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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 All, below error is being thrown when the powerbuilder 2019 application is left idle in WIN10. ct_cmd_alloc(): user api layer: external error: The connection has been marked dead. we didn't face this problem with PB12.9.  my application has a ...
Dear Team, Is there any way to export Json data from Datawindow Original values from Modified rows? PB 2019. Datawindow   Col 1               Col2                      Buffer                   RowStatus -----------------------------------------...
When setting up a project for a PowerClient deployment, there are options to create a desktop shortcut and a Start menu shortcut. If you choose those options, the shortcuts always end up with all lowercase letters, so that, for example, if your app ...
Hi Guys I have observed that using OpenTab in a constructor event of an object wipes out the Message object. This is a problem because the Window Open event has not yet fired to get the values. I can easily code round the issue but is this expected ...
Hello Everyone,   I have .net5 dlls are registered into assembly using regsvr32 and trying to consume these registred dlls in powerbuilder. I came across the below link to consume .net5 assemblies. I am using Powerbuilder 2017 R3 and trying to cons...
I was planning to deliver the new browser and noticed in Help that it says ("pbcef" folder will be automatically copied). What does that mean? I thought I would need to package up that folder and extract it during our install but that statement leads...
Hello,   I am from the IT department of my company Sedgwick. We seeking some technical support.   Situation: One of our business application is written in Power Builder 12.5 runs in an exclusive Remote Desktop environment. It makes calls to Outl...
Hi all,  i am currently creating a calendar style report that splits the AM and PM with two datawindows, however i'm finding it painfully slow to run for even a week, upto 1 minute for just a week and it only generates 6 pages. Does anyone have any ...
I ran the runtime packager and only selected my Oracle Database. When I extracted the files from the MSI I have some DLLs (and a PBD?) that I cannot find referenced in help anywhere or are required by another option I did not select. Can someone tell...
Hi,Does it matter whether I have a 64-bit or 32-bit oracle client for Powerbuilder 19 R3? /Anders...
Hi, I using PowerBuilder 2021 (beta version).   Datawindow button image displayed when running the could app in Web server.   But it not display when running in user deskotp : ...
Hello, I'm attempting to follow the instructions at https://docs.appeon.com/snapdevelop2019/Create_a_Web_API/index.html, but I'm running into an error when I attempt to Add -> New Item -> DataContext. After selecting my Server name, the, "Conn...
Will Power Client deployment will work on Jboss Application server hosted in Linux OS. Do we have any system requirements document  for the On-premise Power Client Deployment? ...
Hi ,   I have a question related Match pattern in PB. Is "match" work like "REGEXP_LIKE" of oracle? "select 'jj' from dual where REGEXP_LIKE( 'ada;abc;yrhfjs;37;hgs', '(abc)+*([3][6-9]|[4-9][0-9])')" Does "match" have group expression '()' and a...
Good morning GuruI need to change the window menu, but something is not working for me. Let's go in order. I have a window with a menu I don't know the name of.When certain conditions occur, I have to change the menu.In the end I have to restore th...
Dear Appeon Team, We are using MS SQL Application role in our Power Builder Desktop application, and the SP sp_setapprole called through power builder code by passing Role name and Password. We have an security issue here as the password is hard-co...
We have a client using our application through a Citrix environment, although they state it happens locally too, when they print reports it crashes once they moved to a Server 2016 environment but doesn't happen in Server 2008.  The dll it is crashin...
Hi, Why regular expression match('','^[0-9, ]*$') = false ? * (asterisk) Indicates zero or more occurrences An empty string must meet the condition.   Regards, Andrey  ...
We recently upgraded from PB 2019 to PB 2019 R3 (2670), and we're seeing a strange issue with response windows moving after they are opened. Specifically: if the window has any opening animation specified, then the window will open in a location oth...
We just moved a bunch of scheduled tasks from Win Server 2013 to 2016 and now scheduled tasks cannot print.  It leaves an instance of splwow64.exe in task manager for each print failure. Using 2019 R2. Any Ideas?...


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