| D e c 02 |
• Building a "macro
check point" into an automated procedure |
| N o v 02 |
• Storing contact notes
internally (in the database) and Externally (as external documents) • Date fields that sometimes aren't • Vital but often overlooked database programming switches • When to run Q&A in monochrome • Whe Q&A is stuck in monochrome • Removing duplicate records plus the originals • Solving network access problems • Troubleshooting network performance issues • Installing Q&A in Windows 2000 • @Color crashes Q&A and changes database design • Network busy/Disk drive door open messages • Derived money values in merge document programs • Spare fields come in handy |
| O c t 02 |
• New Utility Pack (from the
makers of "Sesame") Modernizes Q&A 5.0 • Think International (storing and using international phone numbers) • Create a Quick Callback Count Calculator • Repairing damaged Q&A Write documents • Q&A Write and large documents • Incorrect margins in reports • Conditionally highlighting fields • Q&A for DOS and USB Printers • @Number in network configurations • Missing Expanded Memory • Moving data from field to field in Mass Update • Q&A for DOS compared to Q&A for Windows |
| S e p 02 |
• How to build an automatic
report printer • Manipulating Time values in Q&A for schedulers and day-planners • How Batch Posting can trash databases • Underlining blank report fields • Handy Q&A shortcut keys • Why programmed calculation fields don't calculate • How to design a report that uses data from other databases • What causes a "Not Enough Disk Space..." error message when backing up a database file in Q&A • How to share a database even when it's in use on the server • More on Novell, Windows 2000/XP and Q&A |
| A u g 02 |
• Get extra Lookup Table
columns • Retrieve every Nth record • New programming features in Sesame • Memory error when printing Expanded fields • Multiple selections from pick-lists • Q&A Win -- adding new fields and forms • System error in Q&A 3.0 • Duplicate "records" a misnomer • Same printer in Windows and Q&A for DOS? • Review -- a handy utility that converts batch files to executables. • Easier to manage pick-lists |
| J u l 02 |
• Create a handy letters
database • Network users lost on new PC • Calculation statement order • Q&A, Win 2000/XP and Novell networks • Q&A and large hard drives • Printers, Windows and Q&A • Q&A emailing and faxing • Some handy new Sesame features • Email address verification • Optimize your Q&A for DOS screen font in Windows 2000/XP |
| J u n 02 |
• New search
options in Sesame • See the new Sesame slide show! • Getting data from your Web site into Q&A • Getting more from @Number • Losing your Q&A settings • Encryption vs. password protection • Stamp records with highest number • "Illegal Operation" revisited • Checking for duplicate records across databases • Norton Antivirus print problem remedy |
| M a y 02 |
• Converting a Q&A
database to Sesame • Programming Yes/No Fields • Put your Q&A data on your Web site, Part 5 • Why Q&A can run sluggishly in Windows XP • Insufficient Memory messages • Percentage tracking report • Printing problems revisited • Windows 2000/XP @Shell errors • Q&A Win 4.01/4.06 incompatibilities • Q&A Windows/DOS and faxing • Quick Copy, delete and move |
| A p r 02 |
• Create a Keyword summary
report from multiple fields • @Shell and multi-function batch files • Introducing new form elements in Sesame • Offbeat cure for a sluggish database • Using Q&A for Windows as a Q&A for DOS companion • Why Q&A database suddenly grow HUGE • Using @Maximum and @Minimum in reports • Put your Q&A data on your Web site, Part 4 |
| M a r 02 |
• Instant Q&A messaging
across your network • Using printer 'escape' codes • Records printed to DISK lose alignment • Getting your data in good shape for Sesame • Print one page of a multipage record • Using a mouse in Q&A DOS in Windows 2000/XP • Resetting the record number or @Number • Calculating business days vs. calendar days • When database Auto-calc won't work • Put your Q&A data on your Web site, Part 3. Creating Web-ready HTML pages in Q&A's word processor • New Sesame terminology • New field formatting options in Sesame |
| F e b 02 |
• An introduction to Table
View • Send Email from any database record • Programming Q&A to exceed Q&A's built-in math capabilities (the 15-decimal place limitation) • Printing Q&A for Windows forms without the field labels • Q&A for DOS window sizing in Windows 2000/XP • More on Windows XP screen problems with Q&A for DOS • Q&A for Windows not running in Europe • Q&A for Windows field spacing in merge labels • Importing ASCII files into databases • Put your Q&A data on your Web site, Part 2. Designing reports to output Web-read HTML tables. • New Table View features in Sesame • Sesame import from relational databases |
| J a n 02 |
• Installing and running
Q&A in Windows XP • Get a formal printable date from a templated 'Date' field • Put Your Q&A Data on Your Web Site, Part 1. Turning database records into Web-ready HTML pages. • Maintaining strict record order in a database • Using special Lookup Table programming to simplify data entry • How to solve the problem of getting only "half a screen" in Windows XP • Why @Shell might not work in XP • Database Lock -- the overlooked Q&A security option • Virus protection a must |