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24 You can take itwith you Portable, peripheral diversity ot Comdex West

95 Weavingyour own Web site:Part54 CoscadingStyle Sheets: Part 12

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60 Bringing your notebook in from the cold

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I just want it to work. aybe it's just me, but I don't think so. Despite industry prodamations that we' re on the verge of a golden ageof «omputereaseofuse,m any of the basi« frustrations associated with using a computer haven't gone away. The computer pro blems we encounter in a typical day at work, along with the phone calls

I n t he se«ond incident, we received a copy from a reputable retailer that are not work- to describe it includes phrases like Internet ing properly. Once set up, the computer appliance, PC-plus, community of IP-enabled

o f an email sent to a computer retailer from a n u nhappy customer who detailed his i n creasingly unsatisfactory dealings with the company.The complainant then suggested that the retailer and TCP might be in cahoots in some kind of conspiracy to rip off the consumer. Well, we' re not in cahoots with anybody, and being consumers of the technology ourselves, we suffer the same kinds of frustrations outlined in these two incidents. lt's a common sight at work to see

would simply freeze at random. So began the

fiddling —download this driver update,

install that patch, turn this setting off. disable that function, etc. After a few hours of thisspread over a week, the computer can now almost be called stable —not much of a testimonial to personal computing circa 2000. And as my wife likes to point outl and email we' re receiving in edi"You' re lucky you understand this stuff. I torial have a singular plea: just don't know how new computer users put up make it work like it's supposed to, like we were led to believe it with it." Put up with it indeed. As a friend new to would. This issue is front and centre computers once told me, "I get so frustrated, it io my mind right now for a few one of the technical support guys brings me to tears. I just want to take the whole reasons. First, in the span of a hovering over someone's «om- thing and pitch it out the window," or somefew days, we were contacted (by email and by puter because it crashed, or some part of it thing to that effect. That was about seven years phone) by two desperate individuals living in s topped working. At home however, we don' t ago, but it was such a passionate outburst that two different cities dealing with two separate h ave a techie on call, so we' re left on our I won't forget the image of my linebacker-size friend being reduced to tears over a computer. retailers, but with the same problem: t he o w n. computersystems they had purchased weren't And he was trying to learn how to use a Mac, supposedly a moreuser friendly systemthan a performing satisfactorily, and when they tried You' re lucky you understand that to get relief, the fixes either didn't work or Having treated ourselves to a new home PC. Do we have options? In the coming months were equally unsatisfactory. We receive a small computer for Christmas, my wife and I' ve but regularstream of these kinds of com- been going through our own frustrations and years, you will be hearing about personal plaints, but the timing of these two reinforced with apparently top-quality components computing's next horizon. The lexicon used

devices, or personal Web. What it means is that personal computers as we now know them won't be the only computers we will be Ussng. I was surfing Sun Microsystems' site recently and came across an artide in which the author stated that in the late 30905 the Sears catalogue sold an item called the home motor. This was a general-purpose electric motor that consumers could buy to automate machines that had no power source. As appliances evolved to include their own elemric motors,the demand for a general purpose home motor shrank. The argument the author was trying to make was that the personal computer might be the home motor of our generation. Computing power and connectivity may become an integral part of any electrical appliance. When that happens, there' ll be as much reason to buy and play with a home computer as there is to buy and play with a home motor.

Enjoy the issue David Tanaka, Editor

my own personal experience in troubleshooting a new home computer we bought at Christmas.

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said her new computer didn't work properly from the get-go, but the retailer demanded extra money to install difFerent com ponents to make it work Hmmm, something definitdy seems wrong with that picture, but it sounds more contractual than tecbnicak I urged her to hire a lawyer to review her sales documents and any other papers she might have with the «ompany, and let the lawyer advise her on what

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NEC announces flat-faae CRT monitors

The MufiiSync FP1370 is the cream of NEC Technologies' (htlp://news.nsclsch.com)Flat Prafesnonal cathode ray tube (CRI) desktop monitors. At 22 inches (20 inch viewable mea), this model is the biggest in the series. but like others m the line, the FP1370 uses an aperkae grille t chnology. and the CRT face is completely Rat. ltxs model has an animated sheet price of $2.009. and comes with a three-year wananly. NEC has aLa rolled aut three new fiat-face CRT models in ils MulSSync Rat nterprise (FE) seri es.These include the FE750 17 inch (16.0 inch viewable mea) at $589; the 19 inch (1 8 inch viewablearne) FE950 at $779, and the 22 inch (20 inch viewable area) FEI 250 at $1,399. Among the benefits NEC cites for its flat-face CRTs we bener image quality, straighter lines and reduced glare. — David Tanaka

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puting. Portable computers and accessories have been around almost as long as desktop PCs, but it has been a slow evolution from moveable to luggable. then laptop to note- show, at thc Winter Consumer Electronics book, then notebook to sub-notebook, and Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates renamed the now to handheid and PC companions. One of the more attractive aspects of ag this palm-size devices that run Windows CE as

engineering is that prices have dropped while PocketPCs.Healso demonstrated acoupleof features and abilities have increased. Less attractive is that the ponable market has bccomc segmented into a variety of categories, as manugtcturers are less motivated to develop

an ideal ag-purpose portable (or maybe they realized it was impossible to please everyone with a single formula). There is a new movement instead to create different machines oriented toward different primary purposes. The unfortunate result for true mobile professionals is that they often have to purchase (and carry) multiple devices, and their associated

cables,power bricksandadd-ons, whenhining theroad for an extended period.

Though portability was not the focus of Comdex Canada West, hdd in Vancouver in January, there had been suIBcient developments in the last year to make poitabiTity a major theme for many of the manufacturers attending. Following are highlights from the many portable devices on display at the exhibition.

Hsndhelds,PC companions, eto. Heralded only ayear agoasthe wayto go, these machines are only relatively functional as computers, but are extremely portable. In most cases, however, their operating systems are proprietary — the Palm OS (Palm and Handspring devices), Windows CE (Compaq Aero. NEC MobilePro 800, Casio Casseopeia and others), or EPOC (Psion and some cegu-

lar phone makers). Handhelds, like the Palm family and Windows CE devices, are not computers as such, but function more like digital Filofaxes.

to help kccpyour busy life in order. Though it is possible to poke out text messages using their virtual keyboards and Grafgti handwriting software (Palm's input solution). it is not entirely practical, so using these devices For nnn and email is usually subordinate to the calendar and database tasks they were designed

for. With prices in the $500-$700 rang6, many people Und handheldssuit their nozds. At Comdex Canada West, 3Com showcased the new Pahn Vx. an enhancement of the slimline Palm V with 8 MB of memory and a more efgcient HotSync data-sharing utiTity. AU in ag,a very anractive package for about $680. While not a speci6c focus at the Vancouver

interesting apphcations for the tiny platform: the Microsoft Reader with Clear Type display, and the latest Windows Media Player. ClearType is a font-enhancement technology, which Miaosoft announced a year ago, whose purpose is to improve the clarity and readability of text on an LCD screen. The Windows Media Player will play everything from video rescgps to MP3audio.We sive demonstration of the Windows Media Player on a Cassiopeia E105, which has a 65,000 colour screen. The tiny screen was showing the trailer for the recent Star Wars movie while the stereo soundtrack blasted out of a p air o f external speakers.

