Discussions tagged PowerBuilder
Function Called Twice - Potential Issue with Button Press or Synchronization
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- Last updated 12 hours ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 8 hours ago
Hello everyone, We are experiencing an issue where a function is being called twice unexpectedly. Our assumption is that this behavior might occur due to the button being pressed twice. However, this should be impossible, as PowerBuilder operates mo...
radiobuttons and checkbox not showing in Windows Server
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- Last updated 3 days ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 days ago
Hello All,
Powerbuilder 2022
we have a windows 2016 is not showing the RaddioButtons and Checkbox
the same exe in a windows 11 machine shows the buttons and checkboxes
for example
this 2 radiobuttons shows the text but not the buttons
if i cl...
Powerbuilder standard to professional
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- Last updated 1 week ago
- Ganesan Rajan replied 1 week ago
Hi,
We are currently using PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Standard Edition and plan to continue with this version for at least the next couple of years. We intend to renew the licenses in March 2025.
I would like to know if there is a "PowerBuilder 2022 R3 P...
Hi, I hope you can help us with a perplexing issue we are seeing. No known cause has been found yet.
We are experiencing intermittent errors when getting OAuth access token in RESTClient - it works most of the time but fails for a few users dailye.g...
Hi All,
I am using PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3356 and MS SQL Server 2019 with the collation set to Latin1_General_100_CI_AI_SC_UTF8.
In a DataWindow, I have a column of type string with a length of 375. I have limited the users to type up to 375 c...
PowerBuilder Graph Question
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- Last updated 1 week ago
- David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 week ago
Hi Guys
I would like to create a graph that is a stacked bar that has this year last year separate stacks for comparison. I have created the graph for This Year and it has the bar stacks based upon the series. How can I tell PB to then include anoth...
Unable to get ADO connection working using Access Token, please help.
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- Last updated 1 week ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 week ago
Hi
We face an issue related to ADO database connection and are seeking help resolving it.
PowerBuilder: 2022 R3 Build 3391
Visual Studio: 2022
DBMS: Microsoft Azure
In short, the issue is that any SQL command fails with SQLCode -1 and no SQL ...
Trying out PB 2025 beta.
My application uses the PFC.
When I start the application, I get a pop-up:
Pressing OK shuts down the application.
Probably a problem with the PFC code: a control type that isn't supported anymore.
I use the same code ...
How to implement Copy/Paste for all text fields in application
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- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
We have a large PowerBuilder 2021 application with many DataWindows. I want to have Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) implemented globally throughout the application.
This does not seem to work out of the box and I think custom code may be required....
How to convert 'Any' datatype for an argument of event of OleCustomControl?
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- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Vladimir Mylnikov replied 2 weeks ago
PowerBuilder 2022 R3 on Windows 10. I am trying to use OleCustomControl - 32 bit ActiveX control from nsoftware.com: www.nsoftware.com/platforms/activex/setup?sku=ISAJ-A&type=demo
I used the control for many years but the vendor made a change wh...
x64 Option in PowerBuilder 2025 BETA IDE?
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- Last updated 4 weeks ago
- Chris Lerwill replied 3 weeks ago
The PowerBuilder 2025 BETA IDE only has an "x86" option in the "Platform" dropdown in the IDE's "PowerBar1"...is this intentional? I checked the "What's New" and didn't see any mention of x64 being unavailable.
In the past I have needed to set...
Migrate PFC 6 to PFC 2025
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- Last updated 1 month ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Can someone detail the steps to migrate from PFC 6 to PFC 2025?
Olan had posted something similar a while back as an answer to this type of question, but most of the links are deprecated.
Also, suggestions on how to handle custom/business logic cod...
After install of 2025 beta I can't access PB 2022 R2
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- Last updated 1 month ago
- Ian Wells replied 1 month ago
Hello.
I installed PowerBuilder 2025 Beta to try it out. I went through the install process and restarted my PC. When it restarted, I couldn't find the app to start PB 2025 beta, but worse I tried to start my PB 2022 R2 and I got this error (see bel...
Vertical scrollbar on tabpage with multiple datawindows
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- Last updated 1 month ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Hi guys,
Using PB2019 R3
i have a tab control with different tabpages.
On one of the tabpages has multiple datawindows (about 15 different ones)
How can i get a vertical scrollbar on this tabpage please ?
When it's only one datawindow , i can...
Datawindow Image background turning to Fuchsia background in picture object
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- Last updated 1 month ago
- Jeff Gibson replied 1 month ago
I have a datawindow that has a background image that we are using to print a report on top of. The image is sitting on a picture object.
For some reason, this image has a background of Fuchsia (or Magenta) in the image.
If I view the jpeg in just t...
Tooltip / generic solution - this column
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- John Vanleeuwe replied 1 month ago
Hi guys,
We have an inputscreen with about 100 inputfields.
My goal is to have a database driven tooltip functionality.
I can create a global function that has inputarguments for example : the column name and the language of the user
How can i...
Connecting to MSOLEDBSQL using access token, issue with the DBparm length
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Hi
We are attempting to connect to MSOLEDBSQL using an Access Token, but it is failing. We need some advice on this issue.
We have tried the following setups:
PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3356
PowerBuilder 2025 Build 3398
We successfully...
Trapping the pbm_lbuttondown event within the object the event is defined in
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- John Fauss replied 2 months ago
I'm in the process of mocking up a tool style window that will allow me to place grippers on the window depending on where the window is located within the MDI frame. I need to be able to click on this area/gripper.
I added a mouse down (pbm_lbutton...
Problem with excel clipboard after migrating to 2022 R3
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- mike S replied 2 months ago
Hello, After migration to PB 2022 R3 Build 3391 there is an issue with XLS files generated.When I mark few columns/rows, it looks like copy / paste isn't working. Choosing specific cell, and copying this cell only - works, but larger range not c...
I am developing an application using PowerBuilder 2021 that utilizes third-party ActiveX components. Since I have multiple applications that require different versions of these ActiveX controls, I prefer to avoid registering them globally to prevent ...
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