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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.   :) ...
Hello,I wrote yesterday about https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/error-after-migration-functions-procedures-with-collectionsWe fix it by changing dbms to ORA(DBMS=ORA) and migrate app to powerbuilder 2019 r3. In Powerbuilder app everythin...
Yes, I can use the JSONGenerator to build a file to spec from scratch, but I'd like to avoid that. I'd rather use an existing JSON file as a template, as a foundation, a starting point. There are a number of Key/Value pairs whose Key name is not un...
Hi we are currently using powerbuilder 2017 R£ LTS - which we develop on windows 7 and the executable is ran on windows 10 as well. We need to upgrade to 2019 R3 LTS and I know it can be developed/ ran on windows 10 but can it also be ran on windows ...
After installing Office 365 on the organization workstations our PowerBuilder Application is not sending e-mails with the mailsession OBJECT (No Errors) but no e-mail is sent... Is there a known issue? Or a code to add for the interaction with Outlo...
Currently we're using rightfax printer (Rightfax 10.6.3.2109) to send fax from our PB11.5 application running on Windows Server 2008. The system is old but fax function works fine. However, The fax problem arises with PB2022. Under the migrated versi...
HiAfter Oracle migration to 19c, there is a problem with comunication PB-> Oracle.When function has in f.e. table of strings in declaration, PB throws an exception ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected %s got %s. I tried to remove this coll...
If so, where is it located, or what settings can I adjust to change where it gets installed? This link suggests it should be in C:\inetpub, but I can't tell if it's still current. I also looked in the location used by the Powerbuilder Installer. ...
Wondering if there is a "dark mode" for the Powerbuilder IDE? If not, are there any plans for one? It's the new rage and definitely easier on the eyes while programming....
Hi Everyone Has anyone used TopWiz LDAP (or other) to access Groups that the Current User is a member of? I'm struggelng to find a suitable reference to construct the relevant query. Any assistance woudl be welcome. Thanks David...
This is an unofficial, general call to everyone in the Appeon Community for their ideas and input as to what topic(s) you would like to see covered at the coming Elevate 2023 conference. Of course, I'm sure Appeon will be presenting information about...
Hi. I'm supporting an existing powerbuilder app that uses n_resize_service, which seems to have been developed by Sybase originally. I'm looking for documentation for n_resize_service because I have one window that isn't behaving as I expect/desire....
Hi  I want to verify my understanding of the resizing behavior. I'm reverse engineering some code that is using the resize service.   I'm opening a window inside a MDI. the window has a number of controls, one if which is registered with scalebott...
I've been attempting to utilize an Oracle Stored Procedure in a DataWindow to retrieve data, however upon retrieval I receive the following error. ORA-06550 - Identifier '{indentifier}' must be declared. The issue can be created in the DW painter. ...
We are currently on PB 2019, moving to PB 2022 later this month. I'm wondering if there is a way to zoom the PrintPreview mode? We are using Microsoft Sans Serif 8pt and PrintPreview is tiny....
Good Morning, I need to save the reports on Famous in the U-Drive (reports that I will modify on Infomaker), however, after importing the custom routines from the U-Drive the filename location comes back to C:/. Is there a way to set up the file nam...
Hi, one of our customers is using Macs (not sure what version of iOS). They run virtual Windows 11 on it and our PB app. The PB app from PB 12.1 works fine. The PB 2022 (MR 1892) app does not. It crashes during launching on PBVM.dll. The only thi...
Hello everyone.  I need help, I have a powerbuilder 2022 and it is mounted on a server with windows server 2019, all my projects are set to run on power server and use an IIS server to publish it, so far everything works fine but, when my users star...
Hi There, Is there any way to save (or) store the encrypted UTF-8 encoding value to string data type variable without any changes. For example, encrypted UTF-8 encoding value is: #›@Š%&ž#•string data type variable is: #›@Š%&ž#• In the...
Hi, I am working on a few different things at the moment, JSON being one of them. I was wondering how can I edit my JSON file that has nested objects (i think that's the correct the term). In other words, a JSON structure that looks like this. { ...
I have a technical question regarding Powerbuilder 2022 new functionality which allow combining multiple PDF files into one. Is there properties or functions in PDFSecurity or PDFDocument object which allow rotation of page in PDF file from landscape...


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