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Calling a Function at Program’s Startup

Certain applications need to invoke startup functions that run before the application starts. For example, polling, billing, and logger functions must be invoked before the actual program begins. The easiest

Getting the Code Value of a Character

A character enclosed in a pair of single quotes is a constant expression that is evaluated to the numeric code of that character in the character set that the implementation

Database Connectivity

Question: I am trying to connect to an Informix database via ODBC from Microsoft Access 2000. When I import a table from the Informix database, I see all the data.

Informix and ASP Error

Question: When I try to connect to an Informix database (via ASP) located on another machine on our LAN, I get the following error: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC

Text Datatype

Question: How do I search a text datatype column in an Informix database? Answer: Try using one of the text search datablades, if you are running an engine that supports

Slow Report Generation

Question: I’m developing a VB client application (using VB5) with an Informix database in the backend. However, the report generation that Crystal Report incorporates has always been very slow. What

Calling a Help System

Question: Once I create a .chm help file with HTML Help Workshop, how do I call this help file from my .exe application? Answer: There is a simple answer and

Implement Catch All Blocks for Robustness

You can use Throwable class in catch block to catchall kinds of exceptions. This class is the base classof all errors and exceptions in the Java language. You can use