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ture set into very thin, light machines. There are several that 6t this new category, but the two I had anopp ortunity to PLsy with were the Toshiba Portage 3IIOCT/6.4 and the NEC tions. Like the more Familiar handhelds, those Versa FX. who get into the habit of using the Rex (I'm Both are feature rich, fully functional notetold) 6nd it quick, easy and eflicient. It has a books that are roughly 25.5x23x2.5 cm suggested retail price of $250. (Igt8xl in) and weigh in at only 1.5 kg (3.3

Quite different are PC companions, which lb.) each. Unfortunately, the catch for both is usually look like miniaturized notebookswith that they useexternal floppy drives (the NEC full- or half-sizecolour scrccnsand nearly fuU- unit also has an external CD-ROM drive). sizekeyboards. Often using Windows CE (or EPOC in the case of the Psion) with its corresponding versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook, PC companions can be used for typing text, sending and receiving email,sur6ng the Web, and even making graphics-laden presentations. It is almost like taking a regular notebook along but with theadvantages of being smager. lighter and more power smart. Very handy indeed, but the catch —and you knew there would be one — is that PC companions have no spin-

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no floppy drive, no hard L Lt ul ) drive, n o CD - ROM .) price, while NEC will drive, n o no t hing. tap you for $4,000. While some do sport a PC Card or Compactplash slot, or a Count the spindles USB connector to hook up to such No doubt, within a very short time, we will be devices. you generally have to syn- seeing an increase in the number of sophisticatchronize these machines with your ed notebooks and adrop in prices, so I'4 wait a desktop PC. through a serial or infrared port, while before buying. As a general design trend, The "etc." in to get things in and out of them. With price many manufacturers are splining their oiferour category heading points at $1,000-plus (depending on the ings into one-, two- and three-spindle lines. Three-spindle notebooks are traditional refers to an unusual lit- model and features),these can be very expensive, but ultimately useful, accessories for pro- notebooks that house a hard drive. Boppy tle device now being marketed by drive, and CD-ROM drive (the three spindles) Xircom called the Rex 5001. As handhelds like fessionals on the go. PC companions were a highlight of Comdex inside their cases. Two-spindle designs usually the Palm and Aero are generaUy employed as PIMs (personal information managers) by Canada Westonly one year ago,butwere con- have just two spinning devices: a hard drive most users, the Rex competes almost directly spicuously absent this year. 3Com's Palm fam- and either a floppy or CD-ROM drive. The by providing many of the same functions but ily continues toenjoy a very high profile asevi- width and depth of these two-spindle systems in an unbelievably small credit card-size for- denced by its busy and popular display, but I are usually the same as three-spindle designs, mat. A 2.5-inch LED readout adjacent to six onlynoticed ooe PC companion maker,NEC, but they are thinner. The main sacri6ce is the function buttons gives you accessto a calendar, promoting the category at ag with a single inconvenience of having ready access to only contact list, task list and memo pad via some example of its best —the MobilePro 800two of the three drives. or having the third device hanging oif the main caseby a cable. proprietary software, but also some widely dwarfed by a display of its newest notebooks. But a likely explanation for this change lies in Single-spindle designs are the smallest and available software like ACT!, Organizer, what's developing in the notebook geld itself. lightest category, but the sacrigcescan include Outlook Sidekick andSchedule+. smallerscreens,keyboards,and the inconvenAs with the handhelds, this "wearable inforience of having to hook up an external CDmation accessory," as it's dubbed by Xircom, Real notebooks ,for anyone who has purchased ROM or Soppy drive. synchronizes with your PC either by direct Unfortunately insertion into a PC Card slot or through an a notebook or even PC companion in the last induded miniature serial port docking stat ion. )ear,engmeers are getnng bener and better at P'or(abls accessories Despite having no backlight, the readout is squeezing more into smaller spaces. The trend Palm fans will already know that there's a Caniiaaed an page 26 reasonably good under most lighting condi- in portables only two yeats ago was toward

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You oan take it with you Continued frompage 14 whole catalogue of third-party accessories for their devices, although few were on display at the Comdex Canada West. However, 3Com has introduced a new accessory kit for its Palm IIIs. The Palm Colour Shades Kit includes three flip covers, in translucent lime, blue and aqua plastic, and three black styli for only $20. I also saw a very nice stylus for the Pabn V that has a built-in retractable baUpoint pen. Regular TCP readers will remember the notebook accessories reviewed i n th e

peripheralsand accessories through a «atalogue it is distributing in conjunaion with Toshiba. Among Targus' «atalogue listings were a 24x PC Card and a USB CD-ROhl dnve ($400 and $450, respectively), and a very nice PC Card CD-ROM and DVD drive ($600) These units are ag only slightly bigger than a CD jewel case and just about as flat. On a more specialized scale. they also list a small PC Card Zip drive ($400), and a PC Card SuperDisk drive ($400). With the exception of the USB CD-ROhl drive, ag units draw their power

through the interface, so they don't require an extra AC adapter. Something really innovative in connectivity «omes from Xircom, which has created a smaU modular port replicator system that operates through a single USB connection. This device skirts the need for docking stations and port replicators, which tend to be proprietary units supplied by the original notebook manufacturer. Designed as individual compact modules, parallel, serial, USB, modem and Ethernet connections can be individually purchased

and snapped together like Lego to create a customized unit that you can take anywhere. The only thing that is not currently available is a video connector. Individual component prices vary.butthe USB Starter Kitmade up ofseven USB portsand the necessary "end caps" sells for $219, the Connection Starter Kit with one parallel, two serial PS2, and four USB connections goes for $299.

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Projectors end screens As a more specialized category, portable business presentation proje«tora continue to shrink in dimension and weight although the prices remain frighteningly hefty for the consumer. On the other hand, if your employer is paying, the quality and features of several proje«tors available give you an excegent range nf devices from which to choose, Despite developments in projector technology at ag levels, portability was the feature being pushed at Comdex Canada West. Without even trying, I ended up with a pile of 18 brochuresfor dgferent portable projectors from multiple manufacturers, ag «laiming to be the lightest, brightest and most durable. But of aU the portable proj««tora on display, the most por tabb was the In Focus LP 330 distributed ia Canada by Duocom. Although more expensive than most at about $9,200, it weighs only 2.2 kg (4.9 lb.), and is a trim 22.8x26.6x6.35 cm (9xl0.5x2.5 in.). Producing a brightness rating of 650 ANSI lumens, the LP 330 image looks pretty good even in brightly lit areas like the display Boor of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. And to make your presentation look even better, Duocom also sdls a portable 50-inch screen, from the Da-Lite Screen Company, that unrogs into a fully framed, free standing viewing surface ($400). Though it adds considerable weight to your trave) kit at 2.25 kg (5 lb.), the screen. frame and stand ag compress into a plasuc tube equipped with a shoulder strap. The In Focus projector and Da-Lite screen are by no means the only products of their type, but they certainly stand out when surrounded by more conventional designs. J

