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Question: I have recently created a program in VB5.0 on a WIN 95 system… on that system the program works great. Now I want to make my program accessable on
Question: I intended to use DAO in my application, but I wonder whether is there anylicense issue if I written an application in VB and distributed it orresell it? Answer:
Question: I have a simple 2 form program with an array spanning both forms (i.e.MyArray(0),..MyArray(3) are on form 1 and MyArray(4),..MyArray(6) are on form 2). How can I declare MyArray
Question: How do you create EXE files in VB 5.0 CCE? I know that the copy at Microsoft.com does not support the creation of EXE files, but I’m hoping that
Question: I am currently using VB 4.0 Entreprise and will migrate to VB 5.0 Pro at home (I am still using this version at work).I would like to be able
Question: I had just started learning VB 4 when VB 5 was released. Is it worthwhile to master VB 4 and then try to understand the differences, or doesVB 5
Question: What are the improvements of VB5 to VB4, especially as to how to handle the data, data files, database? Answer: Data Files, using features such as Open/Write/Read, are unchanged
Question: I am getting into the object oriented features of VB4 and I am wondering where the back-end database (such as Access) comes in for small single user applications. You
Question: Is there a third-party tool (or a functionalitynative to PB) with which I can print the *entire*contents of a .PBL file, preferablyin a way that’s meaningful? I have in
Question: I have created a function that will retrieve the current date and time, and put it in the heading of all my reports. We store our reports as blobs
Question: Is there a command Float.parseNumbers(s) that returns a float? Answer: Sure, parseInt(s) is simply: Integer temp = Integer.valueOf(s); int x = temp.intValue();which has an equivalent for floats Float temp
Question: My problem is that the SLE and Edit mask fields can be clicked and the cursor is active, even though: The window has a Tab object, and SLE and
Question: I have a client who has been using Informix SQL version 2.10 on an Altos UNIX server for more than 10 years. He wants to move a 700 MB
Question: I must create a datawindow that has to get data from two databases. I connected to database “A” first and chose some fields from a table. Then I connected
Question: I’ve read the following example about type casting: int i; float f; f=float(i);Can you explain what happens to variables f and i on line 3, and could you give
Question: How does one overload operator->*()? Answer: Here is an example:struct bar { void doSomething();}struct foo { bar *operator ->* () { return bar_; }}void Foo (){ void (bar::*barFn)() =
Question: I have a completed program coded as a bubble sort. I must now read and write to a file. I am using fstream.h and coding an input for the
Question: I recently learned that the C++ draft standard requires that an implementation not perform any static checking on a function’s exception specification (aside from inherited virtual functions and function
Question: I have a Delphi app that displays a bitmap, and I control drawing on the canvas object as one might on a paper roadmap. This works fine. When I
Question: Can I overload the >> operator in a class for all integral types using a template? If so, how? Answer: The short answer is no.The long answer?Templates are mechanisms
Question: What is the purpose of placing a const at the beginning and end of a function declaration with a de-reference to the function? Are there memory leak implications?For example:
Question: I am trying to truncate and then convert a float to a string. Something like atoi().Is this possible? Any suggestions? Answer: float f = 1.234;int i = f;strstream s;s
Question: I am trying to truncate and then convert a float to a string. Something like atoi().Is this possible? Any suggestions? Answer: float f = 1.234;int i = f;strstream s;s
Question: Can you tell me how to stack frames? I am currently using three frames and need to add a fourth. My layout looks like this:TopLeft | ContentI need to
Question: How can my browser load text before images? Answer: If you define the dimensions of all of the images that you are calling (i.e.) your browser will display thetext
Question: I want visitors to my site to be able to get out of a FRAMESET whenclicking on links and images. I can’t figure out how to do this. Can
Question: Is there a (JavaScript? HTML?) way to get rid of the black rule (focus border) surrounding a frame after it has been clicked?I am in the process of designing
Question: In a pop-up list, how do you get the value associated with the default value to appear in the listbox before clicking on the field? For example, I have
Question: What is a “Domain Name Server” and how does it work? Answer: The domain name server is a server application that provides a cross-reference or mapping service between symbolic
Question: How can I access my Novell NetWare file server via FTP? Answer: FTP Services is included with Novell’s IntranetWare 4.11 network operating system. Running an FTP server allows wide-ranging