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Creating Folders in an Application

Question: How do I get my application, developed in PowerBuilder 6.0, to manipulate folders in Windows Explorer? I want it to be able to create folders. Answer: PowerBuilder does not

No Response from Server: Part I

Question: Our Informix 7.31 TC2 server has had some troubles recently. It worked properly for about four or five hours but then it rejected any request! Users who are already

FTP in VB

Question: What’s the best way to transfer a file via FTP in Visual Basic? Answer: This is a simple procedure. All you have to do is use the Microsoft Internet

VB Inheritance

Question: I would like some help with implementing inheritance in VB6. Answer: VB, as of the current version doesn’t really support inheritance, all you can do is have one class

Data Migration from Informix 4.1

Question: About a year ago we had some data migrated by an outside service from Informix 4.1 to SQL Server 6.5. It appeared at the time that everything went well.

Using the FileSystemObject in an ASP Page

Question: I am using the FileSystemObject in an ASP page to check if a file exsts using the FileExists method. The problem is that I don’t want to hardcode the

Copying Controls From Form to Form

Question: I have a VB application that contains two forms. Form A is a Control Library that contains several Frames, Labels, Text Boxes, and Command buttons. (Note: some of these