Discussions tagged File Access

Short of writing a custom interface, can anyone suggest an alternative to the PB standard functions GetFileOpenName() and GetFileSaveName()? We are wanting to let users select a file for open or save, but restrict their ability to change the folder b...
Hello how are you ?I'm facing difficulties to delete files with PDF extension generated in a temporary folder on my machine.These files are generated using the Datawindow/DataStore SaveAs function.I generate these files and put them in a vector to be...
I have a situation where I'm creating a text file in my application, successfully closing it using FileClose, then using Run("notepad "+[filename]) to display it. All works well except that when I try to create a 2nd text file after that, the file is...
Hello,   PB 2021 1288   I create datastore in application and would like to save this datastore as PDF document. At the time of creation of datastore I already know name of filename in which I want to save datastore, but I don't know folder. S I ...
Hi, we are using the eon_mobile_webviewex object to display a pdf which is located in the plugin folder of the appeon custom workspace on our ios device (iPad Pro 11" 2nd gen iOS 14.6). We want to print this pdf from the custom workspace or share it...
We are now working on a client-server version of PowerBuilder 2019, and because of the security requirement not to have program files on local computers, we are expected to switch to the CloudPro version. I would like to know how next version of Powe...
We're currently working to migrate a bunch of apps to PowerBuilder 2019R2 from 12.5.2.    We have resource files that reference a network drive, which references a file share mapped to each developers' machine as a drive letter. When deploying apps...
Hi..   I migrated an old application from 2017 , via 2019 to 2019 R2. None of the XML files we have will generate now using FileOpen(<name>,TextMode!,Write!). FileWrite all of a sudden returns -1. I works fine when changing to FileWriteEx. ...
Hello, I am using PB 2017 R3 Build 1880. The FileDelete function is working fine in my machine whenever my application run on other machine then it is not getting deleted. I assume this function is returning (FALSE or NULL). That might the file ac...
We are testing a prototype of a PB app on the web.  So far just using the company network.  I have tried to configure Powerserver to store files (like INI) on the client machine (auto download) using the default user profile location.  However the fo...
How can I open a PDF file for viewing?  My db has a list of PDF files that are stored on the file system.  I'd like to provide the option for my users to open/view the file from my application instead of through the file system. ...
Hi All, I am new to creating PB Web Services so forgive the question. I have created a .NET Web Service in PB Classic.  The intention is that it will retrieve the filepath for an image from a DB, resize and save it into a folder structure.  I a...
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