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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 1 week ago
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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...
John Fauss John Fauss
  1. PowerBuilder
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Application minimizes when MessageBox is shown from Response Window opened via Non-Visual Object (PB 2019 R3 64-bit, Build 2797)
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  1. Last updated 18 minutes ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 minutes ago
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Hi Team, We are observing an intermittent minimize issue in our PowerBuilder 2019 R3 (Build 2797, 64-bit) application. Scenario We have a Non-Visual Object (NVO) that opens a response window using: OpenWithParm(lw_print, ls_parm, ...
himanshi tayal himanshi tayal
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Rebuilding binaries from sources
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Phil Wallingford replied 1 hour ago
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I have asked a similar question before, but I need a couple of points clarified.To be clear on my part: when I say "sources" I am talking about the human-readable files with extensions like .srd for data windows and .srw for window windows. Binarie...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder
Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed to load library: PBORC.DLL (PB 2019 R3) on Windows 11, preventing the product build from executing.
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Phil Wallingford replied 1 hour ago
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I am facing a Failed to load library: PBORC.DLL issue while building the project using PB 2019 R3 orcascr190on Windows 11, even though the DLL exists, the PATH is correctly set, and the build is run from a 32-bit Command Prompt. Open Command Pro...
Vijay V Vijay V
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Web Service request gets 413 error when request is greater than 49kb.
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  1. Last updated 4 hours ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 hours ago
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Web service request returns 413 error because the size of the request is larger than 49KB using PB 2021 2022 R3. I've updated IIS using IIS configuration manager and web.config. Is there anything I need to specify either in the request header or bod...
Kevin Moore Kevin Moore
  1. PowerBuilder
Can I put daynamic watermark that contains the user name open PDF file (the user name is the user enter to windows)??
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 hours ago
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Hi all My prog used to add,retieve and search doc of my company and save imagea as PDF file for my company that has about 30 thin clients (not PC) and they have no internet connection all these thin clients are in a domain I want to protect ou...
ahmed tawfik ahmed tawfik
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add Application to workspace -> Powerbuilder crashes
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 hours ago
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Version: Powerbuilder 2025 Build 3711 how can I recreate this?1. Open a empty Workspace2. right click on Workspace an then click "New..."3. select Target - Application4. enter the name5. select the library .pbl6. relocate target7. click "Finish" - ...
Stefan Malkwitz Stefan Malkwitz
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PowerBuilder 2025 – Issue with adding Header/Footer to RTF documents
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Dim K replied 3 hours ago
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I have some stored RTF documents that were originally saved without headers or footers.Now i want to print them with a header and footer. I tried the following three approaches: 1. Using the RichTextEdit control I attempted something like this:h...
Dim K Dim K
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SSH protocol for PB Git source control
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  John Strano replied 8 hours ago
4 replies
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Currently the only option to use Git in PB17 is to have git server set up for http or https. What about internal ssh accessible server? Is it going to be supported or anyone have tried to make it work through ssh?  
  1.  Git
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Boris Krylov Boris Krylov
  1. PowerBuilder
C# Datawindow - The method 'Max' is undefined'
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Piero Salandin replied 8 hours ago
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Hi there.I am running into a serious problem when converting PB code into C# using datawindow objects. When assignin the DataObject in C# with a statement like this ids_cpt.DataObject = "d_castcpt_doc_gd" I run into a runtime error "The method 'Ma...
Piero Salandin Piero Salandin
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call to datawindow closes the app on debug-time
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 10 hours ago
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good morning all, I am still struggling with the error of debug-time the app crashes without I get a hint where the problem is. in the line : ids_groups.dataobject = 'd_pfcsecurity_applookup' the app crashes without any error message. the...
Manuel Rivera Manuel Rivera
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PB IDE does not respond after closing the app
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  1. Last updated 18 hours ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 11 hours ago
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PC specs CPU Intel i7-1255U (1.70 GHz) memory 64.0 GB (63.7 GB usable) Win 11 Pro version 24H2 os build 26100.6584, Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.234.0 PB 2019 R3 build 2803 Run the App from PB IDE close the App PB IDE ...
Tom Mangano Tom Mangano
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Issue with SMTP Client in PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build #3441
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 22 hours ago
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Hi, We are encountering an issue with the SMTP Client in PowerBuilder 2022 R3, build #3441. Previously, we built the application using build #3356, and emails were being sent successfully using the SMTP Client without any issues when executing the c...
senthilkumar mukunthuthulasiram senthilkumar mukunthuthulasiram
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Override Date() function
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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I like to override the Date(string) function because we had in our code a lot of Date(string) calls with a Dutch format.Now we have customer in different counties with a different date format.I like to override the Date(string) function and call in m...
  1.  DATE
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Hans Groeneveld Hans Groeneveld
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Git Rebase or Merge?
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Christopher Craft replied 1 day ago
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PB 2022 R3 As we continue on our Git journey I am wondering the best process when doing the pull request into Main. My current process flow is as follows but I am curious what other developers are doing? Pull Request Process: 1) Pull all new chang...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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PowerBuilder DW Painter not listing Oracle packages/procedures despite full DEV grants
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 1 day ago
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In DataWindow Painter, packages and their procedures are not visible/selectable as data sources. We get only tables/views/some standalone procedures. Our DBA states we have full access in DEV (EXECUTE on packages, etc.). We can run the package proced...
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  2.  Database Driver
  3.  DataObject
  4.  DataSource
  5.  DataWindow
  6.  IDE
  7.  Oracle
  8.  Package
  9.  PB Native
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Naveen Yendamuri Naveen Yendamuri
  1. PowerBuilder
datawindow receiving wrong parameter
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 1 day ago
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good day all, when I login I am receiving this error message: as first and as second: the object d_pfcsecurity_controllist exists in my library : mey_ext_gefis.pbl, I have it created, and the methods for the security calls another library: the...
Manuel Rivera Manuel Rivera
  1. PowerBuilder
Report crashed IDE 2025
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Morning PB2025 I have started using PB2025 - in fact I have a production POWERSERVER just launched. I am really liking the new IDE, however it does seem to crash quite a lot - closes down unexpectedly - but this is to be expected with such a hug...
  1.  Crash
  2.  PowerBuilder
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
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Grid column filter position
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day ago
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I have a grid datawindow. In the header contains text which serves as the label for the column. Underneath there - in the header, I want to insert a single line edit so that when the user starts typing I can filer the column. Like this...but, this is...
Robert Sawyer Robert Sawyer
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Clarification on Missing DLLs during PB12.5 to PB2022 R3 (64-bit) Migration
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day ago
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We are currently migrating our application from PowerBuilder 12.5 to PowerBuilder 2022 R3 (64-bit). During the review, we identified around 47 DLLs that are being used in our current setup. We noticed that the earlier versions of these DLLs differ ...
himanshi tayal himanshi tayal
  1. PowerBuilder
LongConnection vs ShortConnections and temp tables in PowerServer
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day ago
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Hello Appeon Community, Our environment:PowerServer apps hosted IIS connected to Oracle Database 19c+ I got a question about this statement mentioned on the Appeon PowerServer documentation linked here https://docs.appeon.com/ps2022r2/Connection_di...
Esau Redwan Esau Redwan
  1. PowerServer

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