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Question: I know how to use the new RecordSet control from VI6 to display records into a Grid; but how do I implement a query at runtime? For example: SQL

Question: I am trying to migrate an Access97 database application to a Web-based application. I bought InterDev because it purportedly makes this process easy. But I cannot create a form

Inner classes often make your programming task easier by eliminating the requirement to write parameterized constructors for your classes and to pass references as parameters. A method in an inner

Sometimes it’s necessary to create your own RDS server object because of some inherent limitations of the built-in RDSServer.DataFactory object. If you find it necessary to build your own version

Inner classes are useful for instantiating and registering listeners on event sources. When should you use an anonymous inner class and when should you use a regular inner class? If

Question: I’m developing a program that lists all of a shop’s clients and the items that they purchased. The problem is that if some clients haven’t bought anything, they don’t

Question: How do you protect an application with a password and store it in the application’s exe-file? Answer: You’d have to hard code the password in. Then in the FormCreate

The way you create a set of radio buttons is significantly different between Swing and the AWT. With Swing, you instantiate the buttons and add them to a group object

Radio buttons behave in the same mutually exclusive way in Swing and the AWT. However, the way that you create a set of radio buttons differs significantly between Swing and