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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.   :) ...
Hi , Friends Now that PowerBuilder can consume api rest; Some example of consumption of an API for sending mass emails; ow that PowerBuilder can consume api rest; Some example of consumption of an API for sending mass emails;  ...
We need a small function to make the data window printing size dynamic ...
Hello, all I create a batch make file, which works correctly from regular windows shell. It launches ORCA script commands, which get latest version from SC and then build the executable. The ORCA script does not work, when launching from TFS agent ...
I am currently using an old PowerBuilder version from 2011. In that version it seems to be impossible to disable certain elements in the pop menu from the rich text edit window. For example, I would like the user to be able to format text as bold, b...
Hello,I've created a datawindow (dw_data) with select consisting on 2 tables like: Select           tab1.symbol,          tab1.desc,          tab2.id,          tab2.fk1,          tab2.fk2,          tab2.status,          etc...From tab1,          ta...
Hello all, i'm have some trouble with the implementation of a third party DLL.According to the Author of the DLL,it is a 'C shared library'.I'm not familiar with c/c#.Every call to a function witch have parameters ends with the runtime error'Specifi...
We have a powerbuilder application where we use forms which display text fields which have autosize height. These fields are stacked on the form vertically one above the other. An average sized height is provided in the form, but if more text or da...
Hello All, can i install the runtime of PB2017 for a WebService in a server where PB12.6 Runtime (WebService) is installed?or it can cause a problem cause they have the same DLLs Name?I need to create a new web service and put in produccion in the s...
I wasn't able to comment on the bug, so I figured I'd ask here. Are there any updates to this Native PDF issue?  In the ticket it says it may be targeted for 2019 R2 or R3, but that's the last info posted there.It's causing us a lot of grief as we m...
because i have PB 2019 installed on my PC, the executable runs as expected. build is 64 bit platform. i'm doing this for testing only. i created PBCLTRT190.msi using the runtime packager. got this warning file was created here's the file ...
Hi, currently we are using Powerbuilder 2017/R3 Build 1858 in connection with SQL-Server (2005 - 2017)! We defined a field with NVARCHAR(MAX) in a table. We try to select this field. SQLNCLI9/10/11: Regarding parameter PBMaxTextSize: field NVARCHA...
We are familiar with the debug tool in PB to use debug stops in code. But what if we did a build in PB and wanted to use "debug project"? My counterpart is using an eval copy of  PB 2019 and when he builds our app, the "debug project" button is disa...
Hello All, We need to print a legar contract using our PB 2017 / PowerServer application in order to have the formar required in client server we use the Justify Aligment in columns and text and it is not supported in PowerServer Any workaround?...
Is it possible to print 2 A5 sized reports on 1 A4 Size page? If yes then how? To better understand my concern I'd like to give the example of Microsoft office landscape where 2 A5 sized pages are printed in a single A4  sheet...
After converting my application from PowerBuilder 9 to PowerBuilder 17 all of a sudden certain comments are appearing in Chinese.  I have used SELECTBLOB to fetch the data and converted it to string.  The column "comnt" is declared as a BLOB in O...
Hello With PB 2019 and a RestClient object, I use the SendPostRequest function with -15 return (Unsupported character set). No problem wtih the SendGetRequest function witch use the same token acces. I had follow the PB example :  RestClient_Yvid...
Hello Community, PowerBuilder 2019 R All Versions of Word Does anyone have any feedback on why it is that if you open a Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm) from Windows File Explorer, that you get the expected Security Warning message ...
PB 2019  Build 2082   using PostgreSQL 10.8  We have a problem reading values from column that is text data type with a length over 32768 characters. If the length of text is bigger we get only first 32768 characters We configure ODBC for database ...
Hello everyone, we are currently in the process of evaluating, if patching is a viable way of updating our product (PowerBuilder application). Recently I found a way to create and apply patches using the "diffUtils" and "patch" tool from the "GnuWi...
I have an Excel workbook with 24 columns by 25,203 rows that are in a tree structure. I'm using PB 2019 to open the Excel workbook read each row. Right now I'm just inserting the rows into the Oracle table and then reading the next row in a loop.  I...


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