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Question: I am currently writing an application to scan a text file for certain text keywords, and then copy the text (in between the kewords) into a new textfile. Could

Question: My application is working with a fairly large database. Althoughusers will never be allowed to request all of the data, differentselection conditions may return wildly varying amounts of data.

Question: I like the automatic QBF facility that comes with all default Power Object applications. Is there any way to pass the selection criteria to a report? Answer: Yes, there

Question: I mainly do database applications and I am currently working on a project that will become very big. I have been trying to find any references to comparisons between

Question: I have made the poplist readonly to avoid activating it whenclicking, but apparently the DoubleClick() method doesn’t fire atall. How do I catch the double-click? Answer: The DoubleClick() method

Question: I’ve noticed that I cannot get any values returned to my Power Objects application from a PL/SQL block. How can I get around this? Answer: The inability to get

Question: The AWT’s Frame class provides a setCursor method that allows me to set the cursor to one of the standard images (arrow, watch, etc.). The problem is I’m implementing

Question: I’m using OPO 1.0.16 on a Mac, and want to confine all input to afield on a form. The user can change some popups on the form, but thecursor

Question: How can I dynamically add or delete entries from a list box, popuplist or combo box? Answer: List boxes, popup lists and combo boxes all use the Translationproperty. The