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Migration from VB 4.0 to VB 5.0

Question: I am currently using VB 4.0 Entreprise and will migrate to VB 5.0 Pro at home (I am still using this version at work).I would like to be able

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Learning Version 4.0 vs. Version 5.0

Question: I had just started learning VB 4 when VB 5 was released. Is it worthwhile to master VB 4 and then try to understand the differences, or doesVB 5

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New Data-Handling Features

Question: What are the improvements of VB5 to VB4, especially as to how to handle the data, data files, database? Answer: Data Files, using features such as Open/Write/Read, are unchanged

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OO Programming with Databases

Question: I am getting into the object oriented features of VB4 and I am wondering where the back-end database (such as Access) comes in for small single user applications. You

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Documenting the contents of a .PBL file

Question: Is there a third-party tool (or a functionalitynative to PB) with which I can print the *entire*contents of a .PBL file, preferablyin a way that’s meaningful? I have in

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Parse string to float or double

Question: Is there a command Float.parseNumbers(s) that returns a float? Answer: Sure, parseInt(s) is simply: Integer temp = Integer.valueOf(s); int x = temp.intValue();which has an equivalent for floats Float temp

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Type casting

Question: I’ve read the following example about type casting: int i; float f; f=float(i);Can you explain what happens to variables f and i on line 3, and could you give

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How does one overload operator->*()?

Question: How does one overload operator->*()? Answer: Here is an example:struct bar { void doSomething();}struct foo { bar *operator ->* () { return bar_; }}void Foo (){ void (bar::*barFn)() =

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I/O stream and opening to a file

Question: I have a completed program coded as a bubble sort. I must now read and write to a file. I am using fstream.h and coding an input for the

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Exception specifications

Question: I recently learned that the C++ draft standard requires that an implementation not perform any static checking on a function’s exception specification (aside from inherited virtual functions and function

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Gaining control after form is minimized

Question: I have a Delphi app that displays a bitmap, and I control drawing on the canvas object as one might on a paper roadmap. This works fine. When I

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Template functions in classes

Question: Can I overload the >> operator in a class for all integral types using a template? If so, how? Answer: The short answer is no.The long answer?Templates are mechanisms

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Meaning of const as prefix and suffix of function

Question: What is the purpose of placing a const at the beginning and end of a function declaration with a de-reference to the function? Are there memory leak implications?For example:

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Truncating and converting floats

Question: I am trying to truncate and then convert a float to a string. Something like atoi().Is this possible? Any suggestions? Answer: float f = 1.234;int i = f;strstream s;s

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C++: truncating and converting floats

Question: I am trying to truncate and then convert a float to a string. Something like atoi().Is this possible? Any suggestions? Answer: float f = 1.234;int i = f;strstream s;s

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Stacking frames

Question: Can you tell me how to stack frames? I am currently using three frames and need to add a fourth. My layout looks like this:TopLeft | ContentI need to

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Loading text before images

Question: How can my browser load text before images? Answer: If you define the dimensions of all of the images that you are calling (i.e.) your browser will display thetext

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Getting rid of the frame focus black border

Question: Is there a (JavaScript? HTML?) way to get rid of the black rule (focus border) surrounding a frame after it has been clicked?I am in the process of designing

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List boxes: Default values

Question: In a pop-up list, how do you get the value associated with the default value to appear in the listbox before clicking on the field? For example, I have

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Remote Access to NetWare

Question: How can I access my Novell NetWare file server via FTP? Answer: FTP Services is included with Novell’s IntranetWare 4.11 network operating system. Running an FTP server allows wide-ranging

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NetWare Directory Maps

Question: What are directory maps and how can I use them? Answer: Directory maps are an exciting new feature with IntranetWare 4.11 that allow users to map server directories effortlessly,

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How can I send email from Oracle?

Question: How can I send email from Oracle? Answer: A recurring question on Oracle developer listsis how to send email from “within” Oracle. One might want a certain event in