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Download & Install Windows XP Service Pack 3(SP3)

Bala Krishna — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:25:54 +0000

Microsoft has released XP SP3 with bugfixes and new features.? This version includes old released update for Windows XP and bug fixes released in SP2.

SP3 also includes following new? features:

Support for Microsoft�s Network Access Protection security technology
Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module
Black Hole Router detection algorithm
Keyless activation scheme

Download: WINDOWS XP SP3

Set / Retrieve Script Timeout in ASP

Bala Krishna — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:03:19 +0000

The ScriptTimeout property in ASP specifies the amount of run-time in seconds for a script before it terminates. The default value is 90 seconds set by IIS.

Set the script timeout:

<%
Server.ScriptTimeout=200
%>

Retrieve the current value of the ScriptTimeout property:

<%
response.write(Server.ScriptTimeout)
%>

VB Script Functions

Bala Krishna — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:46:29 +0000

VBScript is a lightweight script programming language like JavaScript. It is light version of Microsoft Visual Basic for the web. VBScript can be inserted into a HTML document and run at client side. Below is the list of general function supported by VBScript. These function also available in Microsoft Visual Basic.

CDate	Converts a valid date and time expression to the variant of subtype Date

Date	Returns the current system date

DateAdd	Returns a date to which a specified time interval has been added


DateDiff	Returns the number of intervals between two dates


DatePart	Returns the specified part of a given date

DateSerial	Returns the date for a specified year, month, and day

DateValue	Returns a date

Day	Returns a number that represents the day of the month (between 1 and 31, inclusive)

FormatDateTime	Returns an expression formatted as a date or time

Hour	Returns a number that represents the hour of the day (between 0 and 23, inclusive)

IsDate	Returns a Boolean value that indicates if the evaluated expression can be converted to a date

Minute	Returns a number that represents the minute of the hour (between 0 and 59, inclusive)

Month	Returns a number that represents the month of the year (between 1 and 12, inclusive)

MonthName	Returns the name of a specified month

Now	Returns the current system date and time

Second	Returns a number that represents the second of the minute (between 0 and 59, inclusive)

Time	Returns the current system time

Timer	Returns the number of seconds since 12:00 AM

TimeSerial	Returns the time for a specific hour, minute, and second

TimeValue	Returns a time

Weekday	Returns a number that represents the day of the week (between 1 and 7, inclusive)

WeekdayName	Returns the weekday name of a specified day of the week

How to run FFMPEG command in Asp.Net

Bala Krishna — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:07:09 +0000

To run ffmpeg commands in asp.net you need to use Media Handler class. Here is an example how to use media handler class to run ffmpeg commands.

//Create media handler object of Media_handler class

Media_handler mymediahandler=new Media_handler();

// Get web site application path

string webapppath =Server.MapPath(Request.ApplicationPath);

//Get ffmpeg.exe full path from mapping

string ffmpeg_path=HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(“ffmpeg.exe”);

//Run FFMPEG command by calling Execute_FFMPEG function of Media_handler class

mymediahandler.Execute_FFMPEG(ffmpeg_path, “-i c:\\clock.avi -vcodec mp3 c:\\clock.flv”);