July 3, 1996 Update

ActiveX Control Pad Tutorial (Authoring/Editing)--This updated, HTML format of the ActiveX Control Pad tutorial show s you step-by-step how you can easily author leading-edge Web pages that include advanced layout and multimedia features such as exact object placement, object layering, and transparency effects.

Style Sheets: A Brief Overview for Designers (Design/Creative)--Interactive Media Designer Nadja Vol Ochs provides a quick intro to style sheets, with examples.

June 27, 1996 Update

Personal Information Exchange (PFX) Discussion Draft (Programming)--Updated discussion draft version 15 of Personal Information Exchange, the multi-browser, multi-platform, secure exchange interoperability standard for certificates, CRLs, private keys, and personal secrets.

The Internet Server API (ISAPI) Spec (Programming)--A link to the Win32Dev site for the latest version of the ISAPI spec. This version of the spec has been updated for the Beta 2.0 release of Windows NT 4.0 and includes information on writing Internet server applications and ISAPI filte rs.

June 25, 1996 Update

Well, our entire site is brand new... However, as you look through the contents of each area, you'll notice a lot of familiar articles, specs, and samples from the Internet Development Toolbox site (organized in a more useful way, we hope). We've also added some new information (listed below), and we'll be adding more -- a lot more -- in the coming weeks.

Decreasing Download Time Through Effective Color Management (Design/Creative) --Three top Web designers share how to choose the right file format, how to select colors that won't dither, and how to squeeze your file sizes down to the absolute minimum.

Guide to Microsoft Internet Publishing Tools (Production/Planning)--An overview of the activities involved in publishin g on the Web and Microsoft's current software solutions for those activities.

Doctor HTML (Site Administration)-- Information about a tool from Imagiware that analyzes your HTML pages for spelling mistakes, document structure, broken hyperlinks, and image syntax.

The Evolution of Security on the Web (Site Administration)--An overview that describes how security has evolved to meet current and future needs for conducting business over the Web.

Web Pages: A Programmer's Perspective (Programming)--This article focuses on using "active" technologies to add new and exciting functionality to Web pages, and explains the issues, ch allenges, and resources youÆll deal with when creating Web pages that include active content.

Microsoft Scripting Object Model (Programming)--An overview of the Microsoft scripting object model, and description of the methods, properties, and events used with the scripti ng engines in Internet Explorer.

ActiveX Controls FAQ (Programming)--Answers to users' questions about using ActiveX controls on Web pages, including downloading, licensing, installation, and availability.

A User's Guide to Style Sheets (Authoring/Editing)--An introduction to style sheets for Web authors. This guide explains how you can add style sheets to your Web pages, describes usage and syntax, and provides some useful tips.

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Visited the Internet Development Toolbox recently? In case you haven't been able to visit our old site, the Internet Development Toolbox, in the last few weeks, here's a listing of content we added to the Toolbox and carried over to the Site Builder Workshop...

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Microsoft Java VM--The Microsoft Java VM is an ActiveX control that allows Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 use rs to run Java applets. The control is installed as a component of Internet Explorer 3.0. The Java VM supports integration between other ActiveX controls and a Java applet. In addition, the Java VM understands the component object model (COM) and is capable of loading COM classes and exposing COM interfaces. This means that you can now write ActiveX controls using Java. See the Java VM page for documentation and to download the control.

June 17, 1996 Update

ActiveX Control Pad tutorial--This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions that will help you get started using the ActiveX Cont rol Pad. [Editor's note: We've provided the link to the updated tutorial posted on July 3, 1996.]

Updated FAQ--The dbWeb FAQ has been expanded with a new set of questions we've received from users.

June 11, 1996 Update

Java Virtual Machine Implementation--Download this PowerPoint presentation, given by Mike Toutonghi at JavaOne in June 1996. Mike Touton ghi is the Development Lead on Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine (VM) team. This presentation provides an overview of Microsoft's implementation of its virtual machine for Java, and includes information about the Object Model, garbage collection, Java /COM integration, Native Code Interface, and JIT compilation. The presentation is also available from the Java Resources page, which has many links to information on Java.

June 7, 1996 Update

Microsoft ActiveX Control Pad--The Microsoft® ActiveX™ Control Pad is a utility that makes it easier to author Web pages that incorporate leading-edge, ActiveX content. Specifica lly, the ActiveX Control Pad makes it easy to add ActiveX controls and ActiveX scripting (Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition [VBScript] or JavaScript™) to HTML pages for viewing in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or other Web browser s that support ActiveX controls. The ActiveX Control Pad also includes WYSIWYG support for authoring 2-D layout regions in conjunction with the Microsoft HTML Layout Control.

Download PowerPoint slides on Microsoft Internet Security Framework--Microsoft Vice President Paul Maritz' Windows World keynote prese ntation included these informational slides on Microsoft Internet Security Framework.

Answers to frequently asked questions about Microsoft Internet Security Framework--More than 50 answers to frequently asked questions about Microsoft's Internet security technologies.

June 6, 1996 Update

Microsoft ActiveX Software Development Kit (SDK) Beta 1 -- The Microsoft ActiveX SDK includes a variety of technologies that Microsoft is introducing to facilitate development of Internet applications and content. This release of the ActiveX SDK focuses on the recent Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Beta 1 r elease, which is distributed only over the Internet. Download the SDK and read the "What's New" section to find out what's changed since the previous release (March 1996) of the SDK.

June 4, 1996 Update

Microsoft Internet Security Framework -- Check out our updated section on security issues. This section provides information on technologies for developing secure online comunications, electronic commerce, and software delivery on both intranets and the Internet. Read the press release and download the white paper on Microsoft Internet Security Framework.

Personal Information Exchange Discussion Draft -- Discussion Draft version 12 [Editor's note: This was updated to version 15 on June 28, 1996] of Personal Information Exchange, the multi-browser, multi-platform, secure exchange interoperability standard for certificates, CRLs, private keys, and pers onal secrets.

URL Monikers and OLE Hyperlinks -- URL monikers and OLE hyperlinks are two of the lower level ActiveX services that applications, ActiveX documents, and ActiveX controls can exploit to easily download data or to link to other documents on the Internet. This paper reviews the function of OLE version 2.0 monikers and how that has evolved into an asynchronous representation for use on the Internet. The paper also looks at how OLE hyperlinking is extending the point-and-click browsing metaphor beyond HTML to create jump links to alte rnative types of objects and documents.