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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

Question: How can I import a delimited text file into a SQL Sever table? Answer: Welcome to the world of BCP. Included with SQL Server, the Bulk Copy Program will

Question: I need to enter up to 1,600 measured data points into a SQL database. Each point makes one record. Is there a way to enter all of these records

Question: How can I find out the user name at SQL prompt. Answer: In SQL Server, you can write select user_name()

Question: Is there a way to display the text on two lines with a command button in PowerBuilder 5? We have already tried the ~n. Answer: There is no way

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