Discussions tagged PowerBuilder (SAP)
Pushing generated EXE on devops/git
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- Last updated 1 week ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 week ago
Hi Appeon,
We have this project that was deployed to devops and we maintain it using git/pb2022r3.
So after all enhancement was finished we would generate all pbd and exe just like we used to with pb12.5.
So my question is, how do we publi...
Encryption/Decryption of INI file in PowerBuilder
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- Last updated 6 months ago
- Miguel Leeuwe replied 6 months ago
Hi Everyone,
I have an existing PB 2019 project that needs an encryption and decryption of INI file. (the INI file contains database credentials). I don't have any idea how will I'm going to do that, so any help or suggestions would be very much ...
Sybase PB 12.5 get user Computer Name/User Name
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- Last updated 9 months ago
- Daniel Seguin replied 3 months ago
Hi,
I'm using PowerBuilder 12.5 Classic and want to retrieve the username/computer name of the client upon login.
I have tried some scripts, but none of them are working. I need help with this. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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DropDownDataWindow(dddw) displays data column instead of display column?
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- Advice
- Last updated 10 months ago
- Benjamin Gaesslein replied 10 months ago
I have a dddw placed in grid DW, the dddw should get the data column (short_name-eg: 'ABC') & display column (fullname) & both are string.
But in table the stored value for data column of dw is stored in lowercase (eg: abc). In such case the...
How to avoid Saveas dialog in print
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Andreas Mykonios replied 1 year ago
Hi everyone,
I have a process that allows the user to print. But every time the user prints, the saveas dialog box keeps on prompting and asking you to supply filename. Below are my scripts.
I do this kind of printing because with that, I c...
Accessing report object in datawindow
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 year ago
- René Ullrich replied 1 year ago
I inserted reports in my datawindow as shown below
In my dw_report_header, there is a text field named title_header. How to access the title_header and dynamically
change its value?
Thank you....
Hi Everyone,
Good day! I'm using powerbuilder 12.5 classic and just wondering if it's possible to send a file to printer. I have a process that prints the file to PDF and I want it to send to printer to print. Any ideas would be much appreciat...
How can I use command line build (deploy) using links / export file / incremental ? currently i use PB IDE UI and deploy our desktop application. some recommended OCRA Script but can anyone explain a step by step process for the build please
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 year ago
Hi kind souls,
Please could you give me a step by step procedure how to build deploy or incremental build my workspace or individual targets using command line. I have seen some command scripts not entirely working correctly. Is there a way i can te...
TX Text Control Header and Footer
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- Last updated 1 year ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 1 year ago
Hello all,
I hope this wasn't discussed before,
how can I adjust in a TX Text Control the height of Header and Footer?
How can I insert text there, e.g. a page number?
Any suggestions welcome, thanks in advance
Bernhard...
PowerBuilder 2019 R3 - Build application is crashing.
- Issue
- Last updated 1 year ago
- ALEXANDER TAPIA replied 1 year ago
Our PB windows application was developed in PB version 8 and it has been migrated to PB 2019 R3. The PB 8 build it not crashing but when it was migrated to PB2019 R3, we encountered crashing issue during its runtime. I did a debugging and found out t...
For 2+ hours now I've been stuck running the application with /pbdebug, on one of our customer's systems, because PB after so many decades in the market, still has NO way to give us the call stack in case of errors.
So, since I can't do anything at ...
Set to show Page() only once in a page
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 year ago
- René Ullrich replied 1 year ago
Hi all
I want to show Page number once in the page.
I put my compute_1 in my group 1. So whenever full_name changes, it shows compute_1
The reason why I put compute_1 in group 1 as it is requested by user. Can't change.
But I wanna make i...
How to tell a posted event to fire when all other posted events are fired already?
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 year ago
- Roland Smith replied 1 year ago
I want to have one of my posted events get fired at the last in firing order.
Is there any way possible to set priority sequence number for a posted event?
Does custom Event ID somehow help to get an event posted when all other posted events are fi...
Why describe Autosize Height can't return new height?
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
Q: Why a column with Autosize Height = Yes is not returning the new height at runtime?
Its a column for a lot of junk text.
Problem: Always return me the height i set in design mode.
A message returns wrong height with following expression
Long(D...
Client and Server Communication
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- Advice
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Kevin Ridley replied 2 years ago
Hi,
I need suggestion for below case.
We are doing application server migration from HP-UX to RHEL. Our application client we used for PowerBuilder 2017 and Server side logic we written in Oracle Tuxedo. So ,now data the communication between clien...
LibraryImport external datawindow with new data in it
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
I remember i did this long ago and it worked (in PB version 10 probably).I export syntax of an external datawindow then add some data in it and Imported it back into either dll or pbd depending build type.the "data(" is searched from the exported ext...
Problems with Power Builder 11.5 or Power Builder 2017 and end support Microsoft Internet Explorer
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 years ago
- René Ullrich replied 2 years ago
Hello
we have a problem in power builder 2017 or power builder 11.5 with internet explorer and edge.
Using the ole_browser object of type microsoft web browser and using microsoft internet explorer as web browser it works and we can upload files to...
Like many of you I need to be able to close a tab page using the standardised close button located on the tab-page (like in any browser)
However that feature is NOT available in PB and will not be for the next 1.5 - 2 years (at least) even though it...
Help! Need runtime DLL for 12.5
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- Issue
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
Hello all!
I am working on a PowerBuilder application for my company and we're trying to upgrade it to the latest version. We currently use PB 9.5 and I was going to begin my conversion from there, however, I just learned from another deve...
Hi all,
My old development machine crashed a couple days ago and can't be repaired :( Repair tech said it's the power supply and the motherboard (all-in-one machine). I'm trying to get a backup of all the files from the hard drive. I still suppor...
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