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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 10 months ago
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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...
John Fauss John Fauss
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Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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Drag/Drop doesn't work for 64-bit app
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  1. Last updated 18 hours ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 8 hours ago
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Hi all, I have a couple of windows with a datawindow that is supposed to respond to the pbm_dropfiles event. I have defined a global external function: FUNCTION int DragQueryFileW (long hDrop, int iFile, ref string szFileName, int cb) LIBRARY "she...
  1.  External Functions
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
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EOL Apryse PDFLib
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  mike S replied 10 hours ago
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Hi, we are currently using PDFLib to merge PDFs and stamp information together with our product developed in PowerBuilder. We have heard from Apryse that PDFlib has reached EOL. Have you heard anything about this, and what impact will it have on Nati...
Torgeir Lund Torgeir Lund
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Word-wrap in ribbon bar menu text
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  1. Last updated 20 hours ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 14 hours ago
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Hi Team, We are creating ribbon bar menu with small icon along with menu text. Now some menu has lengthy text, so whether we can do word wrap text . Attached 2 images, first screen done through powerbuilder and second screen given by UX team Let ...
  1.  JSON
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  XML
  4.  RibbonBar
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Narayana Bhat P Narayana Bhat P
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PBDOM_ELEMENT - How to Output NULL String as
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  1. Last updated 21 hours ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 15 hours ago
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Using PBDOM... Rather than precondition null string values as empty strings... IF IsNull ( anv_params.their_id ) THEN anv_params.their_id = "" END IF lpbdom_their_id.settext ( anv_params.their_id ) ...to arrive/output at/to... MY_ELEMENT/M...
John Strano John Strano
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Can we apply new (2022 R3 3397) runtime without a new build?
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Bradley Duke replied 18 hours ago
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We are currently using 2022 R3 3356, and found that the issue launching PowerServer sites from the URL is broken in Edge. We are able to launch in edge while using IE mode without issue. We see the newest version of 2022 R3 3397 has a fix for it. Sec...
Kevin Bell Kevin Bell
  1. PowerServer
Stop Theme being applied to a window and all objects on that window
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  2.  Gastón Clara replied 20 hours ago
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Hi, I'm trying to disable the theme for an specific window. I followed the intrsuctions from https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/stop-theme-being-applied-to-a-window-and-all-objects-on-that-window and also https://community.appeon.com/ind...
Gastón Clara Gastón Clara
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PowerServer deployment with .exe "license has not started error"
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 22 hours ago
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Hello, I am trying to install a PowerServer deployment with an executable. The launch page shows up fine but when I try to launch I get the following error. This error is not mentioned on any of Appeons troubleshooting documents. All other depl...
Esau Redwan Esau Redwan
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Calling parent window's ancestor function from tabpage control datawindow?
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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Hello, I am attempting to call a window's ancestor function from a datawindow object on a tabpage control on the same window, and having no success. Specifically the rowFocusChanging event of the datawindow. Is there a way to do this? Snippit be...
Ray Cockerham Ray Cockerham
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assigning array to empty array doesn't work
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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I have values in an array that I am not assigning to it. I declare some arrays INTEGER li_rowINTEGER li_indexINTEGER li_failedSTRING ls_sch_cd STRING ls_school_nameSTRING ls_to[], ls_cc[]STRING ls_school_81[], ls_school_86[] //Seval added 1...
Ruth Spradlin Ruth Spradlin
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Powerbuilder 2022 R2 will not open.
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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My powerbuilder crashed, now it won't open. powerbuilder 2022 R2 No one responds in the chat session
Philip Troise Philip Troise
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Slow System-Wide Performance With Redirected Printers
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 1 day ago
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We have a hosted server where our application runs. Users who access the app have redirected printers. The system is noticibly slower when their default printer is a redirected printer vs when it is a local printer. This occurs even when no printing ...
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
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HyperLinkToURL (and OpenURL) in kiosk mode
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Just wondering if it is possible to open a url in the users default browser in kiosk mode using the HyperLinkToURL ( PB 2025) and OpenURL (PB 2025)?
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
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Looking for a Certified PowerBuilder Developer Exam
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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Are there any official/legit certified powerbuilder developer exams out there? I did a search, but couldn't find anything recent.
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
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Performance issue when PB2022 application is started on a VM
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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I'm using PB2022 R3. The application I built works smoothly with one strange exception: When I click on a datawindow in a sheet within a mdi frame, the application hangs for 20 seconds up to two minutes showing "not responding". After this period th...
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  2.  Citrix
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Guido Hinrichs Guido Hinrichs
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How to implement single sign on (SSO) using Kerberos Authentication in PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day ago
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We are running on the PB IDE Version 2022 Build 1900 and ours is a desktop application. The backend DB is Oracle 19C. We need to implement Kerberos Authentication for single sign on, with which we should be able to establish a connection with the ora...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Single Sign-on
Ashok kumar R Ashok kumar R
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there's an AWS RDS version that is compatible with PowerBuilder 10.5
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day ago
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I'm currently using PowerBuilder 10.5 and considering using AWS RDS for Oracle near the Netherlands. However, it seems that AWS RDS for Oracle only supports version 19c and later (though I'm not entirely sure). Would it be possible to use AWS RDS fo...
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Powerbuilder application can't access dll folder
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day ago
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Hi all, We have a deployed application running under PB 2022 R3 Build 3289. In some Windows environments (Windows 11, Windows Server 2022), the application can't access the dll folder and this leads to the suspension of the application in the task ...
Rachid Sbaibi Rachid Sbaibi
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Updating DataWindow Expression using PowerBuilder Script
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 1 day ago
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Hello There is previous code (PowerBuilder 12.5) that is attempting to use Choose Case statements to update the datawindow expression of a computed field and I'm trying to figure out why it is not working. I've found the example below but I still ...
  1.  Expression
  2.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
  3.  PowerScript IDE
Candis Knott Candis Knott
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Editing source outside of the IDE?
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Richard Hartman replied 2 days ago
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I know you can use "edit source" ... but let's face it, the built in editor is not the best.However, when you edit source in the IDE and save, it regenerates the object. Keeping everything up to date.Can you shut down the IDE, and edit source directl...
  1.  Editor
  2.  IDE
  3.  PowerBuilder
Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
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pbvm.dll error for 64-bit application
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 days ago
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Hi! I have 2 versions of my software for an Ohio customer, 32-bit and 64-bit. The 32-bit version works fine. When they run the 64-bit version, they get the following error: Load library failed! dll: pbvm.dll, runtime path:C:\Program Files\Appeon\Po...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Runtime Packager
  3.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
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