Monthly Archives: September 2005

Import Script, Import CSS, Import PHP

By TechKnow | September 27, 2005

Just because sometimes I forget, here are some code fragments to import JavaScript, CSS, and PHP files. JavaScript: <script type=’text/javascript’ src=’directory/file.js’> </script> CSS: <style type=’text/css’ media=’all’> @import ‘directory/file.css’; </style> Icon: <link rel=’Shortcut Icon’ href=’directory/file.ico’ type=’image/x-icon’> PHP: <?php @ require_once (‘directory/file.html’); ?> For the PHP import, by placing the @ symbol before require_once suppresses any error [...]

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Hide Your HTML Source

By TechKnow | September 24, 2005

Sometimes you might not want to allow guests to your website to view the HTML source code. You can disable the right click context menu by using the following bit of code in your page: <body oncontextmenu=’return false;’> You can use this feature to prevent users from right clicking and saving an image from your [...]

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Delete Temporary Files on Exit

By TechKnow | September 17, 2005

Sometimes your application requires holding data in a temporary file. I’ve had to do this when printing a PDF file. The following bit of code demonstrates how to create a temporary file and delete said file when the program terminates. File temp = File.createTempFile("SomePrefix", ".pdf"); temp.deleteOnExit(); The file is created in the system’s temp directory, [...]

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Escape From XML

By TechKnow | September 10, 2005

If you want to use a greater than sign (>) in an XML document you need to escape it. I once had to meticulously look over a 120 MB xml file that was generating a parsing exception, the cause of the exception, a greater than sign. Escape the following characters they are intended as xml/html [...]

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Default Printer

By TechKnow | September 8, 2005

This pieced of code, simple as it is, took me a long while to develop. I am not well versed in …

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Eclipse Tool Tip #1: Getters and Setters

By TechKnow | September 4, 2005

Currently my favorite IDE is Eclipse 3.1.0. For this inaugural Eclipse Tool Tip, I will just mention a time saver of a feature. When creating a new JavaBean, start by defining the attributes. Once this is done, go to Source > Generate setters and getters. This will open a wizard to allow you to select [...]

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