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Question: I feel dumb.Is there a way to block comment code in VB?I searched high and low for the answer, but it has escaped me. Answer: Don’t feel dumb…this was

Question: I read an article on another VB site dated 3/28/97 that stated that the executables created by VB 5.0 would still require a runtime dll (vbrun500.dll or something like

Question: When using an external data source for a datawindow, how canI load the data into the sets of data I have created? Answer: External datawindows are a great hidden

Question: Is there a way to print three separate reports together so that thereare no page breaks between reports? Answer: Yes. The composite report style allows you to position multiple

Question: I would like to know how to separate data from an input usingthe FILEREAD statement. The data retrieved from the FILEREAD is comma-separated, and I wouldlike to extract this

Question: How can I reset the filter of the child drop-down datawindow? I have used SetFilter(“”) and it’s not working. Answer: PowerBuilder’s Filter functionality is a two-step process. First, set

Question: When I do a connect within my open application script, I geta successful connect to Oracle 7.3. When I try to create a PowerBuilder profile forthis same database, I

Question: When I try to cutomize controls, I got a error message says “Object Serve Not Correctly Registered”. Following my friend’s opinion, I used the regocx32.exe in c:program filesmicrosoft visual

Question: I have just started working with an application developed in VB that my co-workers say can only be run in the Windows environment through OS/2. Supposedly the program uses