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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've stumbled upon this phenomenon while writing tests with PBUnit. For illustration purposes, I isolated it as follows. Create two global functions: global function integer f_set_string (integer ai_in, ref string as_out); if ai_in = 1 the...
Hello, We have a solution developed with PB21 where it uses AccessibleName property (by singlelineedit, commandbottom objects.. not in Dw) Available in MSAA and UI Automation Mode. Using the "Narrator" (an external app) our application in PB21 descri...
Hi,   We are getting an error while exporting the Powerserver JSON file.  It says -  Json Format Error! Error Row :27. Error Offset 938. I have attached a screen shot of the error message.   Can anybody please shed some light on this because w...
We recently went to PowerBuilder 2022 runtimes 1900,  created and deployed our application. For our next release of the application we upgraded to PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3356. Can we look at the application created with PowerBuilder 2022 runtim...
Assume you have 6 different methods acting on a datawindow or multiple datawindows on a userobject, and these methods can be called in multiple combinations, singly or in combination.They involve sorting/filtering or some other visual change that you...
In PowerServer, the Application.JSON file contains values such as the application name and the DB connection password. We need to use these values from the environment variables within the container. Are there any techniques available to accomplish t...
Hi Team,   I enabled buil-in jwt authentication for powerserver application with database user list, I am able to get the access token, however i am unable to start application i mean beginsession is failing , i enabled the application object addit...
Hello, I have a DW with GROUP . There is 4 rows in trailer group section of DW (originally there is 5 rows). GetRow() - always returns 1 row parameter in click() or DoubleClick() event - returns 1 1. How do I get the number of the specific row th...
In Powerbuilder 2019 R3, I open my Database Profile and do not see ODBC. It was there a couple of days ago, but now it's gone. What's strange is I have a default profile set up within ODBC and that default connection still connects when I open a data...
We are converting our Client / Server Application and trying to implement our Custom Data Query Tool that allows our clients to Generate a dataset from a SQL query and display the results in a dynamic datawindow with the SyntaxFromSQL method.   This ...
I have been tasked with adding a watermark to printed documents.  Before printing, I copy the dataobject into a local datastore, copy the data (RowsCopy), add the watermark to the background (Modify("CREATE...")), and then make the background for ea...
 Hi guys,   using pb 2019 R3 , we suddenly don't receive any "powerbuilder application errors" anymore when we are running our exe from within the IDE. instead our exe just sits there and does nothing. i guess i have adjusted unintentionally a se...
We have a customer running our PB 2017 app in a Citrix Environment. They experience random crashes when generating a document for preview. By adding writes into the code to a log table on their system, we have been able to determine exactly where the...
Hello, Using PowerBuilder 2021 build 1288 against the PBDemoDB2021 SQLAnywhere 17 (32-bit) database, (examples table) we can demonstrate that a datawindow with just 2 columns (example_id integer and technique long varchar) where we have set the Upda...
Hi,  Any plan to bring the perpetual license facility for powerbuilder ?...
Hi! We're deploying PB 2022 Build 1892. I came across a situation yesterday that confuses me. Here's the code: lrc_rest = create RESTClient lrc_rest.SecureProtocol = SECURE_PROTOCOL_TLS1_2 lrc_rest.Timeout = 10 ls_get = 'XMLData=<root>&...
  Hello, do you have any information regarding the news below? This will probably be problematic for both the PowerBuilder IDE and 32-bit compiled applications. Frédéric Desupport of 32-Bit Oracle Database Clients 32-bit Oracle Database clients a...
Hello, We are currently using third party solutions to use some of our PowerBuilder apps as a service in Windows. However, we are in the middle of a Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2022 migration and we struggle to get one them running ok. T...
Introduction We are facing a PowerBuilder termination in some rare situations and only on a limited set of Windows installations. We do not have full details of the case, so we hope someone has a similar experience that might resolve our issue. Pow...
Hi Team,   In order for Infor to comply with the European Union NIS2 directive, we have been asked to request Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for all of our 3rd Party Products and Appeon’s PowerBuilder is one of those products.  Would you provide...


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