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Question: I recently took Sun’s Certified Java Programmers Exam and I ran into a few questions from the exam I’d like to ask you.What is the difference between >> and

JDK1.1 and Web browsers

Question: Do the changes made in the 1.1 API mean that if one wanted to write applets for the Web, one would have to use a previous version of the

TEdit and right-justification of text

Question: How can I get a TEdit to display right-justified text? Answer: There is no way to do this at runtime because there’s no facility in TEditto right-align text. The

Record locking (Delphi 2 Paradox 5)

Question: We are trying to write a multi-user Delphi 2.0 app (with Paradox 5.0 tables), and are looking for a way to determine if a record is locked by another

How to tell when to time-out

Question: How can I determine that a user has been inactive for a certain length of time so that I may exit the application? Answer: This is an interesting question

Screen resolution

Question: I am developing an application in Delphi 2.0 on a 1024×768 resolution (large fonts), and have been trying to get it to act properly in 800×600 mode with little