Discussions tagged PFC
Cloud Migration of PFC App, Linkage Error
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- Last updated 5 months ago
- Jeff Wayt replied 5 months ago
I have a PFC application I migrated from 2017 R2 to 2022 and deployed as both Win32 target and Cloud target on my local machine. I began testing the proof of concept cloud app. Windows retrieve fine, but when I try to add a record that uses PFC LINKA...
Specify retrieval arguments
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- Last updated 5 months ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 5 months ago
Me again!
Today when testing my app, I keep getting a popup asking for a retrieval argument for edit_user. That's not a field I would ever do a retrieval argument on. Not sure why PB is asking for a retrieval argument.
The window I'm opening has...
dw.Update is giving error, but db is still updated
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- Last updated 6 months ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 5 months ago
Hi all,
Another strange one. I've got a window with a dw on it, inherited from PFC u_dw. I've got code for the dw that has 3 user events. ue_cut_rows, ue_copy_rows, ue_paste_rows.
I can cut/copy rows, then paste rows, works fine. But, when I sav...
How do I communicate between a pop-up window and parent window?
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- Last updated 7 months ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 7 months ago
Hi all,
I have a window with a tab folder. The tab folder has 4 tabs. In one of the tabs, I need to open a pop-up window from the dw on the tab page to do some calculations. (The window pops up from an option on the RMB menu). The dw has a couple...
Is there an MDI regain focus event?
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- Last updated 10 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 10 months ago
Hi Friends,
I have an MDI app. In one of MDI sheets, I have a dw object and a tab object. Both objects have code for the rbuttonup event that pops up a different menu depending on which object or tab is clicked.
When the user has the app running ...
Drag/Drop event firing when it shouldn't
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 12 months ago
Hi all,
My customer noticed something very strange... when he's got my application running, then clicks on the desktop (or runs another app from his task bar), then comes back to my application, the Drag/Drop event is firing. I sprinkled the code w...
How do I over-ride Windows paste() function?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- John Fauss replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
I've got a dw that I want to over-ride the default Windows paste behavior on. In my dw the user can copy (CTRL+C) a value, then highlight several rows and paste (CTRL+V). I have an event ue_keypress for the keypress event, and trap CTRL+V....
Is there a PFC equivalent to datawindow.ReadOnly = Yes ?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- PowerObject ! replied 1 year ago
I've got a couple of DW's that I want to be read-only under certain conditions. I use PFC's dw.of_SetUpdateable( FALSE ), but I also don't want any of the columns to be "clickable". So, I add dw.modify("Datawindow.ReadOnly=YES"). This work, but ...
DDDW in DW object causing the DW to appear to be modified.
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Andreas Mykonios replied 1 year ago
Me again,
In my window with a parent DW that has 3 DDDW fields, if I select something from the one of the DDDW's, it appears that the dw update status is changed to Modified! The DW is set to not updateable. When I close the window, I get a message ...
Why isn't one of my DDW's displaying the right column on initial retrieve?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Miguel Leeuwe replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
I've got a datawindow with 3 DropDownDW's. I can't retrieve the drop-downs until after the parent dw is retrieved. The Auto Retrieve is checked OFF on all three . In the parent DW's RetrieveEnd event I've got the following code:
ll_TmdeI...
Can I open a file in web browser using HttpClient?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
From another post, I learned that the iNet object is now obsolete. How do I open a file in a web-browser using HttpClient object? Is the even possible, or do I need to use the WebBrowser object?
I don't need to do it now, but would like to...
How to use RUN powerscript function in a loop?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
I need to loop through a few records and if all conditions are met, run a program. This works fine for one record. The program I'm running requires user interaction. Is there a way to wait for the other program to close before moving to t...
Clicking the keyboard TAB is causing strange behavior in Tab Object
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
So my Beta Tester found something strange (and unacceptable) in one of my windows. In the app, there are 4 windows each with a folder object. Each folder object is inherited from the pfc's u_tab object. This strange behavior is only happeni...
How does everyone include Help Topics in their App?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
Just curious how everyone is incorporating Help Topic in their app. About 20 years ago, we used RoboHelp, but I haven't maintained it since then... and don't even know where the Help file we created is. Embarrassing. Creating and maintai...
How can I use dragdrop to rearrange rows on dw?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
I need to be able to re-arrange rows on my dw with dragdrop. This works fine in my legacy code. I'm using PB2021 and PFC 12.5 .
My dw has row select service on, one row at a time. When I set the dw DragAuto option ON, the row select d...
Can I respond to DDE commands from a Datawindow control?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- John Fauss replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
I'm still re-working a lot of my old code. My application supports DDE for communication with 3rd party Instrumentation software mostly written in LabView (ACPs). All of the commands are at the window level in the original code. I'm moving...
How to call a function on a tab object?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
I have a tab object inherited from u_tab: utab_folder. Another tab object inherited from utab_folder: utab_lab. In utab_folder I defined an instance variable u_tab itab_This, and in the constructor event of utab_folder I set the itab_This ...
How do I enable Sorting on Master/Detail window
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
Took me a few days to get the Column sort to work, but it's working great now. I have a question: I have a few master/detail windows. When I click on a column label in the master dw to sort by that column, it sorts fine, but the detail dw ...
How to I set column sorting on a dw?
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- John Fauss replied 1 year ago
Hi all,
I've got a few grid style DW's that I'd like to automatically sort when the user clicks on the column name (label). I'm using PB2021 and the latest PFC. The dw's inherit from u_dw. I'm turning on the sort service, but it seems to be ignore...
Prevent Value Required Message from displaying
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
In my dw, I have a column that requires the user to double-click to select a value from another table (Search screen). This works great, but before the Select response window displays, I get a message "Value Required for this Item"... twice. How ca...
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