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Minimum Required Run-Times Files

Question: What are the minimum required run-time files for a Visual FoxPro 5 application setup? Answer: The easiest way to find the minimum required run-time files is to do this:

Choosing a Career in FoxPro

Question: I’m equally comfortable using both VB and FoxPro. Each product has its pros and cons. I think VB has a better developed IDE and debugging facilities. FoxPro, on the

Is There a GoTo Statement in ASP?

Question: Is GoTo a valid Statement in ASP? I need to do something like this: If x=y then Goto THEREend ifTHERE: bla bla bla Answer: There is no GoTo statement

Migrating Data from R:BASE to SQL

Question: My company has been using R:BASE in the past and we recently upgraded our network and installed SQL. How can I migrate my old R:BASE data into SQL? I

Passing Text Fields

Question: I need to pass large fields of text. Problem is, some of the text has single quotes in it ( ‘ ). How do I pass these text fields

Static vs. Dynamic SQL

Question: What is the difference between static and dynamic SQL? For that matter, what are they? Answer: Static SQL statements are embedded in the source code of a program. They

Associating an Icon with an EXE File

Question: I am using VFP 5.0. When I create an EXE file, how can I get my own icon associated with it? (instead of a Fox head) Answer: First, when

Changing NT 4.0 File Ownership

Question: Is there any way to change the ownership of files and directories with scripts or programs? Answer: You can use the SubInAcl.exe file (included in the NT 4.0 Resource

Binary File Support in SQL

Question: I have been asked to develop a database of imagery from a company’s slide collection that needs to be incorporated into a Web site. Does SQL support binary files?

Make Background Image Act as a Watermark in IE

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 3.02 and above supports a BGPROPERTIES attribute that when set to “fixed” modifies the behavior of the background image to act as a watermark instead of scrolling

Accessing Recordset in Another ASP Page

Question: I am creating a site with a public area and a secure area, which is broken into three parts. To enter security, the user goes to LogIn.htm and enters

Activate Popup Hints

Question: I want to activate those small popup windows (the ones that appear when you hold your mouse over a program icon in the Taskbar to tell you what appears

Adding Resources to an EXE

Question: How can I add resources to an EXE or DLL? I am using Delphi 3 at the moment. For example, I want to use a new Cursor (a self

Problem Closing Forms

Question: I created the main search screen form SearchScrn (fsNormal) with the ability to create as many new forms on the fly (they are not children of MDI form) as

Converting a System Date to a Text String

Question: I want to retrieve the system date and convert it to a text string. I can get the system date (using the Date() function call), but I cannot write

Reading Across Mulitple Forms on One ASP Page

Question: I have two forms on my ASP page. The first form uses the &qout;Post” Method and second uses the &qout;Get” Method. The form using the “Get” method has a

Accessing Field Names that Contain Spaces

Question: I created an ASP that uses VB script to access an Access 97 database in a test environment. Here is the query used: “select * FROM property WHERE user

Selecting One Person Per Address

Question: I have a mailing list with one record per person, but I want to mail to only one person per household. How can I select just the first record

RDBMS

Question: What is RDBMS? Answer: It’s lingo for “Relational Data Base Management System.”

Wizard interfaces

Question: Do you know any good Web sites or have any tech tips on creating wizard interfaces? Answer: Creating wizard interfaces is straight-forward when you know how. All a wizard

Visualizing PowerBuilder

Question: I have a difficult time using PB because I can’t see the code flow. I am an experienced programmer with COBOL, PL/1, and SQL and have taken several PB