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top PIM (personal information manager) users can check a calendar, address book, and ometi mes a company makes a product even email throughout the day. Research by nght the first time. If it continues to build 3Com showsthat PDA usersacces~theirhandon that product without messing it up, held computer 12 to 15 times a day on average, then aU sorts of other things begin to happen. while desktop and laptop users access their sysThat's what Palm Computing, then 3Com tems only about four to six times. but fiir Corp., which acquired Palm, have done with longer periods. In other words, the two device the Palin line of handheld computers. That citegories ~erve different purposes. Yiiu arc first Palm, the Palmpilot, with its measly 128 just as unlikely to hoot up your notebook PC KB ofmemory, was a pasty,puny,upstartbut to check a phone number as you are to try to it had something going for it — it worked; it fill in a spreadsheet on your PDA. You «ould, made sense.It didn't have a keyboard, or a but probably won' t. colour screen. It didn't have a modem, or run This difference in functionality is not surmany programw However, it did what it prom- prising, and although it ac«ounts for some of isedand that was enough to get the ball rolling. the original success of the product, it's not the whole story. Another faaor is the operating Palm invasion system. You would think it would make sense Now four years later, 3Com has a genuine hit to have an operating system ihat was a subset on its hands. One of the biggest success stories of the OS you intended it to be a companion in Canadian mobile computing has to be the to. This was one of the argmnents Microsoft unprecedentedadoption rate of Palm devices and hardware manufanurers used when they here. According to Toronto-based Evans introduced their own PC companion computResearch,in Canada,"products using the Palm ers based on the Windows CE operating sysoperatingsystem accounted for86.2 percentof tem. The argument was that CE off'ered the ag personal digital assistant [PDA) devices same userinterface,and even some ofthesame shipped in the third quarter of 1999." applimtions, that Windows users were already That number includes other products that «omfortable with. use the Palm OS (operating system), like the The Palm was successful in spite of the fact IBM Workpad (which is identical to the Palm, that it used its own OS, which was nothing like exceptfor some cosmeticdifferences,like case Windows. Again, the secret to its success was in color), and is slightly higher than Palm's mar- targeting fun«tionality. The Palm OS and ket share for the entire year.But still the Palm's hardware were an optimal match, offering success in Canada is incredible. What is going responsiveness along with memory and power on? Why are these keyboardless, and, to this effi ciency.The «oup de grace was the synchropoint, colourless, diminutive devices finding nization system. Once the user set up the Palm adherentsin every sector,from doctorsto chief software on the desktop computer, keeping the executive oflicers, and realtors to university information current was a simple matter of students? Why are people shelling out hun- dropping the Palm intu its «radle and pushing dredsand hundreds of dollars for a glorified a single button. address book? As a package —hardware and software — the Pahn offered a straightforward and simple Shck to whet you do best interface. There was not too much to learn in Personal digital assistants (PDAs) like the Palm order to use it productively —everyone already devi«es are known as PC companions. This is a knows how to push buttons and point at items euphemism for, "they don't work so well by on a screen. themsehies. " The Palm has neverbeen sold as a computer replacement, Entering data into a The expending Palm worhl tiny computer with a stylus (basicagy, a litde Many developers and manufacturers hav« stick) is pramicagy absurd. But Palms weren't built special applications or peripherals that m ade for data entry,they were made for refer- broaden the abilities of the Palm without sacencing. riticing the beauty of its simplicity. 3Com Sy synchronizing the Palm with their desk- daims, "More than 18,000 third-party devel-

opers have signed up to create hardware and software add-ons for the more than four million users of Palm products." Tough number to check, but a visit to any of the many Palm commercialand shareware software sites proves that there are at least hundreds of software programs and hardware devices available. Thus, today, you can buy hardware add-ons like har code readers, and wired and wireless modems. We've even seen an add-on that turns the Palm into a bike computer. Among the software titles available are games, network software, productivity tools and utilities — the kind of software you'd find on any computing platform. The third generation of Palms (Palm Vll and perhapscolour Palms, when they arrive) will really appeal to business users. These wireless, and photography-enabled devices, will be a real boon to many different companies. But even today, the Palm is being used to conductbusiness.For example, Sherry Chris, with Royal I«page Real Estate Services, uses one to"sav«buyer and seUer information... then print it for «lients using an infrared printer."When she wants to show a client a listing, she downloads it from the company's Internet site (http:Itwww.royattepage.ca) using her Palm, and prints it out. With a modem, and software like Symantec's Mobile WinFax, Chris could also fax her document from her Palm. Other business scenarios for the Palm include:donors referencing up-to-date catalogues, drug information, or even hospitalspecific information (when such a system has been set up) with a Palm; companies using Palms with hardware add-ons, like bar code readers and thermal printers, for inventory and «ontrolsystems; and with the newest wirelessPalms, accessing information from a corporate network while on the go. Using the Palm as a general purpose tool, we can read and respond to email even if we're away from our main computer. Certain software programs allow us to read daily news, stock quotes, historical texts, novels, educational material, and even regular documents or text files. Other third-party Palm programs calculate weight, distance, time, and geographical informanon.

The competition In theory, Windows CE should be a runaway success. CE devices offer colour screens, added functionality, like MPEG movie or MP3 music playback, and an interface that clusely resembles Windows px. 8ut for ag that added functionality, CE devicesfaU down in crucial areas where the Palm still shines, primarily battery life, responsiveness and weight. The latest generations of Windows CE palmtop devices are closing the gap somewhat. For example, Casio's latest E-I I weighs about IR4 g (6.5 oz.) versus about I l3 g (4 oz.) for the Palm III, and offers about 25 hours of use on a pair of AAA batteries. However, in terms of mark«t share, 3Com still leads the handheld pack. Internationally, ID C r eports t hat Palm devicesaccount for 72 percent of PC companions.That's up from last year, and the year before. If Palm has any competition it is from its close cousin, the Visor. This device is from Handspring Inc., which was founded by furmer Palm executives. Included in H c executive offices are Jeff Hawkins, the inventur of the PalmPilot, and Donna Dubinsky, a founder and f o rmer president o f P alm Computing. The Visor resembles the Palm III, and uses the Palm OS, which it licensed from 3Com Outwardly, it sports a translucent plastic cas«, a-la Apple's iMac, available in several colours. Visor's biggest innovation over the Palm I I I is its Springboard slot, which allows third-party manufacturers to build devices, like cellular phones and game cartridges, that plug directly into the Visor.

