Tip of the Month Archive

Browse previous Tips of the Month from the list below.

November 2008: Background Image for a Form

October 2008: Opening a Form in List View

September 2008: Recording Which Handheld Created a Record

August 2008: Navigational Grid Control

July 2008: Reversing the Record Order

June 2008: Pushing Data to a Handheld

May 2008: Password Protecting Your Form

April 2008: Starting a Desktop Application When a Handheld Connects

March 2008: Dividing a Table Among Different Handhelds

February 2008: Dealing with the "Datetime field overflow (null)" error

January 2008: Allowing Multiple Handhelds to Synchronize to the Same Table

December 2007: Grid Controls and Lookups

November 2007: Migrating to the New mEnable

October 2007: Creating Visual CE Forms to Run on Desktop Computers Using Local or Remote Data

September 2007: Using Visual CE with Google Maps Mobile

August 2007: Database Referential Integrity Constraints and the Synchronizer

July 2007: Populating the Northwinds Mobile Traders Database

June 2007: Troubleshooting GPS Connections

May 2007: Updating Values in a Grid Control

April 2007: "IF...THEN...ELSE", "FOR...NEXT", "WHILE...DO", and "REPEAT...UNTIL" in a Macro

March 2007: Downloading (Publishing) a Table With a Large Number of Records

February 2007: Verifying a Value Read by a Barcode Scanner

January 2007: Updating Multiple Tables at the Same Time

December 2006: Troubleshooting mEnable Connections

November 2006: Scroll Bars on Forms With Move-To-When-Pressed Buttons

October 2006: Searching Using a Multiple Column Key

September 2006: Using a Lookup Control in a Macro

August 2006: Controlling Report CE from a Visual CE form

July 2006: Controlling a Macro by Using an "if" Expression in a SKIP Command Button

June 2006: Controlling the Decimal Digits Displayed by a Calculated Control

May 2006: Putting Text to the Left of a Checkbox or Radio Button

April 2006: Adding a Control to the Middle of the Control Order

March 2006: Navigational Dropdowns

February 2006: Converting from a Pocket Access Database (.CDB file) to a Visual CE Database

January 2006: Creating a Splash Screen

December 2005: Adding an OID Column to an Existing Table

November 2005: Creating a Horizontal Scrollbar for a Grid

October 2005: Using a Message Box in a Macro Triggered by a Get Focus Event

September 2005: Creating a Single Runtime Installer for Report CE and Visual CE

August 2005: Installing the SYWARE Print Engine

July 2005:OLE Objects in Pocket Access Databases

June 2005:Setting Default Folder for FILE | OPEN and FILE | SAVE

May 2005: Handling "Record not found" When Jumping

April 2005: Recovering from Loss of Power

March 2005: Backing Up Your Data

February 2005: Handling "Record not found" When Searching

January 2005: Creating a Character String With an Embedded Line-Feed

December 2004: Resetting the Autonumber

November 2004: Changing the Name of the Storage Card Folder

October 2004: Synchronizing Some Tables All of the Time and Some Tables Part of the Time

September 2004: Customizing Synchronization for a Specific Handheld

August 2004: Creating Spin Controls

July 2004: Removing Shortcuts

June 2004: Closing a Form with a Hidden Menu Bar

May 2004: Removing Forms and Tables

April 2004 : Preventing "Ghost" Records

March 2004: Generating Unique Ids When Using Multiple Handhelds

February 2004: Jumping Based on More Than One Value

January 2004 : Taking Pictures and Saving Them Into the Database

December 2003: Using a Value From the Current Record When Creating a New Record

November 2003: Creating a Multi-Column Key

October 2003: Using a Grid Control to Show All the Records in a Table

September 2003: Jumping to Different Forms Based on a Dropdown Value

August 2003: Sending an SMS Message from a Form via a Cell Phone

July 2003: Multi-Page Capabilities Utilizing Tabs

June 2003:Screen Shots of FoneDB Applications

May 2003: Specifying Usernames and Passwords When Synchronizing

April 2003: Using a Barcode Scanner to Find a Record

March 2003: Making Report CE® Use All the Space on a Page

February 2003: Using Visual CE® with FileMaker Pro

January 2003: Making A Demo Form That Will Timeout

December 2002: Using Pocket PC Hardware Buttons

November 2002: Hiding Scroll Bars in a Single Frame Form

October 2002: Loading Forms Faster

September 2002: Manually Overriding a Lookup Control

July 2002: Manually Overriding an Autonumber Control

June 2002: Changing the Database Used by a Form

May 2002: Changing the Location of a Database Volume (a .CDB or .SDF File)

April 2002: Screen Shots of Visual CE® Applications

March 2002: Launching Report CE from eMbedded Visual Basic

February 2002: Setting Window Size for Forms Running on the Desktop

January 2002: Running a Macro Program When a Form is First Launched

December 2001: Using Scribbles with .CDB Files

November 2001: Turn on Your New Button Menu

October 2001: Using New Fonts with Old Forms

September 2001: Multi-tiered Dependent Dropdowns with More than Four Levels

August 2001: Controlling the Number of Decimal Places Displayed

July 2001: Removing Entries From User-Can-Add Dropdowns

May 2001: Adding a Splash Screen to your Visual CE® Form

April 2001: Synchronizing a Single Handheld to Two Desktop Machines

March 2001: Adding Online Help to Your Visual CE® Forms

February 2001: Putting Tables on the Storage Card

January 2001: Viewing Pocket PC Apps Sideways

November 2000: Using Lookup Values in Calculations

October 2000: Adding Voice Recording to Your Forms