Tip of the Week

The Tip of the Week articles are part of the QM KnowledgeBase and are the result of requests from the QM user community for the lesser known features of QM to be more widely publicised.

Suggestions for articles should be sent to support@openqm.com.

01 May 2014	Entering Mark Characters from the Keyboard
25 April 2014	HTML Conversion Codes
17 April 2014	Break Key Options
03 April 2014	Checking for Phantom Termination
27 March 2014	Debugging Procs
20 March 2014	QMBasic OPEN mode qualifiers
12 March 2014	Socket Inheritance
04 October 2013	Using the Mouse in Character Mode Applications
19 September 2013	Writing Terminal Type Independent Applications
05 September 2013	Changing the Phantom Log Name
29 August 2013	SSELECT Sort Order
22 August 2013	Exceptions
18 July 2013	Handling Binary Data in QM
20 June 2013	Non-Transactional Updates
06 June 2013	Printing the Value of a Suppressed Breakpoint
30 May 2013	Setting Many Options
23 May 2013	Simplifying Process Type Tests in LOGIN
16 May 2013	Configuring QM
09 May 2013	Partial Select Lists
02 May 2013	Query Processor Averages
25 April 2013	IPV6 Support
11 December 2012	Moving QM Accounts Between Systems
18 October 2012	Repeated Record Locks
11 October 2012	Dictionary I-Type Records
04 October 2012	Application Portability Between Platforms
28 September 2012	Use of the ON ERROR Clause
20 September 2012	Value Counting in Query Reports
13 September 2012	System Backup on QM
07 September 2012	Record Caching
30 August 2012	Sort Configuration
09 August 2012	Using Inline Prompts to Process a Select List
02 August 2012	Using Calculated Values in Alternate Key Indices
26 July 2012	Sorting Dynamic Arrays
19 July 2012	Command Editor
12 July 2012	Conditional Compilation
05 July 2012	Setting QMBasic Compiler Options
21 June 2012	Creating Alternate Key Indices in Live Systems
14 June 2012	SELECT SAVING with Multivalued Data
07 June 2012	The GENERATE Tool
31 May 2012	Public and Private Servers
24 May 2012	Using Slave Printers
17 May 2012	Deadlock Detection
10 May 2012	Hold File Logging
03 May 2012	Variable Argument Lists
26 April 2012	Directory File Mark Translation
19 April 2012	Populating an Excel Spreadsheet from QM
12 April 2012	Base 64 Encoding
05 April 2012	Using QM Triggers
29 March 2012	Save/Restore Screen Data
22 March 2012	MD5 Message Digest
15 March 2012	The File Cache
08 March 2012	Error Logging
01 March 2012	Extended Filename Syntaxes
23 February 2012	Moving the Two Digit Year Number Range
16 February 2012	Careful Update of Directory Files
09 February 2012	Cataloguing
02 February 2012	System Startup Scripts
26 January 2012	Command Scripts
19 January 2012	The VSLICE() Function
05 January 2012	Local Subroutines and Functions
29 December 2011	Removing Redundant Mark Characters
22 December 2011	Executing Code on a Remote Server
15 December 2011	ISO Week Number Conversions
08 December 2011	Heading and Footing Extensions
01 December 2011	The DIR() Function
24 November 2011	Security Subroutines
17 November 2011	Named Common
10 November 2011	User Written Conversion Codes
03 November 2011	Who Has That File Open?
27 October 2011	The Hot Spot Monitor
20 October 2011	The IN and NOT.IN Query Processor Selection Elements
13 October 2011	Multivalue Functions
06 October 2011	Report Styles and Overlays
29 September 2011	The CUMULATIVE Keyword
22 September 2011	UPDATE.RECORD
15 September 2011	Dictionary Link Records
08 September 2011	Extensions to the Basic INPUT @ Statement
01 September 2011	The SUBSTITUTE() Function
25 August 2011	The Private VOC
18 August 2011	Inline Prompts
11 August 2011	Panning and Scrolling in the Query Processor
04 August 2011	Making Applications Work Across Timezones
28 July 2011	Debugging Phantom Processes
21 July 2011	Process Dump Files
14 July 2011	Object Oriented Programming
07 July 2011	QMBasic FOR Statement Extensions
30 June 2011	Handling Comma Separated Variable Data