Question: How can I create texture maps (for 3D objects) that don’t get distorted by the geometry? Answer: Use 3D Paint tools. When I want to paint something in the

Question: What’s happening with Caligari and its VRML tools (trueSpace, VRML, Pioneer, etc.)? Answer: Caligari has rethought its approach to VRML and has integrated the features you may have seen

Question: What are the alternatives to VRML? Answer: There are a variety of proprietary alternatives to VRML available for use over the Internet. Perhaps the best known at the moment

Question: What is this “second Web” I keep hearing about? Is it marketing hype, or a new technology? Answer: It’s a mixture of the two. Perhaps inspired (or provoked) by

Question: How can I create a Sybase login from a PowerBuilder front-end application using sp_addlogin? The normal way of executing stored procedures ? for example, declare procname for procedure ?

Question: How can we distribute the PB deployment kit (Upgrade version) to our remote end-users? Also, do we have to distribute any drivers for Oracle, or can they reside on

Question: I understand that it is possible to print reports stored in a backend Access .mdb file from Visual Basic. Is it possible, and if so, how is it done?

Question: Using Win 95 and 32-bit PB v5.0, I want to, off a timer event, monitor for an open window. When I detect it, searching once every five minutes, I

Question: I’m writing a program which needs to clean up the temp files which are in the Temp directory as define by the Temp Environment setting. I don’t want the

Question: I am trying to build a form that can be loaded as either MDI or SDI. If a use the SetParent API to force the window to be a

Question: I want to create an independent PowerBuilder executable. Which DLLs should I include, and how do I package them with my application so that it runs on a computer

Question: How can I determine the return value of an ancestor event from its descendant?For example, the PFC_addrow event of the PFC datawindow. If I were to extend this event,

Question: How can I print a datawindow object and a graph control on one page? Answer: This is a common question. Normally the graph datawindow and the reportdatawindow can be

Question: Is it possible to develop applications in PB using Microsoft SQL Server as the back-end? Answer: PowerBuilder has excellent support for MS SQL Server. Here at Powersoft, we have

Question: How did VB originate, where did it originate from, what is it main purpose or function. Who basically saw it as a need for its future uses? Answer: This

Question: I have a general class that has the following amongst other stuff.Public Property Get Status() As String Status = stattxtEnd PropertyPublic Property Let Status(vNewValue As String) stattxt = vNewValueEnd

Question: Using VB 5.0, how can I detect the default browser and launch it to go to user selected site? Answer: This information is located in the Registry under this

Question: Is there ANY way to write a program in Visual Basic 5.0 for Windows 95 and then have people running Windows 3.1 be able to use it? Answer: Nope.

Question: I have two Data controls on a form, Data1 and Data2, both with data bound text boxes on the form, linked to them. Based on a common field (also

Question: How can I determine the return value of an ancestor event from its descendant?For example, the PFC_addrow event of the PFC datawindow. If I were to extend this event,

Question: We are working with PB 5.0.02 Enterprise with anOracle server. The scripts are kept on a Novellserver version 4.x. We regenerate a PBL, and when we re-edit the object,one

Question: I am 90 percent done building a product catalog using PB 5.0.2 and SQL Anywhere 5.5.I just added a feature that uses a datastore to retrieve pricing information and

Question: How do you use VB to check to see if a file exists? Answer: The simplest way to do it is to try opening the file with these lines

Question: Hi, I am working on a VB 4.0 project. The project involves changing 2 fields – The date field from 6 digits to 8 digits and zipcode field from

Question: I am building an front end application for Peachtree Accounting which only supports DDE. The Peachtree application will be the server. Will I be able to use DDE in

Question: I Want to make my own data control navigator bar in a single OCX. My question is: How can i get the DataSource property to work.It needs to give

Question: I need to store a full text box in a data base, so that later I can recover it with all its properties; is that possible or do I

Question: Are there any advanced-level PowerBuilder 5.0 books you recommend? Answer: The Powerbuilder 5.0: Secrets of the Masters book is the mostadvanced book I have seen to date.

Question: I am wondering if I can write an applet that will send information from a number of forms to my email address without all the %$= etc. and without

Question: When dismissing a dialog, how can I set the focus on the calling form? Is clicking the calling form the only way? Answer: There is a weird bug in