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Question: Can I use an animated GIF in my application? Answer: There is no simple way to use animated GIFs inside of PowerBuilder. However, there is a way that you

Question: I have a popup window with tab control (four tabs). I need to specify at open time which tab page gets control. It always opens tab 1 no matter

Question: I’ve heard that the MDI Frame status bar can be subdivided so that multiple messages can be sent there. The only two methods of manipulating the status bar that

Question: Instead of distributing a user object (and its functions) as a PBD, I want to distribute it asa DLL (build runtime library, machine code),and then access its functionality in

Question: How can you make your application “always on top,” just like the Windows clock application can? I use PB 4.0 and Windows 3.1. Answer: Use the SetPosition command to

Use the Format$ function to produce right- or left-justified text: Format$(123, “@@@@@@”) gives ” 123″Format$(123, “!@@@@@@”) gives “123 “

To close forms uniformly, treat the system menu’s Close command and your File menu’s Exit command in the same manner. In your Exit command, simply unload the form. Let the

Upon initialization, the VB5 IDE presents you with a list of project types, such as Standard EXE or ActiveX EXE. You can also create new project types yourself by creating

Many commercial apps select the contents of the text box automatically whenever it gets focus. You can do the same in your apps with a few VB statements. Invoke the