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The XML Document Object Model
I’m writing a bunch of functions that communicate with Amazon using classic asp, it requires me to learn much more about the XMLDOM, so that I don’t manually parse through every XML file. For anyone else who is interested in the XMLDOM I recommend the article, “XML“, over at Dev Articles who, by the way, [...]
How To Do a Search Through Folders – Two Levels Deep
I used the following code to search through my “galleries” folder and search for images through every folder inside galleries sub-folders.
Huh?
I used each folder inside of galleries as the “category” for each set of images. What it ended up doing was this. Each time I wanted to create a new category I would just make [...]
API’s Gone Wild
Google, Amazon, Ebay
For all those developers interested in making some seriously interesting or possibly revenue generating programs the google, amazon, and ebay api’s may be a good place to start. I’ve used them in the past always to make something small for a client.
Now it’s my turn, and although the programs I would like to [...]
Automating FTP
The Problem
I need to automate an FTP transaction. No big deal right? I need to automate my FTP transaction from inside a .net console program, then execute the same program with multiple instances that process each downloaded file.
Shell()I’m really loving this command. It’s nothing new really but for some reason or another it tends not [...]
Visual Basic.net Console Applications
Microsoft Adds Improved Support for Console Apps in .Net
When I learned that .net had improved support for console apps I became immediately excited about the whole thing. I love data processing, parsing, and conversion; I’m a geek in all every possible sense of the word. It can be a true mental challenge to convert something [...]