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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.   :) ...
Good morning!   I would like to connect with PowerBuilder 2017Rx or 2019R3 users in the civic services domain. Thank you ...
To all, I am testing on the PowerServer2021 Beta CloudApp deployment, and hit error when retrieving a report with large amount of data - took around 15second to retrieve the report. Observed such Phenomenon: 1st try got below error message, while n...
I’m trying to trap an item error event message to enable a user to enter a new text value to a code-based drop down datawindow.  The DDDW is set to allow editing. ‘Empty String is NULL’ is checked. Is not set as a ‘required’ column. The DB is MS SQL...
I just ran my first 2019 R3 compile, and ran into a problem. On my development machine, when I tried to run the executable, I received an error message:"The code execution cannot proceed because pbvm.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fi...
Using PB 2019 R2 build 2353We built a C# .NET screen to be used by both our Powerbuilder and C# .NET WPF applications. I wrote in C# .NET a function that takes 8 arguments (all strings) and returns 1 string. The function uses those arguments to open ...
I migrated a Powerbuilder application from 8.0 to 2019 R2. I have a Getchild call that is returning -1 but it works in 8.0. There have been no modifications. Is there something I should consider about the datawindowchild after a migrationmigra?...
Hello, We have massive problems after switching from 2019 R2 to 2019 R3. Program aborts that cannot be reproduced sporadically occur.PB 2353, Oracle 11.12 and iAnywhere 17. Around 100 employees have a total of around 10 terminations per day. ...
We are connecting to SQL Server using ODBC Driver 11. Any embedded SQL using SELECTBLOB or UPDATEBLOB truncates data at 32K, which is the default for a SQL Server driver. I have been unable to modify the default size to 1 GB, either by setting PBM...
Hi,   How to connect to MS SQL SERVER 2019 using the Database  Profiles in  Powerbuilder    Thank you and Regards,   Benjie  ...
"build" in application development has a specific meaning and that is not what that is. the terminology should have been corrected years (decades!) ago.  such a simple fix. smh        ...
I have an application that uses ShellExecute and Printto to Batch print documents.  The program needs to be very specific and print them in order.  The issue I am having is the order.  When I send the batch print, based on what native application is ...
Recent upgraded to pb2019 r3 from pb2019 r2 / source control - GIT   it takes longer to save changes.  Other panels will flash.   What is PB doing differently from r2 to r3 during the save process? Thanksjeff...
Hi....our office is using Powerbuilder 2019 R3. We currently compile our project but use a 3rd party software instalshield to create the install for the users.....I see R3 has the Powerclient feature....but in reading the documentation is sounds like...
Our team is starting to develop WebApi's using Appeon's Snapobjects.  One of the main libraries we are using is the SqlExecutor class to create our data access layer. One of the things that got us confused was the ability to use the SqlExecutor.Sele...
Hi, I'm looking for a way to generate data in a specific JSON format to sent it to a unknown web server.  I have two tables (table1 with column1, column2, column3 and table2 with column2, column4). The table1 has a foreign key to table2 (column2). ...
Hi All I'm trying create a REST API based on below video, and getting error like below :   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRKNPA1EM_o&feature=emb_logo) It could be possibile to dowloand the sample in the video somewhere?   Thank you ver...
Using PB 2017 R3 build 1915 I have a datawindow that has a row of data unintentionally embedded in it in. Using 'edit text' on the datawindow I see a data entry immediately after the stored procedure reference. It prevents the normal retrieval behav...
Is there any Possibility to catch Enter Key press in Ribbonbar Combobox?...
Hi, Need help, am learning SnapDevelop2021 beta when i run SnapDevelop2021 beta the app start well and i get below response. ...Now listening on : http://0.0.0.0:5009 i want to be change to http://myip:5009   Was able to change IIS (Default web...
Hello, I recently migrated my application from PB 2017 R3 (1880) to PB 2019 R3 (2670). One issue is that PB crashes if a context menu is populated with the PopMenu(x,y) function. The crash happens only in the runtime version, not when I start it f...


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