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interface. With Uoppy and CD turned intu external devices, space is freed up inside the case, allowing it to hold not only 4 modem, but an Etliernet purt, dn in(rared port, two USB porw and monitur uut port as wdl. A removable port replicdtur Slung the bdkk of the machine adlh parallel, serial and twn PS/2 pons for attaching a mouse dnd keyboard. More impurtdnt (edture, however, are the new options for controlling the machine. Fujiuu has passed on the trdckpad and ErguTraccontrollers used on its oiher line, opting imtead for the more compatn QuikPoint (which resemble Iutvl's Trackpoint). Even niore exciting, huwever, is the tuuch-sensitivity on the 10.4-inch TFI' screen, dgowing Users to interact direcdy with the screen, as they would with a Windows CE-based handhdd device. A stylus dicks into the case directly be idc the screen. Notebooks tend to be slower than similarly configured desktop machines, and this is the case with the Fujitsu, although it is nonetheless a capable performer. When put through the paces of BAPCo'sSysmark98, our LifeBook test unit achieved an overau scure o( 134, a respectable showing. As areFerence point, other 40D MHz Celeron-powered desktop and laptup m achines we have reviewed have scored in the 140-150 range on the sane benchmark test. Because of the compact dimensions uf the

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Preparing for the annual tax filing ritual While the number of brands of personal tax preparation software available in retail stores has thinned, the Net is delivering more options, induding the ability to send your return directly to the taxman By Rod Lamirand

15 ymrs and is for sale by mail order only. There is also kicle Tax, which uses your wo years ago, citing fierce competition spreadsheet program to calculate taxes. and the increasing popularity of the The changesarc more dramatic than they Internet, we predicted many personal tax sound. Most Canadians who use tax software software programs would disappear. At that (about halF of those who have computers, time we reviewed I I tax software pmducts. Last according to Intuit. the maker of QuickTax) year, otn annual review Found eight products. purchase it from a retail outlet. QuickTax easiThis year, only one nationally available. ly dominates that tnarkez In fact, today the boxed, personal tax program har survived, only retail personal tax programs that aaually QuickTax. A second program, TaxWiz, bar come in a box, via your local software retailer, made the transition from being available are Intuit's QuickTax and Taxwiz From online only. to being online and in storer. Two Taxamatic Inc. programs, GriflTax and CoolTax are offered Online tax software and service is growing viatheinternetonly.And one DOS program, but still in its infancy. On store shelves TAX made EASY, is still chugging along after QuickTax is supreme. On the internet, the

great business levder, it is still endear who is growing and who is shrinking. In fact, it is undear who is making money. Last year's competition to QuickTax, CanTax and HomeTax,have been discontinued. The company that made thesepersonal tax roftwue programs. CCH, has taken great pains to make it known that it conunues to develop and promote itr CanTax Pmfessional and other tax tuhware. Its programs for tax pmfessionals continue to be sold and widely uretL When CCH discontinued its consumer products. it sold some of the utters —namdy mailing lists and code—of these programs to intuit Canada. The lists allow Intuit to contact registered users of HomeTax and

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operating system independeat, allowing anyone with a browser to do thar taxes. This will be the first year of online tax preparation for TaxWiz,and the second year for GriSTax on the Wcb. Icicle Tax downloads a Mac or PC 6le that you can open in your spreadsheet program tocalculate your return.

Continuedfrom page 63 CanTax, and the code allows thc Intuit to build impormnt fcaturcs into QuickTax. which it has don«. This provides HomcTax and CanTaz users with an upgrade path, and means kns compcution for QuickTmd The «ompctition that remains, comes fium thc Nct. There are Four Net based offerings we are aware ofiCoolTax (httpd/euw.ca«has,corn), TaxWiz (httpyhvnw.tmstag.corn), Icicle Tax (htip://wwn.netcom.ca/-icicle), an d Gr i STax (htipd/wee.gnmzz.c«al). CoolTax oK«rs a fr«e—that's right free — tax program that you download, run, thai usc to print out your return. TaxWiz and GriSTax oKer a downloadable proyam for a fee. More interestingly, both also offer online tax calculationx Online tax services work by having the taxpayer 6U in forms via their browser. When everything is complete a print Qe is downloadcd to the home computer, after which the file is printed, sigaed and magmL Onc of the bencfits of this system is that it is

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readersmore than a list of fcatur«s,which ultimatdy reads morc like ae advertisement thee anything else. The one big advantage of a boxed, retail product over an online tax software download or service is ag the extra content contained on the CD-ROM. Thus, if you want a tax program

with video cfips and lots of reference books and step-by-step menus, you' ll want to check out QuickTax Dduxe. QuickTax comes in two vemions: Personal, whichhas a suggested retailpriceof$24.95 and $5 mail-in rabat«and Dduxe (Mac or PC). which has asuggested retail price of $34.95 and the same rebate. For a dozen reasons, QuickTax is tbc best pmsonal tax pmgram in Canada, today. It isn't theche apest but for mnensive features, ease of usc, mmprehensive help and tutorials, multimedia fmtures, the ability to import CanTax, Hom«Tax lilcs for previous years, and other reasons. QuickTax is the Rolls Royce of personal tax programs. TaxWiz, the other retail program, also comes on CD-ROM, but does not havesophisticated tutorials or vidmx One thing it docs offer, that QuickTax docs not. is the ability to process an unlimited number of returns (with QuickTax, a maximum of 18 returns can be Qed). TaxWiz is priced at $29.95, with a Sie mail-in rebate. Even better, the TaxWiz Web site service is only $7.95, and Canadians who cern $20,000 or less can prepare their returns online for free using TaxWiz. lf you are looking for the cheapest way to do your taxes and still use your computer, consider CoolTax, which is free again this year. For a spreadshe«t-style download, you could try Icicle Tax. And for those of you who haven't quite gotten into a graphical environment yet. ther« is the DOS program TAX made EASY. Most intriguing of aU is thc GriSTax site, which offers a Macintosh download if desired, as wdl as online tax calculauons and is even intending to add Netfile submission this ymr. If GriSTax can make its site a one-stop, 6U-itout-and-send-it-in tax centre. it will have something very interesting to cmw about. 0

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few yearsago,a laserprinterwould have been one of the last things you'd con.ider buying For usc at home. But now, with more people telecommuting several days a week and many working from a home offi ce entirely, a laser printer is becoming a necessity. inkjet printers offer a great balance betweea crisp black text and full-colour photographic output. Home users with a more business-oriented focus, however, would blast through ink cartridges at an alarming rate and at great expense.Forthese users,a personal laserprinter offers a more economical solution. At first blush. laser printers seem like a very pricey choice —they' re more expensive than inkjets, and cartridge replacement costs are especially high if the drum unit is pan of the replacement. While this is true, it doesn't factor in page counts. A $50 inkjet cartridge may give you 200 pages of text, but a $200 laser toner cartridge can give you anywhere from (0 to 30 times that number. Despite the higher initial investment required for a laser printer, high-volume users will see the payoff in fairly short order.

