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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...
Hello fellow legacy modernization travelers Is it possible to do dynamic OleCustomControls ? When an ActiveX is placed on a visual container in the painter, the control is declared in the source code and the painter glues in some binary hidden stuf...
I have noticed that DataObjectFactory.LoadDataWindow uses the App Domain's Base directory to find the pbwconfig file.  This will not work for us since we may have different DataWindow versions with the same name.  We need a way to dynamically set the...
Hello    Back in 2012 Bruce Armstrong created a PowerBuilder.TV How-To video titled “Using .NET Assemblies with PowerBuilder”   The manifest creation tool he uses, GenMan32,   https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/junfeng/2007/04/14/genman32-a-tool-to-g...
I am new how to use Data Pipeline. So far I know how to create them and execute them in the GUI of PB2019 and it transfer the data with no issues. Now I want to use the pipeline object and execute it via PB Script and here it is where I do not know...
I am trying to open a https site with POST method to include ID and password to access the https site and open the site on the default internet browser. The POST I tried to use HttpClient and sendRequest method. But I cannot make it works. The return...
Hello  I have several datawindows coming from an old application with graphic SQL written win Powerbuilder outer Join syntax (*= or =*). For example: select student.name, student_email.email from student, student_email where student.id *= student_e...
I created a .Net DLL (COM) and managed to use it in PowerBuilder (12.5 Classic)... so far so good... The downside that we need te register this DLL in order to be able to use it. I've read that there's possibility to use such a DLL withou...
My application was developed in PB 12.5 and I am migrating it to PB 2019. It runs from the IDE, but the deployed version on IDE machine errors out with message: DBMS OLE DB is not supported in your current installation, where PROVIDER='SQLOLEDB'. On ...
Hello All, During the migration of PB9 application to PB17r3. The POS function is automatically replaced with POSA in some places. However some places as it with POS function. So it is required to change manually POSA at the place of POS function. ...
Hi Team, Can I use Oracle 18c with powerbuildr2017. Please advise.   Regards Nikesh...
HELP!When we "upgraded" to Oracle 12C from Oracle 11g several years ago, we started seeing the following EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. we connected to a database in both SQL+ and when running a script in SQL+. We use standard PL/SQL and run the scripts in SQL...
Hi,I have 2 columns in DW, both of them are DDDWmethod and symbol Method DDDW is like:id(data_col)  method(disp_col)  symbol 1                  met_1                 X 2                  met_2                 X 3                  met_3           ...
This is the server we are using The application loads. After the password is entered these are the messages that appear and I believe in this order.   This is AEM data source. There is only 4 items that appear in the ODBC Data Source dropd...
I try to connect to informix server from ws deployed on IIS and sqlerror is Transaction Not Connected. When i try to create connection from app everything is ok. Params in transaction is the same.IIS install on the local machine. Where is the prob...
I have some Problem in my application to run flash File , i use olecustomcontrol webbrowser, that flash can not showing the picture just blank, what should i do to solves this issue ?...
I'm looking to move my PowerServer to a different server.  In the AEM, I was able to export and import the Configuration Files but is there a way to export the Server Security files like Group Management and User Management?   ...
Hi.  I am trying to get a handle on what PB version would be most appropriate.   We were running PB 12.6 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.   We are trying to move our PB 12.6 to a Windows Server 2016 Standard machine.  The installation of the PB ...
Are there any plans to add parameterized constructor events for PowerBuilder Standard/Classic?...
Hi Appeon support,   I'm working on the migration of my application from Windows 7 to windows 10 on PowerBuilder 2017. On Windows 7, my application works fine with Powerbuilder 2017 without any problem.on Windows 10, I cannot launch the applicatio...
Hello, Using PB 2017 R3,    Trying to import a JSON file created by a third party, into a datawindow.   The siva2.rar (attached) opens well in Notepad++, with proper plugins.   Notepad ++ displays the data perfectly. Now, when I try to import with...


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