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A recent post included some PowerScript code, and I thought I would pass along a tip for pasting code snippets that produces a slightly more readable result than simply pasting code into the website's text editor. The toolbar contains a button to as...
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :) ...
Hello everyone,   I am migrating a PB2019 application that uses SOAP to PB2022. As SOAP has been deprecated in PB2022 can anyone suggest a strategy to replace the SOAP code with REST API? Thanks in advance....
I have a pbl file that has somehow become corrupt. I need the reports transfered out of that file and into a good pbl file.   I can see the reports in the courrrupted pbl file, but when I set the corrupted pbl file as the working library and then e...
We have multiple applications that use SSO to log in. In the PowerBuilder application, we used to copy all resource files (icons, images) into a single folder and refer across all applications as needed. Now in the PowerServer Client application, ho...
Hello all, being a newbie with PB2022R2, I wonder why the migration assistant lists the lastpos Powerscript function in its scan result? I see no syntax change nor a deprecation notice in the current documentation.   Thanks, Herbert  ...
Our software has been developed to support both MS SQL Server & ORACLE depending on the client using the software. With PowerServer 2020 we had both SQL Server and ORACLE set up in our configuration (Database Type section) so the output would sup...
PB Runtime Packager... Does anyone know how to have the Runtime Packager application include a custom version of the PBODB.INI file?   Much appreciated, thank you....
Hi in the System Options I can set the PowerBuilder runtime version. I saw that e.g. properties in the datawindow painter that are introduced in a new version are available in the GUI but not saved into the datawindow source when saving, to maintain...
Hi! Im trying to disable the maxbox of a window using window.maxbox = false. But when i try it after a ipplied the theme, the code doesn't work. If i try the same thing without apply the theme, the code works! After applying the theme, do I have t...
Hi Everyone,     Good day! I'm using powerbuilder 12.5 classic and just wondering if it's possible to send a file to printer. I have a process that prints the file to PDF and I want it to send to printer to print. Any ideas would be much appreciat...
Hello I just migrated my project on Oracle 19C and I have an issue with table of strings. When PB call my stocked procedure with an array in entry that doesn't work, there is a problem. Please can you give idea to solve this problem. Thank you ve...
Hi, after applying a theme to an application - is there a way to make the corners of the windows, buttons etc. rounded? It would look more like Windows 11. Those sharp corners are from Windows 10. I've looked in the Theme folders but none of these ...
Hi Guys W have a client that has made a major upgrade to the UI including adding Themes. They deploy their application in a terminal services environment. Apparently the application is using twice the amount of ram per user than it did before and un...
I have a datawindow which works perfect until I add a nested dw into this to generate details of line-charges.  I am using the latest PB 2022 R2 Build 2828  and nothing I try will get this to stop generating an extra page. I am out of options. I ha...
2019 R2 build 2353 connected to SQL Server 17   I have to find a new way to pull out the contents of a text column (not rich text)  into a window control for displaying/editing by the user, then update changes back to the text column.  The datawi...
My application on Pb2022 r2 using IDE is compiling OK.However, using pbautobuild, an appcrash occurs in pbshr.dll during the "creation" of objects in PBL After this crash I have to return the PBL backup. The error file is 0 KB in size. Does anyone...
I have to call an api based on a table update for only some scenarios. The API endpoint needs to update a table in a different database. I want to put that API call in a trigger. How can I call an API endpoint from a trigger?...
Hi Everyone We are experiencing an issue after applying themes to a complex application. We are seeing a noticeable delay in window opening response times between no theme and a theme being applied. On some windows the opening delay is approximately...
Hi all, I'm playing around with PB2022's new PDF tools.  I wrote a small window that just checks the PDF standard of a given file name.  So far, all files are PDF_None! except one, that's unknown.  Here's the code I use to check the standard: CHOO...
HI ,I updated my PC to Windows 11 and whether using PowerBuilder 2021 or PowerBuilder 2022, by invoking the print dialogbox [Print(true, true)], the values set on the datawindow, paper orientation, number of copies, printer (selected via setup), are ...
Hi, I'm ussing PowerBuilder 2022 R2 Build 2828 Runtime 22.1.0.2819. Assign an icon to the application in Additional Properties. But after compiling, it is not assigned to the generated exe. If I generate a shortcut to the application and try to ch...


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