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housing. The drum is a plated cylinder that spina,and an electricalchwge on thesurface of the cylinder repds the black toner. To get the toner onto the paper, the printer "erases" the dcctrical charge in certain spots on the drum's surface. Toner from the nearby compartment thensticksto the drum in those places. Asthe drum spina, it transfers the toner to a sheet of paper, where it is fused in place by a heating unit. Excesstoner is then scraped olf thc druin, the drum is rcchargcd, and the whole cyde starts again. Since the drum unit typically has a circumfercnccofonly a few centimeters,mch printed page takes several spina of the drum. The charging, erasing, transferring and recharging takes place in one fiuid motion: while one side of the drum is laying toner onto the page, the otherside is being dmned and recharged. The reason the process is known as "laser" printing is becausemost of these printers usea

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resolution in terms of "true" dpi, many others list it in terms of "dpi dass." What meetly does it mean. though? When a printer lists 1400 dpi true resolution, it means that it is physically capable of laying down 1300 dots per inch, one after another. lf a printer lists its resolution as (,200 dpi dass. its uue resolution isactually lower in at least one direinion, if not both (either (,200x000 or 600x600, for example). It achieves the feel of 1,200 dpi by slightly offsetting the paper and printing another row. It' s notasd ean astrue),200 dpi,butmany people wouldn't be able to tell the diffcrence without a magnifying glass. USB not quite universal The univnsal serial bus (USB) interface has been popping up cverywber«you look lately,

and th« laser printer lidd is no exception, with a good number of the new printers adopting USB in addition to the traditional parallel port. One common problem with USB and laser printers, however, is that the installation process isn't as transparent as it should be. In general, the install programs assume that a user will be installing the printer on the default parallel port, LPTI, even when it detects the printer during a USB hot- plug. Userscan go all the way through the installation process with no indication that anything will be»vong. If you' vegone through installation but your printer still doesn't work it's generally a simple fix. Following installation, open up the printers folder in the control panel and then right-click on the printer in question. Select Proparties, then dick on the Details tab. Halfway down the diaogue box is a pulldown menu labeled Print To The Following Port. S'unply change this from "LPTI" to the selection marked as the USB driver for that printer (marked with a portname like USB001 or SSUSBI). If you can't find an appropriate USB driver, double check the printer installation program —you may have to install USB drivers in a separate optlolz

PCLS's high-speed hurdle During testing, we noticed a problem while trying to print large documents on a few of the laser printers. After a bit of investigating, we discovered that we werc consistently generating PCL enors while using the following combinationi • Larger file (big photo or longer text fde). • Samsung-based print en(p'ne. • PCL6 driver. • Faster PC processor coupled with I33 MHz front-side bus. • ECP paralld port eaning. Wc were able to duplicate the problem on two different test systems, one of which was running at 733MHz and thc other at 800MHz. When we switched the parallel port settings to EPP or standard parallel. the problem seemed to reso(vc itself. There was no problem noted priating to an ECP port when using the older PCLSe driver. Likewise, printing on a 500 M Hz machine using aa ECP setting generated no errors. Adding addiuonal SIMM memory to the printers did not appear to have any marked efftut on the errors in most cases. This could affect a few of the printers we tested this month, induding printers from Lexmark, Xerox and Samsung themselves, although it should be noted that we only encountered PCL6 errors on the Xemx and Samsung models. At this point, the problem may not affect too many of our readers. as there are not yet many PCs running at a fast enough speed to generate the ertors.Should you be one of the ualucky ones (odd thing to say to sommne with cutting-edge technology),

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you can solve the problem by doing any of the following: Maire sure your parallel port is set to EPP or standard (consult your manual on how to switch these settings on your motherboard's BIOS). Print using a PCL5e driver instead of PCL6 (with most print jobs, you won't notice any difference). • Print fries in smaller batch«s. • Try adding additional SIMM memory to see if it Sxes the problem; since this is expensive and not guaranteed to solve the problem, it's not a solution for everyone. Check the manufacturer' s Wcb site for updated drivers!

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hindered by a puzzling I 3 MB memory cap. Trend fogowers can also buy mth software 5 1200x600. a the paper tray cover in alterneuve 4 MB standardmemory5 SMM-upgrad- colours to complement their iMac or able In 36 MB. top suit their rnoocL Sxpswith a 3,000-page tmw cari ndge, twl 6,000-pagevwsmnavailable. Hevvfett-Packard laser Jet 1100 Presentationmodetextquality is excellent; draft mode is fainter but soavwy 9000. Graptuc reproduclen is dew, umugh deiauh semngsare a txt mo damgmt are mbustabtet. Phologfaptuc0UlpUIIs eueuwlt, FeaturessohwareIhat aulomaticagy pnnls email at spechedbmes. TAIB600 dpi fBsolubonCBAbe wlhBACBd

Also in the new square design, the HL-1250DX costs a bit more than the HL-I030, but offers more value. The print speed is higher. a USB interface is added, and it stepsup to PCL instead of using Windowsbased printing. Ultimately, this makes the machine far more flexible and expandable, and also addsMac compatibility. For those who don' t need networking, this modd offers a lot of Bexibility for a reasonable pfice.

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Recent entry-level laser printers from Brother have become more stylized, looking more like the company's fax machines. The ncw mod- Igghyghls els (including the HL-l030) reverse . Rated print speed: 12ppm. that trend, choosing a more tradiIL. 1 270H canesNBI Ihf88 uriNIBCI5 tional squared-off design that for manmumbnribilily and nehvorkauli. moves the paper into s tray et the ty:parallel, USBand Ethernet bottom of the machine. Ultimately, • Parallel setup 5 mwy.though USBsetup it's a more serious looking design, feqlweSSomeUS N mlwvmboA. but it doesn't compromise the ease Ships with supportforboth pCL6 and of setup.The HL-1030 is an excelPOS5aipt Level 2. lent value, offering fast performance Trey at the bottomextends beimndIhe and excellent text capabiTities. back ol the machine, easily accommo-

Although the H L- I 270N is similar to the HL-1250DX in most ways. it adds a n Et hernet i n terface, PostScript Level 2 and a few more fonts. The quality is still excellent, htlp Jfwww.canaththp.cern and the printer is also gexible when 800-3S7-3867 it comes to memory and local inter- Suggested relail price: $797 faces. Those looking for a highguaf- HigMighls ity personal printer with nenvorking • Rated print Speed: 8 ppm. capabilities will certainly like the • Uses a parallel mteriace. Setup is quuk price on this one, too. Bnd Bau/. • 600dtxresohban. Epuon EPL-670IB . Tep-loadmgdeugn allows users to eanly htlp://www.Bmm n.corn changeletter- lor legal-sized paper. 800-463-7766 • At(usl 125sheets. paper input capacity Estimated slreet price: $599 is a bit low. • presentaoon mode text is excepenl quality. Graft modeprints only the outwde edgeeOl legem, Wh iCh5 very legime

HigMighls • Rated pnnlspeed: 8 ppm. • 600 dpi r solution can beenhanced 10 1,200 dpi mlh sohware. • Uses boih parallel and USB interlace, specilicagyfor compatibility wibr iMac. Setup lor both is easy. Fmnt.kmhAgIrayhasacohenblue cmur m compkmentApple's bsac grays 5 other Ahu cokwm canbe purchased separalelyi. • imim only 2 MB of mammyonboard. users maynol be able lo prin larger graphic files. • Mammy Canbe upg/Bred lo 13 MB.

