Tip Bank

Question: I am developing an application that automates government-defined forms, and have defined the forms using DataWindows. For items such as MALE/FEMALE, YES/NO, etc., I have used radio buttons. But

Question: I have a tabular DataWindow with a DDDW. Can I filter the dddw to include only valuesthat have NOT already been selected ? Answer: There is a short, a

Question: How can I add a column to a table (not just at the end of the table)? For example: create table test(first_col char(20),second_col char(20)); I want to alter table

Question: How can I perform a phonetic search in SQL? I need to search a database ofnames, but exact matches won’t work. Using phonetic matching, I could finda name registered

Question: Can I use 16-bit DLLs in 32-bit PowerBuilder 5.0? Answer: The short answer is no. If you have access to the source, you could writea thing called a thunk

Question: Circular referencing Answer: This tip addresses circular referencing between units; that is, where two units are dependent upon each other in some way. Or in more simple terms: two

Question: How can I use two different data controls to display data from a single data source and table?For instance, I’d like to use a DBGrid as a navigating tool

Question: I need to add a right-click event to aTDBGrid, but am ata loss as to how to accomplish it. I want to pop up a menu. Do you knowhow?

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