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Field-level and interfield validations

Question: Field-level validations should be done when the user visits the field. How can this be done?Interfield validations on the same screen also should be done when the user visits

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Can Crystal Reports output to MS Word?

Question: The Crystal Reports help file contains “Pro-only Topics.” Can I use these Pro features with the Crystal Reports engine I recieved with OPO? If so, where can I find

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Connecting to Oracle

Question: I have been trying to connect to our Oracle General Ledger Version 10.SC from PB5 Ent. I am accessing it from my PC running Win95 and a database that

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Sending email from within OPO applications

Question: Is there a way to send email from within anOracle Power Objects application? Answer: There is not a native function to do this within OPO.However, you can use any

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OPO 2.0 and mathematic operations

Question: Yesterday I received a description for a reality problem I must represent in my OPO-database application. It concerns the drinking water supply for a city, and the staff of

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Pop-up list problems

Question: Why can’t I put a simple piece of code in the click event for a list box and have it execute? Also, how can I choose a value from

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GetClickedCol() obsolete?

Question: Okay, so PB 5.0 made the GetClickedCol method obsolete. Now how can I get the current column using the dwo argument? Answer: There is a replacement attribute for all