April 10, 1998

Question: I noticed a couple of people asking for help on this. Could you please tell me why my program might continually corrupt an index? I find that when I

Question: How to I copy a file from a source to a target in Delphi. I have been trying: SourceId := OpenFile(Source, FileStructure1, of_Read); if SourceID = -1 then ShowMessage(‘Unable

Question: I am trying to read in a value of pi/4 from an editbox. Is there a built in command to convert it to a real from a string or

Question: An ordinary Stringgrid with 5 columns and 7 rowsThe user wants to add 1 or 2 more rows. So farI know how to write the code! But where do

Question: I want to ask you how can I run windows applications inside of Delphi applications (for example notepad.exe)? Answer: It’s actually even simpler than that… Look in the tips

Question: I have an app that runs on IB 4 & 5; Oracle v7.x workgroup server, and MsSql v6.5. With SQL Server, when we open a TQuery that produces a

Question: In a TQuery component, I use the SQL property to call up a stored procedure which is kept on a MSSQL server. The string used is ‘Execute [nameofproc] :param1,

Question: In Delphi 1 I am trying to emulate the “..” function for wild card search in Paradox in Local SQL. I am aware of ‘like’ but it is not

The most plausible way to report a failure during object construction is by throwing an exception. However, this is not recommended for destructors. The problem is that a destructor may