Tip Bank

Question: Two ways of Indexing a paradox table Answer: Having done a lot of work with Paradox in the past, there are things I’ve learned in Paradox that I’ve needed

Question: Previous instance of a running application via EnumWindows Answer: The code below will check for the previous instance of an application. Ifit finds an instance of an app already

Question: Using SQL2 built-in functions Answer: A problem that’s rampant with many software tools today, even one as complete and comprehensive as Delphi, is that documentation on many important subjects

Question: A simple property editor Answer: This is an introductory level article about creating a simple property editor that I hope will get you started. I’ll provide enough information about

Question: Preventing a form from re-sizing using a Windows message Answer: There are some cases in your development where you want to prevent your users from re-sizing a form. This

Question: Some useful string manipulation functions Answer: If you’re like me, you create a bunch of utility functions and store them in a separate unit or maybe even a DLL

Question: I am looking for performance information regarding TCP/IP. I have 13 devices connected to a host. Assuming a constant packet rate and frame size, how will the addition of

Question: What are the various flavors of “Fast Ethernet” and how do they work? Answer: “Fast Ethernet” refers to 100 Mbps Ethernet networks. Fast Ethernet provides 10 times the bandwidth

Question: We have notebooks running Windows for Workgroups at location A that need to be able to dial up location B and run a DOS application on a PC. We