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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, We've downloaded PB 2017 R2 , completed online activation and we've installed it Windows 7 machine. Installation was successful with no errors. Migrated our source code ( earlier PB version was Sybase PowerBuilder version 11.5) and created ...
Hello, I have a PB Classic app that has some SQL injection problems. They are caused by some DESCRIBE statements, which as far as I know are related to duplicate detection in lists. Anyway, the app was not developed by me and it builds a SQL SE...
Sorry if this question was asked and I missed it (searches didn't yield a solid hit). I've been working regularly with PB 2017 and Appeon Mobile since they were released and am loving it so far. I haven't dabbled with Appeon Web yet...
Good morning all, I'm looking for the Adobe dlls needed for Adobe ole objects. I'm trying to import data into an acrobat template, see below. pdfapp.connecttonewobject("AcroExch.App")   We recently purchased Adobe Pro and I can...
Hi. I've downloaded the trial version of PB 2017 R2. I've installed it on a fresh new Windows 10 machine fully updated. Installation was successful with no errors. When I try to run PB (PB170.EXE) nothing happens. In the Event ...
Anyone ever had a similar problem ??? when deploy a webserver  ---------- Error messages:    (10:15:07) Error: C# compilation error when invoking pbwsemit.exe  ---------- Finished    (10:15:07)   ...
Has anybody attempted using Quiksoft Easymail in a 64 bit PB12.5, PB12.6 or PB2017 environment? Any help is much appreciated. Larry Peters ...
We have a pfc based Powerbuilder 12.6 app  using SQL Anywhere that we are starting its migration to PB 2017. We handle international film distribution and some of our customers want to be able to enter the local European language names - but our c...
Hi Since at least Version 12.5, if a DW control had the Autosize Height property enabled, ligatures (for some fonts like for example Calibri) were turned off, while if Autosize Height is disabled, ligatures were turned on. See example: Sinc...
Will there ever be a download of runtime files available for English?  I see a zip for other languages but not English.   ...
Dear all, any way to get the values i can put in the Powerserver Datasource for MSSQL Server in the  Other Options and Extended Options if i put the same than the dbparm seems to have no effect. for example i have in my DBPARM: Trusted...
Hello, I'm just testing the new built in Richtext Control (TE Edit Control) in PB 2017 R2. I'm using the richtext control as well as the datawindow richtext edit style. As previous mentioned in this posthttps://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q...
Hi folks,   during every PB2017 start conncting our workspace to the SVN repository a Progress dialog of the PushOK software shows a full processing of all(!) our PB objects. It shows a message like " Received: UDF7093/pblname/datawindowname...
Hello, Is there a library to write to a syslog server from a PowerBuilder app? Or, if not, then is there a way to create log entries from PowerBuilder, that complies with the new European Union's general data protection regulation, namely i...
I have a PB 12.6 app using a local SQL Anywhere 12 db that pipes to an Oracle db.  Client wants to move it to a Citrix environment.  I need to have the SQL Anywhere db support multi-users.  Right now, each user has a SQL Anywhere db on their PC.  Wha...
The list of known issues with SVN/Git source control in PB 2017 R2 at https://www.appeon.com/support/documents/appeon_online_help/pb2017r2/release_bulletin_for_pb/ch02s02.html includes this item: If you use the new Git/SVN feature, OrcaScript wo...
Hi, Is it appropriate to expect working and usable application with Appeon PowerServer mobile and Workspace, optimized for offline mode, on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or 4.4 (KitKat) devices with 1GB of RAM. Specifically, Motorla/Zebra TC55 (https:/...
Hi,  has anyone already implemented a Powerbuilder client that is using a RapidMQ server and could give us some hints how to do this? We need to enable our old PB app to register at RapidMQ and get Messages from there. Thank you Thomas ...
Hello, We have several applications in PB2017-R1 on the same server. Are we obliged to migrate them all to PB2017-R2 at once ? Or can we install the R2-runtime, without having to fear an impact on the applications that were developed under t...
Hello Is a maintenance release scheduled before 2017R3 (July 31 2018)?   GIMMY ...


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