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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.   :) ...
PB 2019 Build 2170. The following code gives -1 from the RowsCopy. The datawindow ldw_Export has 161 rows with 297 columns. The first 14 columns are string or long, the remainder are decimal(2). ldw_Export is a reference to a visible DataWindow on a...
Hi, I've created a ticket, asking Appeon for clear documentation on valid PB.INI entries: https://www.appeon.com/standardsupport/search/view?id=7750 That might take a while though. So what I've done, is create a little Google-Site (you may laugh, m...
Hello, https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/14/android-13-virtualization-lets-pixel-6-run-windows-11-linux-distributions/ It says we can run Windows 11 in Android 13.  Will it be possible to run PB Applications to run in that mode?  Any ideas? Hap...
Hi,   PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Applications are crashing while calling PrintGetPrinters() function. This is happening only if the  Printer spooler is disabled. Apricate any solution or workaround for this issue.     Thanks & Regards, Jeyakumar...
Not sure where to put this, but have suggestion for the website. I use this link to keep up with the PB forum. Above the list there are 5 links listed (All, Unresolved, Resolved, Unanswered, Unread). None of these 5 links limit the results to the PB...
Hi All,         Currently we are using Power Client with 2019 R3 2728  version and We migrated our source from 2019 R3 to 2021 (1506). I deployed the PC to the same webserver and when I try access from my machine CloudAppLaunce installing pop-up cam...
Hello, we run Infomaker 2017 R2 on a MS Server 2019. The Tab Order function is not activated. Can someone advise what we are doing wrong ?Thank you Detlef...
Hi, Currently we have 10 licenses for PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Standard Edition. We are going to renew the licenses in 2 weeks time. Can we use the same license to download and use PowerBuilder 2019 R3. So at any given time, can we run 10 instances o...
Hi guys,   we have just updated one of our customers with a new version of our software. we didn't change the PB version , using PB2019 R2. in our software we are using a barcode font, which is properly installed and worked in our previous version...
Hi, I am using ORCASCRIPT to do a build, how i disable the /pbdebug option on the EXE ? From Help:  To generate PBDebug trace information: Invoke the executable file using the /pbdebug command-line switch: EXEFILE /pbdebugAs the application exec...
Hi, I'm currently using PB 2019, build 2170, and the runtime application is running locally on the client computers: All the neccessary files are simply copied to a folder on the local drive. Though somewhat 'old-school', this has been working for y...
Hi All, Currently we are using PowerBuilder 2017 R3 to develop and maintain our Product. We are using SQL Native Client (SQLNCLI11) to connect to MS SQL Server. Whenever we think of PB upgrade, we always pick the PB version which is provided with L...
Something weird has just happened on this forum.  I got a notification that I replied to a post while that's not true at all. it's not the first time I've seen this happening. I think it somehow happens when someone marks one of your answers as "...
If a case statement is used in the where clause of the select of the DDDW datawindow, an error occurs. ex) /* failed select */ select  a.major_cd as major_cd,          a.minor_cd as minor_cd,           a.cd_nm as cd_nm from   cob01t a where a.us...
Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to trace the PB application using PB profiler and get the actual select strings for embedded SQLs. All I get in the trace file is "DB Select" for the name. I am working with PB2017 R3 Thank you  ...
Hello, all We are having the following problem. There is a very complicated window with 48 controls on them. Even when running on a very powerful machine it takes over 1.5 seconds before OpenWithParm function is called and the first line of the fir...
Our application has a feature where which columns are visible or not can be decided by the end user and the settings are stored in the database. When I loop through the columns to check the Visible property, all the columns return 1 (True). It appea...
Hi, Trying to connect to a SQL database with an AD account and not using a trusted connection. Is this possible with PB 2021 or do we need to continue using SQL users?   IOW 'adUser' is a domain account that has permissions to dbServer, but we are ...
New to PS 2021, trying to do a POC to show management.  I'm trying to create a POC on my local machine with Oracle.  In the Project/Database Configuration, it's asking me to specify the location of the Oracle driver.  I clicked browse and found the O...
In PowerBuilder 2019 R2, we have a datawindow with a column that is 5000 characters.  Users typically paste data into this column (from clipboard).  However, if the data being pasted in is greater than 1024 characters, the column will not allow that ...


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