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Printing at the apaad of light Continuedfrom page69 Adobe PrintGearinstrucdons. which work with Ihe PrinlGearprocessor boih into the printer lor tasterOulpuL • Front-loading design allows users lo easily changeleher- for legal. sized paper. • PrinlGear provides last time to firsl page, • with 2 MB at memoryonlxard, users may want lo upgrade in order to printer larger graphic files. • Standard SIMMB can boost lotal memory lo I6 MB. • An optional Ethernet interlace adds Mac compaUbi lri y. • Text quality is excellent in presentatmn mode, bul quite ragged in draft mOde. • Photographic quality is very goal, though defauhsetting is a bil dark (bul is adjustable). • Graphic reprOduction a good, adhough Ihere is sometimes litde differenlialion

printers, and all three are more value-oriented than the laser alternatives. On th«downside, the design of the cartridges makes it fairly easy to spill toner ag over the place if you' re not carefuL On the upside, however, the presentation-quality text is excellent, the 6w is the smallest printer we looked at this month, and dmpite the slower spccd, the affordable cost of the unit may make it wonh a s«cond look for users with modest demands. Oln Okipaga gw hdp:mvww.oxidatecorn 800.654-3282 Suggested retail pnce. $469

betweensubtle shadesof gray. NEC's SuperScript 870 is another veteran in thelaser printer Beld. having been around since we last looked at lasers. Again, it holds up fairly well: while the print speed is a bit slower than some of the others looked at this month, the inclusion of Adobe's PrintG«ar processor speeds up time to first print. The relativ«ly small amount of onboard memory makes th«standard configuration more suitable for light-voluraeusers,and thelower streetprice isalso an aura«tive feature forthose who don't need a higher-end solution.

Oki Okipaga Bw hgp//www.okidala.corn 800-654-3282 Suggested relail iuice; $365

Highlights Rated pnnt speak 8 ppm. • Usesparagelinler imw.Setup iseasy. • Compact unit. 600 dpi rasoiuiiori. • UsesLED-basedpnnbng instead ollaser. • At lust 100 sheets. paper input capanty is a bil low. • Top-loading design allows users lo easily change letter- for legal-sLed paper. • Design ol dmm/loner units makes toner spillage fairly easy. • Presenlagon quality text is excellent; while drafl modetext ie faint, it is still quite legilde. Graphics are gmimagy vwy good, as h photography. although both are a touch grainy st Times. • Becausethe unit is so campact.Pages

comeoul of Ihe machinequitehot. • yrindows GDI-basedprinting meansprin-

Fkghlighls • Rated pnnlspeal I 0 ppm. • Uses parallel interface. Setup is easy. • 600 dpi resoluuon • Uses LED-based pnntlng instead oi laser. • 4 MB ofonboard memorycanbe expanded to 31MB. • Design of drum/loner units makes toner spillage fairly easy. • Tray-load deign accepts boih letter. and legal-sizedsheets. • Presentation quality lext is excedenl. While drab nxxle text n tant, il is still quite legible. • Graphics and photographyare generally very good, aihoughbomare a touch gramy atames. • Uses PCL5e

ket that already sells its technology. The QL-5100A is the entry-level mod«L and offers a lot for a low price. Th«printer has a reasonably good speed. and comes with both parallel and USB interfaces. Even thoughthe 4 MB of onboard memory is higher than many other printers at this price point, there's still room for additional memory iF your printing demands grow down the road. (Note: While this printer is one of the mod«is affected by the PCL6 problem detailed above, it should be stressed ihat this will only affect users with the very fastest processors. Most people will not encounter problems.)

Also using LEO. the Okipage Ipe features a slightly different design and increase the speed to 10 ppm. As with the othertwo, toner spigage is the biggest potential downside. The photographic and graphic output from the I ue are both very good. however, making this a more professional solution than the 6w and Bw. The price point is also quite good, making it worth a second look More demanding users can add memory and a network interface (available separately), allowing the printer to grow with their needs.

Samsung Owikkaaar OL-6060

theOkipage6w,theBw increases the speed to 8 ppm. and offers the same excellent presentation-quality text. At $469, the printer is still quite an affordable option for users who don't need to print out a lot of graphics or photography (the Bw can still do both, but quality is a lit- • 4 MB of onboardmemory canbe Ixmsled to 32 MB usingSIMMS. tle bit lower than on the higher-end • Top-loading dengn allows users to easily printers).

clmAgeIeuw. for legal-azml paper.

changeletter- tor legal-sizedpaper. smgagafairly easy. Pmsmiladoii qll81riy tail n BSC«llmiL Draft is quite ragged. • Both graphics and photography print a bil Onthe grainy side, but contrast is generally good. • Pages come out of ew machine quite hot. • Windows GDI-based printing means printer usessystemmemory andfonts.

• Presentation-quality lexl was excellent, anddraftmodewasalso vWygOOd. • Aldmugh graphics were on meMority

Oki Okipaga tgo hbpri/www.okldala.mm 800.654-3282 Suggested retail price: $599

si de.photographic outputisverygood. Although Samsung is a relatively new face in North America's retail laser printer market, the company's print engine has previously baca under the hood oF several other manufacturers' p r iater li nes. Therefore. it only makes sense that Sarmung would offer laser printers under its own brand name ia a mar-

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liltpy/www.saliisuiigcamda.coAI 800. 126-1864 Suggestedretail price: $599

Presentaaon-quality text is excellent, and draft mode is sdil very good. Graphic mp/odUclloA Isven/ good,bul photographysuffers a brt fram banding and uneventone.

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• Design ol drum/loner units makes toner

cosg. • 4 MB on onboard memory can be upgraded to 68 MBwith SIMMs. • Uses an adjustable paper tray. Legaisized sheets will fit in the printer il Ihey hang oul Ihe back of the Iray • Printer ships wilh drivers for boih PCL5e and PCL6.

Aimed at the more demanding user, the QL-6100 takes the basic design of the QLM50 and adds Highlighle more goodies, including a USB • Ratedpr intspeed:12 ppm. Samnung Owiklauar OL-5100A • Usesanadjustablepapa uay.Legaljnterf'a«e (which makes the printer Mac compatible), PostScript drivers hltp:/rwww.samsungcanada.mm sized sheetswill fit in the printer if gley 800-126-1864 for use with an optional STMM, and hangoui awbackot mebay. the abiTity to network the printer • Uses parallel interlace onty. Installation Suggested retail pnce:$499 with an optional car«L Users who Highlights wasreladvelyeasy. • Rated print speak 8 ppm. • Pr'mter features Irue 600 dpi mode, with don't need all these goodies should • MO dpi resolution. be line with the less expensive QL1,200dpisoftware-enhanced mode. Comeswith both parallel andUSBinter• Printer ships with drivers Ior both PCL5e 6050, but for users who need a more tace tor maximumgmibilily and Mac powerful printer, the QL-6100 is still and PCL6. compafimiiM • 4 MB el onboard memorycan beboost- a very affordable solution. (Note: • parallel insladaixui Is relalhiebr easy, While this printer is one of the moded lo 36 MBusingstandard SIMIVLS, els affected by the PCL6 pmblem Ihoughil requires a brtol manual inter• Presenlaaon-Batty textwasmcegent. vention. USBinstall requires a bit mme detailed above, it should be stressed Draff wasalsoverygootl. intervention. that this will only aff«ct users with Alguxigh photogfaphicUUlput ISvmy • Printer ships with driven for boih PCL5e the very fastest processors. Most good,basicbar graphicscanappear and PCL6. blotchy andindistincL people will not encounter prob-

teusessystem memoryand fonts.

