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Customize VI6 DTC

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

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Migrate Access97 Apps with InterDev

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

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Why Use Inner Classes?

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

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RDS Custom DataFactory in IE4

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

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Anonymous vs. Regular Inner Classes

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

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Application Design and Passwords

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

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SQL Joins with Paradox

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

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Creating Radio Buttons Using the AWT

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

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Creating Radio Buttons Using Swing

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