCOM Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q168935), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q168/9/35.asp

CAB Files Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q168941), see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q168/9/41.asp

AFC Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ (Q168943) 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q168/9/43.asp


(5) Additional Resources
========================
In addition, the following resources might prove helpful:

Check out the MSDN "Buzz" for the latest information on Microsoft's
developer tools and strategies: http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/

For the latest and greatest information about Internet technologies,
the Microsoft SiteBuilder Network can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/default.asp

For links to specific developer tools products and technologies, refer to:
Products:  http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/products/
Technologies:  http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/techsite/

TechNet has a new site, ITHome, which offers comprehensive resources for
corporate developers: http://www.microsoft.com/ithome/


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The Microsoft Developer Support team

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