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Question: How can I use global variables to set initial values in a DataWindow? I have tried to use “Rows..Column Specs..” but all it displays is the name of the

Question: What code do I have to write to get my toolbar to show text? Answer: The toolbar text and other general toolbar attributes are located on the Application object.

Question: We are currently using PowerBuilder 6.5. What is the recommended maximum pbl size? Answer: There is no recommended size. In the old days before PowerBuilder 4 there was a

Question: Can I make a confirm message box with “Yes” and “No” as opposed to “OK” and “Cancel”? Answer: Unfortunately, you’re out of luck. As you’ve found out, the JavaScript

You can use java.net.DatagramSocket class to identify a remote machine that is accessing your server. The class java.net.DatagramSocket represents a socket for sending and receiving datagram packets. A datagram socket

JDK 1.1 offers enhanced control over a socket’s behavior through some socket options. These options are: SO_TIMEOUT, which you can access through accessor methods: public synchronized int getSoTimeout() throws SocketException

Variable-length character data types are 255 bytes long in SQL Server 6.5. SQL Server 7.0 extends Varchar to 8000 bytes long. Until SQL Server 6.5, text data type was used

Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) are stored in SQL Server as either text or image datatypes. The SQL Server maintains a pointer to the BLOB data. Thus, BLOB data is not

Coding static SQL in an Active Server Page (ASP) is perhaps the easiest way to provide dynamic data content in Web pages. However, you should try avoiding this; instead use