Highlights • Rated print speed; 6 ppm. • 600 dpi resolution. • Compact unit. • Uses parallel interlace. features easy s«IUp. • UsesLED-basedpr inbng instead eflaser. • At lust 100 sheels, paper input capacity Is a bit low. • Top-loading design allows us«rs to easily

to 1,200 dpi throUghsohware. • Uses either parallel or USB interlace lor manmumflexibility. Setup is fairly easy. • Uses PCLSe and PCL6. andrnryudesa 0/iver for PostScript. • PoslScript doesn'I come standard. Uses must insist optionalPSSIMMiexlra

For a slightly higher cost, users can jump from the 5100A to the QL6050, which offers a print speed of 12 ppm, support for both PCLSc and PCL6.Und a tray-load form factor. Print quality is still generally higfx At dus price point, however, there is no USB interface. Users who want more interface flexibility in this speedand foun factor can step up to the QL-6100, but those comfortable with the trusty old parallel port will get along just Bne with this modeL (Note While this printer is one of the models affected by the PCL6 problem detailed above, it should be stressed that this will only affect users with the very fastest processors. Most people will not encouater problems.)

Samaung Owikkauar OLAtgg hdpdAmw.saiiinirlgcaimile.coin 800-126-1864 Suggested relag price: $199 Hlghlighls • Rated print speed: I2 ppm, • True 600 dpi remlugon can be enhanced

Xerox Ooougrfnt Pgnx hllpd/wwwtmnusx.com 800-215-9316 Esgmated street price $629

Highlights • Ratedpr intspeed:8 ppm. • 600 dpi resolulkm. • Top-loading design allows users to easily

changelader- for legal-izedpaper. • Comes with both parallel and USB inlertace for texibility, bul Macdrivers are nol inriudsd tor USB. • Parallel instagadon is relatively easy, bul USBrequires a bil of manual inlmventiori. Con/inued on page 76

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But the direction is not one way. The Continued from page 99 Internet has prospered because databases Crystal Reports (now part o f Seagate either allow technical miracles such as Software) in Vancouver, and Hummingbird dynamicWeb pages,to be delivered and cusCommunications in Toronto. Thesedevelop- tomized evea down to an individual's perers are using innovative techniques such as sonal preferences, or they provide a database dynamic Javascript, Java Applets, and Java of consumer data on shopping and browsing Servlets to bring reports, graphics, and sophis- patterns that marketing companies are willticated cusstabas to a much bmader youp of ing to pay for and thereby sustain a number users. The secret: ag of thesevendors' methods of Internet startups. In etfect, databases are allow users equipped with a simple bmwser crucial to delivery of Internet services. and a password to connect through the Internet or an intranet to data marts for their Databases nnnrglxn the Internet It is estimated by another industry research speci6c BI needs. The third way the Internet has energized 6rm, IDG, that Sli biUion worth of condatabases is in mobile uses. Again, as in the sumer shopping was done in North America case of Bl, the mobile use of databases had over Internet in the last quarter of l999. been developing with specialty applications Nearly ten times that amount, or nearly $100 in such areas as salesfor«e micro-databases, billion, of business-to-business (BSB) transon-the-road safety and inspection systems, actions were conducted over the Internet in insurance c)aim adjustment, and others. But the same period. These represent growth rates well over 200 the availability of the Interact, with its standard browser interface and ease of connecting percentfrom the previous year.AU of these with an organization's servers anywhere in the transactions were captured in online dataworld, means that any business large or small bases. In fact, database technology is vital to has a free (or nearly free) network at its dis- e-busiaess and the Internet. Databasesprovide three key services that posal. The trick is to manage the sophisticated pmblems of replications and r«condTiation have helped to energize the Web. First, newer technology allows huge, online databases to between semi-anached databases. Mobile databases are attractive to organi- be connected directly to the Web. So when zations because they allow workers to go to you order a book from Chapters.ca or wherethey are needed equipped with ag the Amazon.corn,for ezample, the price they data(bases) required to get the job done. And quote and the in-stock status is read directly these mobile databases can provide many from the master database—it is the latest possible information. possible views. Lgtewise for online trading. If you have Take. for example. an insurance daim adjuster. The agent carries on his or her access to an at-market data feed, you see computer a mini-database containing, for stock and commodity prices as they are example, ag the policies for its customers in reflected on the exchanges. The availability a storm damaged area. This is a partial snap- ofonline databases can be scca in such Web shot database. On-site, the agent then 66s in applications as aachng delivery of packages claim forms using the same software and on the Fedgx or UPS Web sites, auctioning programs used back in the olBce.These are your valuable comic book collection on corn,ordoingyour banking online. one-way traasaction databases. Linking to a eBay. The Web allows two-way transactions. telephone and the Web, the agent can then upload the claim and assessment data and Thismeans data comes to you more readiget an instant assessment of what payments ly as in online banking or stock trading, plus you can supply data through the Web can be made. The advantage of the Internet in mobile to such services as online auctions. The use is that the Web extends everywhere a online memory" for aU these services are te)ephone or radio line of contact can be databases. Databases also energize the Web by aUowmade. The Web permits use of a standard versus a proprietary interface so a Web pro- ing for dynamic-page creation. The old gram is easier to develop, use and maintain. technology of static Web pages at best SutBce it to say that with new cellular phones allowed a user to Sl out a form. Th» data and digital data devices plus the Internet, from the form was relayed as a simple tezt documentforprocessing on back-ofgce sysm obile databases have taken off. In short, new and innovative ways of using tems and responses were in the form of predatabases have been driven by the Internet. built static Web pages, emails, or status mesAs weg, slower moving technologies like sages. Dynamic Web page creation changes aU mobile use, have taken off with the availability of a standard and nearly free worldwide that because, depending on what action you choose,the next pages are built up from Web for data communication.

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and unraveling. (Babbage, considered the father of computing, designed early computing devicesthat were not completed during his lifmims) Even more important. Kurzweil only hints at the social and economic factors that are nmd to rdentlessly push forward the move to "humanoidizing." Finally, it seems apparent, unfortunately, that Kunweil did not read Frank Herbert' s masterful techno-speculation, Dune. In this novek the moral and ethical skirmishes over cyborgs and humanoids lead to a universal war

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numbers (the only thing TCP/IP actually understands), you aced the help of Domain Name Services (DNS). DNS provides a netIn -sf /dev/ttvgt /dev/modem work of lookup tables that will turn something l ike h t tp:I/www.google.corn b ack i n t o Adjust the number following "ttvS" to match 209.185.109.220 so thatyour Netscape packets your modem port. can Snd their way there. Every ISP provides The alternative method of seaing up your you with a DNS server and at least one backup modem, if you have Red Hat Linux instaUed, is

