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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.   :) ...
I'm getting this error when opening a workspace on a local feature branch in the PowerBuilder IDE (PB 2017 R3). After reviewing many of the Git questions/issues it appears that the IDE is hardwired to only look at the "master" branch. Is that correc...
Hello, how can i consume Rest API given that i have to pass API key and header request. I want to retrieve the response in a datawindow. Thank you in advance....
He instalado PowerBuilder 2017 R3 en una maquina con window 10 y al registrar el usuario  me aparece el siguiente mensaje de error: Alguien me puede ayudar, qué puede ser?...
Summary: server down, lost files. Details: Trying to recreate production environment for database network server. Have the purchased disc for SQL Anywhere v8.0 and the patch for v8.0.2, but need patch for v8.0.3. Can anyone direct me or provide the ...
We  are thinking of migrating our PB Classic application (2017 build 1769) from DB2 v11 to Microsoft SQL Server 2016. Currently we connect to DB2 via ODBC. Any suggestions on what to do? Are they any tools that can help? Will native connection be bet...
I would like to create and display a simple help screen (window) for each window in my application, e.g., press F1 and display the appropriate help window for the application current window.  Is there a preferred method for this?  Or is it simply to...
I have several programs where I switch the dataobject in a datawindow back and forth depending on how the users want to see the data by using the following code example. dw_main.DataObject = 'd_by_shift' Then I run a reset and go on my merry way. T...
Dear Appeon Team and PB Experts, We know there is a workaround for Appeon PB2019 to support Oracle 18c by installing Oracle 12c Client, Thanks to Chris Pollach and Olan Knight for your replies :) Do you know when Appeon Powerbuilder will fully supp...
Running the latest sales demo application, and to try drag and resize from the corners is almost impossible to pin point and do it, takes you so many attempts! Anyway of making the response area of the borders bigger? ...
Hi: When we put a GIF-like image on PB it looks OK, with movement, but when we deploy it to the mobile we don't ... Do not work GIF images on the mobile or we have to do something special to make it look?   Thanks,    Oihana  ...
Suggestion: Evolve the Community website so that we can give ideas for the evolution of PowerBuilder and vote for the best ones. Today in the "Type Of Question" we don't have the option "Suggestion" as an option. Something similar to what Microsoft...
Will powerscript die and be replaced by C#? ...
Hello All We are contemplating updating from TFS 2010 to the latest 2018 release.  The latest MSSCCI is for TFS 2015 I seem to recall hearing plans for a native TFS driver.    Were/Are there plans to release such a driver? Is the 2015 version MS...
Can you make a simple drop down menu using data from an SQL source without having to make multiple datawindows and retrieving them all the time? Below is how you would do it with a few lines of code in C#, can it be done quickly like this in PB? ...
Hello, all There seems to be an issue with a licensing on my computer. I recently tried to get a trial license for PB 2019 R2 UNI (for a different testing machine) and now my main machine shows a trial license for PB 2017. I seem to be unable to sw...
 PB 12.6  Here's the part of the code: Thanks.     String ls_BOUNDARY, ls_mimetype_A = 'application/pdf', ls_mimetype_B = 'text/xml'Blob blb_multipart Blob blb_boundary, blb_terminus, blb_filename_A, blb_mimetype_A, blb_file_ABlob blb_filename_B...
Hi, Today I received the following information via email:   Oracle Compatibility Alert for PowerBuilder Users Existing versions of PowerBuilder are not compatible with Oracle 18c or 19c. If you are using PowerBuilder 2019, please apply MR # 2170 ...
Hi all! In an app I have on WIN7,  I call the following to update a datetime stamp in an INI file and it works fine.       SetProfileString('monitor_ini', "computername", "lastrun", ls_str_datetime) The INI file is located in the same directory as...
Greetings, Our applications are running PB12.6 with a Sybase 16 database, Windows 2012 R2 server, Windows 10 desktop.  Citrix is in the mix also.  When our PB applications run in the field, users get 'No Response' message in the title bar of the win...
Hi,   I'm using a trial version of PowerBuilder Universal with PB 2019, and I'm trying to work through my list of unsupported features. There is one category of unsupported features I don't understand:  "Identifier not found". In my report, I'm get...


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