Discussions tagged DataWindow
Drop down datawindow - How to detect when the dropdown is closed
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- Last updated 4 days ago
- Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 days ago
Hi,
How can I detect when a row in the drop down datawindow is selected or the dropdown is closed?when the scrolls up and down using the keyboard the the ItemChanged event is triggered so that is not an option
Basically I need a way to run come ...
Hello,
Recently, when I create a new data window, or modify the select of an existing data window, the name of the column in the datawindow will be a combination of the table and column name. I am using Powerbuilder 2017 R3 build 1915.For example if...
DropDownDataWindow won't open if dddw.lines is not 0
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- Last updated 1 week ago
- Andreas Mykonios replied 1 week ago
Hello,
What we noticed in PB 2019 R3 is that if the Lines in DropDown property is changed for a column in a datawindow whose edit style is DropDownDW either in the Painter or via script, then the drop-down list won't open correctly. What opens is a ...
Error accessing dwo.Type in itemfocuschanged event
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- Last updated 2 weeks ago
- Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 weeks ago
Hello,
We have a datawindow control in our application which includes code in the itemfocuschanged event to perform some additional processing when column data is changed in the datawindow. We have added some error checking at the beginning of the e...
Webservice retrieve datawindow error
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- Last updated 4 weeks ago
- equipe admdados replied 3 weeks ago
Hello everyone, I have a problem with my powerbuilder webservice, where for some reason I always get an error when giving retrieve, when I search for the query the result comes just like in print
ps: ignore the marked part
I added the part of...
Problems printing DWs on specific printers?
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- Last updated 4 weeks ago
- mike S replied 4 weeks ago
I just got a report from a user who is using our PB 2021 application that prints from DW reports in the application to their Konica Minolta C552 commercial copier/printer don't work: they say it prints "an endless number of almost blank pages - each ...
Hello Fellow PB People,
Powerbuiler 2019 R2
Here's one I have not run into yet.
When utilizing SaveAs() with a valid filename in the parameters, it will not allow the popup, but automagically saves to the current directory.
To assist the users, I...
Datawindow, search for dupes in symbol relations
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- Last updated 1 month ago
- Andreas Mykonios replied 1 month ago
Hello :)I have a table, which contains relations between, let's call them "symbols". Looks like this:I want to prevent user from saving data when inputs 2 records like marked on the screen (symbol => symbol_to, and in another symbol_to => symbo...
Undo changes made to a row
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- Last updated 1 month ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Hello Folks,
I have a mutli row datawindow and I need to undo changes made to one particular row - i.e. restore it to the retrieved state. I know I need to do a RowsCopy but am not sure about the syntax. I hope someone can help me with it.
dw_1.Row...
Different tooltips for different DW radio button values
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- Mark Goldsmith replied 2 months ago
I have a radio button column in a DW with 3 options. I'd like to add a tooltip that explained each option as you hovered over it, but as far as I can tell there is only one tooltip for the entire column. Explaining all 3 options in one tooltip would ...
PFC Datawindow Resize without PFC
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- Ramón San Félix Ramón replied 2 months ago
I've tried the example titled "PFC Resize without PFC" by Kevin Ridley (https://community.appeon.com/index.php/codeexchange/powerbuilder/268-pfc-resize-without-pfc#409) and it works fine for window controls, but I've tried to get resizing to work on ...
Increase column sizes on hundreds of datawindows
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- mike S replied 2 months ago
Greetings community,
In the past few months, our company migrated multiple applications from Powerbuilder 9 to Powerbuilder 2019.
We did encounter something interesting: for varchar(max) and text column types, on our MSSQL database, all datawind...
Expandable (clickable) groupbox (control) in PB DataWindow
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- Milan Brezovsky replied 1 month ago
Hello everyone, I am looking for a solution whether it is possible to use an element (container) of a similar type as a groupbox in the datawindow, to which columns could be assigned and it would be possible to collapse (expand) it by double-clicking...
Windows 11 - Text in a dropdown field continues beneath the dropdown button
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- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Thomas Welker replied 2 months ago
Howdy All,
We are currently on PB 2019 R3, and noticed when running in Windows 11 that the scrollbar on dropdown datawindows is translucent and causes text to show behind it. This makes it look somewhat odd, and outside of hiding the dropdown arrow ...
Are there any alternatives available in PowerBuilder that assist us in creating XSLT for a Datawindow?
I've been experimenting with the XML Template in the DataWindow Painter and it appears to be able to rename the elements, add attributes and some ...
Page count across nested reports in composite rpt
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- Last updated 3 months ago
- John Fauss replied 3 months ago
I am working with an application in Powerbuilder 2021. I created a composite report with 3 nested reports. Each report has the page count in their header. How can i get the page count in the trailing 2 reports be a continuation of the page count from...
On DW resize move PictureButton
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- Last updated 3 months ago
- John Fauss replied 3 months ago
Hello ,
PB 2021.1288
I have window with two dw and 4 picture buttons .
What I would like to do is , that when DW is resized the picture button has to be moved at the same distance from dw as it was before it has to be always at leftdown corner of ...
Report with nested datawindows is not printing custom group header band (client based) on each page
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- Last updated 3 months ago
- BRIAN PROM replied 2 months ago
We have a client chart report that nest many datawindows (chart data) inside a driver datawindow (each row is a new client) and the client header band is not printing on each page. The nested reports will span multiple pages sometimes. Is there any...
Setting a TAB Order in Forms / Infomaker 2017 R2
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- Last updated 3 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 months ago
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...
Composite data windows not appearing correctly on client computer
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- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Sivaprakash BKR replied 3 months ago
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...
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