Question: I am working on a Delphi program in which I am inserting information into a database table by running a student’s ID card through a scanner. I was testing

Question: Last week I had a head crash on a PC using Delphiand Paradox files. I was able to recover everything but a log file for the month of March.

Question: I am developing a database/intranet package for which I need to use a grid based on a TQuery, but I only need a few of the fields to show

Question: I was a VB programmer, until my recent shift to Delphi 2.0. How can I create a database in code? Answer: It depends on the type of database youwant

Question: Where is the best place to put code that you want to run every time a new record is read into buffer? For example, in a HR system, you

Question: How can I override the Enter key to act like theTab key between components in a TDBCtrlGrid? Answer: There’s no simple way to do this. Why? Because child controlscontained

Question: I use Delphi 1.0. The standard dialogs (such as TOpenDialog and TPrintDialog) offer a method called execute. It executes the form/dialog, and waits until it returns. I would like

Question: My Paradox table has grown to about 130 MB.Now whenever I try to insert a new record to the table (from code or Database desktop), I geta “Table is

Question: Is it possible to write a non-interactive program in Delphi 2.0 that does something quick in the background without opening a form or a console window? Answer: Sure, but

Question: I have a simple animation on a form created by turning bitmaps on and off in sequence. How can I pause between frames? There is no wait or pause

Question: I have written a database program that gives me information about PCs on our network. When more than one user tries to access my data, they get a message

Question: I want to draw a picture with bigger coordinates (x,y) than the screen can contain. For example, my screen’s resolution is 600×800, but I will draw a filledellipse on

Question: At present we have a large application that runs under DOS protected mode. It is written in Borland Pascal 7.0. We have a longer term project to convert it

Question: I have installed a Delphi 2.0 BDE application over a network where two terminals can access the table at the same time.I have checked the NET DIR to point

Question: We’re concluding development of a Delphi 1.0 to 2.0 app and have found during user testing that after an app except, when the app terminates, all data entered has

Question: What is the best way to print infomation in Delphi 2.0? I have tried useing the Print() function to print a form, but it only prints what is viewable

Question: How can I hide an application (in my case a DLL) from the taskbar in Win95 (Delphi 2.0) and still have the form active and visible? Answer: The easiest

Question: I am writing a database app in Delphi that is a Customer/Order Management System, and need to display a ‘3 of 7’ type info in the status bar. How

Question: I’ve been programming in Turbo Pascal since v. 4.0 and have made the switch to Delphi 2.0. The only problem is all these new commands!Where on the Net or

Question: How can I set the System Date and Time in Delphi 2.0 (setdate or settime does not exist)? Answer: Use the WinAPI call SetSystemTime. This will allow you to

Question: I am writing a small Delphi 2.0 program to list out all the drives on a system, plus total and free disk space. No problem, except that with hard

Question: We have a specialized ISA bus hardware card that has relays, etc. on it that are accessed by writing or reading to the PC’s I/O ports.How can I port

Question: What is the easiest connection (installation at customer site and use in program) to a database ? BDE, ODBC or Paradox direct access? Answer: It depends on the database.

Question: I’m using Delphi 2.0. My application changes the date format with ShortDateFormat:=’dd/mm/yyyy’ and dateseparator functions. It works, but I found that when I change the taskbar’s ontop or autohide

Question: I am using Delphi 1.0 and am having a hard time trying to find commands/procedures/modules to lock a record from a Paradox database. What should I do to lock

Question: I have made an MDI application with many MDI children, but when I try to close an MDI child it becomes minimized. How can I avoid this and close

Question: I’ve downloaded some components for use in Delphi 2.0, but I can’t get them to install into the VCL. Even the 32-bit dedicated ones come up with an error

Question: What am I doing wrong? I can insert the date and time to a Label component very easily (see first proc below), but not into a RichEdit component. I

Question: I can’t stand the “new” font used in VB5’s pulldown menus and forms (ie. File, View, Tools, etc.).I’ve tried and tried, but I can’t seem to change it. Answer:

Question: Where can I take all the new API declarations about the network, like: NetServerGetInfo, NetServerTransportAdd… Answer: If you just want the declarations, you can add Windows API Functions as