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A recent post included some PowerScript code, and I thought I would pass along a tip for pasting code snippets that produces a slightly more readable result than simply pasting code into the website's text editor. The toolbar contains a button to as...
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :) ...
Hi    will new UI theme feature work in power server web? ...
What exactly does the Commit command do and how does the IDE know to show checkmark as the scc status? The best I can figure, it exports updated objects to ws_objects which is the 'local repository'. If that is true, how does the IDE tell whether it...
Hi all   I am trying to connect to a MSSql data base (2016) withADO.Net driver . It works fine from  IDE on one computer  but when i am trying to run the EXE on the another machine ( on the same LAN with full permission to the DB )  i am get...
I need to copy a single (one row only) changed row in a grid window into a data store for further validation.   If there a way to do it?...
This is in PB 2017 R3. I'm having a weird problem where some code I'm using to try to determine whether an instance of my app is already running is somewhat randomly crashing the compiled program (or PB if I run from there or use the debugger). I ha...
Hi ! Sorry to have at least one issue per day in this period... I create a user object called uo_dw inherited from datawindow. Inside uo_dw, I declare a dwobject instance variable : dwobject    idwo_currentItem I also create a user event called u...
Hello, We are using PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1880 on Windows 10 Pro.  I have created a menu object inherited from our base menu object.  The base object's menu style is contemporarymenu! and I have changed the inherited menu style to traditionalme...
** The PowerBuilder IDE performs Push/Pull only to/from the branch Master with no declared enhancement on the product roadmap, yes? If so, what is the workflow using a branch other than Master?Please correct/refine the steps below... - Clone from n...
Hi all, Now i am using the PB2017R3 version and github to control the source. Just want to know when connect to workspace, how to convert to the branch code in PB IDE, not the default master? Thanks....
Hi all,   We are now converting our PB code on the server side to dll using IIS to publish. Is there any method could trace the log in the dll? Any function or interface we could use? Before we used the Errorlogging Object on the EA server. Now cou...
Not able to add a data source when trying to configure power server WEB. The drop down ODBC data source has only four default options listed. Can anyone help me with this? Please check the attachment. I captured the screenshot at the step where i am ...
Hello Communty, is there a way to use ORCA in a .Net project (preferably C#) without writing a c++ wrapper?I have tried several ways, but find no solution:- PBORC170.DLL is not COM visible, so not possible using via COM interface- directly import of...
Hi Guru In an old server client application I have to authenticate on LDAP. ( i have not active directoy but another ldap manager ) The information I have is: Host: ldap.xxxxxx.com Tcp Port: 389 BN: dc = xxxxxx, dc, yyyyy Uid: xxxcpwd: Xxix ...
Hello, Using PB 2017 SP3 Build 1880 [in a computed column in a datawindow] I need to display a computed column with amount in Indian Format [ ##,##,##,##0.00 ]   (See the comma).  When I create the expression as  namecolumn + ' (' + String(groupb...
Is there a way to set a column protect property in a grid window?   What I am trying to do is if the user changes another column, I would like to change the protect property on the comment column on the same row, so they are allowed to add a commen...
In Beta is possible to publish rest service ?! I see PB 12.5 can publish rest , but not find in PB 2017 R3 b.1880 to publish rest !...
I want to clarify the recommended direction for PB applications moving forward. Is it correct to say that Appeon is recommending customers move away from using the PB Desktop functionality? It appears that the guidance moving forward will be to gener...
Folks - we are trying to do our first build releases under the new Appeon PB17 and need some feedback on runtime environment.  With the old SAP/Sybase PB12, we were, I'm pretty sure, able to put  exe + pbd's in a folder, and just plop all the PB runt...
Hi All, One of my customers is asking the PowerBuilder Security Code scanning as they have to submit the security code scanning report to the security team for review before rollout. Anyone know is it any tool ( or third-party tool ) can do this? Ma...
Hi Guru I'm rearranging the various manuals of courses made around the world under the guise of Powersoft, Sybase, Appeon. Does anyone have the manuals of the courses made in Vienna in 1996? If someone could share them ........ thank you ...


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