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Popup Menu

Question: I wish to add my application to the popup menu that you get in Windows 95/98. I am referring to the menu that pops up whenever you click on

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Week of the Year

Question: How can i find out the week number of the year in Visual Basic? Answer: This is easy to do using the DateDiff function. The DateDiff function can calculate

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Floating Window

Question: I have an app that has an MDI form (MDIForm1), one MDIChild form (Form1), and one standard form (Form2). I would like to make Form2 a floating one so

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Manage big applications

Question: I have a problem with one of my VB applications.This application has 40-50 forms, modules, and reports. My PC is configured with Windows 98, Pentium II 300 MhZ, and

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Deprecating Classes and Methods

It’s often desirable to replace a class or method with one that provides similar or identical functionality. This could be because the implementation has been improved, or simply because a

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How Can I Tell if a Sheet is Open

Question: How can I check if a certain sheet is Open? Answer: PowerBuilder stores a list of all the currently open sheets automatically for you. You can use the GetFirstSheet

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Rowscopy function fails

Question: I’m trying just simply to copy rows from one datastore to another. They both have the same Dataobject set. I know that the source datastore has two rows, but