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Using components By Jacques Surveyer

to control the spacing and resizing of other final program. In Figure 1. the vsOCX6 concontrols put inside it. VsOCX is called an elas- trol is checked off and its location is shown tic control. and with good reason as we shall a s CAWINDOWSISYSTEMSIVSOCX6.OCX. If see shortly. The other control needed is the Microsoft you click the Browse button to the right, you DataBound Grid Control 5.0, which will allow can immediately check the size of the OCX a database to be displayed in a grid or spread- in the popup Ule dialogue. It turns out that vsOCX6 is 247KB and the sheet format. Again, we dick on the component's checkbox, then click on the Apply but- M icrosoft Gr i d Cont r o l O CX ton. The icon for the controls then appears in (DBGRID32.OCX) is 514KB. So 761KB will VB's Toolbar. The vsOCX control works as a be addedto the sire ofthe program. In sum, "smart" container. be judicious in your use of OCX, adding a programs like Word, WordPerfe«t, Excel, We put three vsOCX elastic controls on dozen or so can quickly bloat the program Visio, and others expose their underlying our new form. The first is aligned along the size. Always check the runtime size of a new components for use by Visual Basic for top of the form, the second along the left OCX. Applications (VBA), VB, Delphi and any side, and the third fiUs in the lower bottom Doing databases other COM-enabled development tools. This right of the form and is set to fdl for its align- At last we get to do database work in VB. is one of the major attractions of Microsoft's ment. The fact that most readers cannot Database capabilities in VB are good, bad and A«tiveX components. The downside is that, duplicate these actions except by download- ugly. Later in this series, we wiU be recoming a trial version of the vsOCX control from mending Roger jenning's Database Dere/oper's unlike java's javaBean components which Figure 1: Vgcomponent dialogue run anywhere,ActiveX components only nup://www.videusog.cpm does not matter because Guide tu VB6, a 1,200-page title devoted to VB work in Windows. Aogvagng Components in VB we will be doing a before-and-after compari- and databases. The good about databases in VB is that Now, before I get inundated with emails Figure I shows the component dialogue usol son of the effects of using the vsOCX control telling me that ActiveX and COM components to add a new control to VB's toolbar. Click on in our database program. In short, don' t they are so easy to set up and use. The bad is are available in various Uavours of Unix using the Frsjecls I components menu item to bring up worry if you don't use the vsOCX control, that there are so many dgferent competing software supplied b y B r istol, C h ilisoh, this dialogue. We have just dicked on a com- your program will be the before case,but will methods to access databases in VB ( j et, Mainsog, Microsoft. Software AG. and others, mercial ActiveX component — the Videosoft still be quite useful. ODBC, RDO, and ADO are four of the most let me warn you, dear readers, this is about vsOCX 6 control, which costs about US$149. Finally, a last word on using ActiveX. In important out o f about a dozett possible one-third true, particularly for many of the (Note: We use ActiveX, OCX, compunent and the component dialogue users can find out methods). The ugly is that choosing among popular GUI-based ActiveX controls. If you control interchangeably. They mean essentially how much using an ActiveX is going to add even the four most popular methods can be a nightmare. need to make an ActiveX component work in the same thing.) This component will aUow us to the runtime or compiled version of their Continued on page 116

AIX, Linux, H P/UX, AS/400, SCO-Unix, Solaria, or even Windows CE and Windows n our last few tutorials we learned to use 2000,be sure to check with the vendor and Visual Basic's (VB's) menu editor and make certain the ActiveX works in the OS some of the predeUned VB objects to cre- environs you need to serve. ate general Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete commands. In this tutorial we stidt with visual new I wvesnwv I programming, designing a form to display database table data. At the same time we learn how to access the dozens of extra controls :.tsewa wwsssvws@wl available to VB programmers. Many of these " vvawll s scvvnvwn .svasall wuawve controlscome "free of charge" as popular Ivean wvuevn

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Using components Continuedfrom pagelie Por example, Jet is the most popular for its ease of programming; ODBC connects to just about everything and is fast but more difficult to program; RDO is the former standard; and ADO is the new Microsoft standard. lt is very powerful, relatively easy to program, but complex to the point of being hazardous in terms of runtime per-

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OLETDB-based ADO, but some perform- wiring these controls up properly. So add the ance problems and availability of well- four controls to a new form, and call it Dgeasy. tuned OLE/DB drivers, plus the newness of ADO, have slowed the migration somewhat. KP .EJ R So we will take a gradual approach, using fet methods to get acquainted with VB database concepts, then graduating to ADO in later tutorials. Figure 2 shows the four controls we are going to use in our database sample program: two textboxes, a navigation bar, and the newly loaded database grid control. The trick is in

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the NWind.mdb Access database (you may need to use Windows Explorer'sTools I Find I File command tolocate the database beforehand). The third property you want to set is RecordSource. Again, when you highlight RecordSourcein the property sheet, a combobox appears. Pull it down and click on the Product table. With these three simple steps you have letVB know the type and name of the database to use, and what spe«iii« table from that database the data will be extracted from. We' ve just wired up the data «ontrol so it' s

ready for databasea««ess. Next add the database grid control to the form in the lower portion (see Figure 2). To wire up the database grid control, we have to set two properties. The first, DataSource, can be set in the property sheet. fust choose Datal &om Datasource's combobox. Next, dick anywhere on the grid control with the right-mouse button and a popup menu will appear. Click on RetrieveFields and the column headers will appear in the database grid controL The last step will be to add two textboxes in which the Produ«TName and UnitPrice fields fmm the Product table will be displayed. Add two textboxes asshown in Figure i. The second textbox is deliberately oversized to display the elastic effects. UnitPrice will easily fit inside it. To wire up the textboxes for displaying database fields, for the first textbox, set its DataSource property to Data l, then highlight t he DataField property, and c lick t he ProductName field in the pulldown combobox. To set up the Text2 field again, set the DataSource property to Datal, then the DataField property to UnitPrice. Voila, we are

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n the world of computer book publishing. only s few books make it to a second edison. This reviewer always keeps a look out for books that are into muuple edibons. because this is usually a sign of quality. This is the case with the second edition of Photoshop for fhe Web, the previous edition of which was one of very few books thai looked exclusively at how to use Photoshop for Web images. This expanded and lagely m-written editlcxi Is perfect for diose Wsb masters who want to get the most out of Photoshop. which is easily the most popular software for creating the graphics for professional-lcoldng Web sites.

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Using components what happens: the contents of the form do not controls you put on a form. You must handle it Continuedfrom page lid resize intelligently unless you have put in the yourself (and the programming is tricky), or buy acompo Run the program and click on the naviga- elastic controls. nentlikevsOCX to handle it for tion bar's right arrow. The highlight moves down in the database grid control while the PmductName and UnitPrice change in the textboxes. This shows how easy it is to Bet at and display data from a database in VB. Now let's try one more thing. Resize the form using the maximum button or by puging with the mouse on the edge of the form. Note

Figure 3 shows the form with elasti««ontrois after they have hmn resizal. The lower textbm and data grid have Brown proportionally. In the case of the textbm, this does not matter because it contains Unitprion but if it had a Note or Description, this "intelligent" resizing would really help. In sum, VB will not automatiraBy resize the

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