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:
   - Counting Pages in A Print Template
   - The Multiple States of XML Loading
   - Calling the IsPrime Web Service from DHTML
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:
   - Setting HeaderFooter's Properties
   - Detecting a Flash Movie's Width
   - Throwing Exceptions
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:
   - A Sample Batch of Namespaces
   - The Object object
   - Popping Up a Windows Form
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:
   - Introducing WML
   - Search Engine Bookmarklets
   - Replacing a Movie on the Fly
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:
   - Adding Entity References on the Fly
   - Using final
   - Finding the Window's Size in Netscape 6
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:
   - Retrieving Selected Products from the IBuySpy Database
   - Escape Sequences
   - Adding More Options On Line
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:
   - Controlling the Window's Browsing History
   - Window References
   - Inline Floating Frames
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:
   - Using the private Modifier
   - Overlapping Frames
   - Matching a Response to its Request
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:
   - Transforming XML to HTML
   - Initializing Web Service Consumption
   - Event Handler Definition
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:
   - Overriding an Event Handler
   - Writing A DTD for An XML File
   - Specifying Assemblies
Related categories:
   - Objects
   - Syntax and Notation
   - Windows