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Don't forget 98B I have had experience of INVOIC messages from several trading partners and all seem to be different, although purporting to be EDIFACT. Even two versions from different departments of the same company ! With different laws in european countries regarding electronic payments...

I have a Memo and want to copy it into a database TDBMemo. FieldByName('NOTES').AsMemo := Memo1.Lines; doesn't work. It doesnt like AsMemo. Does anybody know the correct syntax ? Frank.

Hi, you might find this procedure useful, I emulated the PICK BASIC, "FIELD" function. Examples of use :- Txt:= "a b c d" s:=field(Txt,' ',3); gives s = c Txt:= "X,F2,VV3,4" s:=field(Txt,',',3); gives s = VV3 Txt:="a:b:c" s:=field(Txt,':',3)...

Thanks weez, that worked a treat ! Frank.

I have a time in string format ie '09:45' I want to convert this to a new time + n minutes ie: time+190 minutes. I can EncodeTime(09, 45, 0, 0); but how do I add 190 or any number of minutes after this ? Frank. Frank.

Image List I have a Database Grid with the code ImageList1.Draw(Canvas,Rect.Left+4,Rect.Top,1,True) How do I assign Images to the Image list? Frank.

A couple of points to ponder : An EDIFACT segment such as DTM+200307210730:203 translates to XML as <DTM name =&quot;DATE/TIME/PERIOD&quot;> <E2005 name=&quot;Date/time/period qualifier&quot;> <value>137</value> </E2005> <E230 name=&quot;Date/Time/Period&quot;> <value>200307210730</value>...

Can anyone give any advantages of XML over traditional EDI (EDIFACT, ODETTE) ? I can think of disadvantages only. Frank.

Thanks Smin, I must be doing something wrong. My statement is now (in part) SELECT LPLI.LGTENR,TESTPR*POWER(LPLI.LGPDIM-1,10 ), etc but I get the error &quot;[IBM][Client Access Express ODBC Driver (32-Bit)[DB2/400 SQL]SQL0402 -- Use Not Valid&quot; Any Clues ? As you can see from the error...

How do I raise a number to a power in an SQL statement? ie if DMN is a field with values of 1, 2 etc I want to say FIELDNAME*(DMN-1^10) Frank.

Having located a string in a TMemo or TRichEDit, How do I hilight the text and position the cursor so it is visible in the window ? Frank.

Nope, cannot find WINDOWS.CHM anywhere ! Frank.

Thanks Wolluf, I can now create a shortcut as desired. The windows default (RTClick-Explore) still gives the extended path. Perhaps its a registry value ? Frank. Frank.

Does anybody know how to specify the directory that Windows Explorer starts up in ? I am fed up with it opening in C:\WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\Start Menu I would like just the drives at root showing. Frank.

Whenever I click on HELP in any application I get the hourglass for a second and then nothing. The help system has stopped ! Help ! Frank.