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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.   :) ...
Good Morning Everyone,  We are thinking about developing an app for Android Devices in Powerbuilder. We 've never developed in Android, so for us is easier to do it in PB.  The App just has to read a barcode, and 2/3 manual imputs.  Is this possib...
Excuse my ignorance but I am green in this mobile app world. Is it possible to have two transaction object connected in an mobile app? I will be connecting to QRemote (Quickbooks Driver) and SQLAnyWhere 17. Could you please show me a sample code o...
I am in the process of migrating our SVN repositories to the Native SVN format of PB2017. As a test, I saved an existing application to the new repository. Then I used Connect to Workspace, to simulate what my co-workers would do in order to work on...
When I export the DataWindow using function SaveAsFormattedText in excel format, Character "00", "01" is exported as 0,1 respectively (as Integer). Please suggest the solution for exporting the data from DataWindow to excel  without losing format. ...
Hi, I am currently using ImportFile to import XML files in a datawindow. (PB 10.5) I am using a template that I created. So far it works well except when I encounter same tag elements   I attached a test file because the xml is removed from this ...
I am writing and app with PB17 and PowerServer. The app connects to Quickbooks database via QODBC. In the IDE of Powerbuilder all the datawindows worked perfect; Retrieving the data from QB database. Thru IDE of powerbuilder 17 I can connect with QB ...
After I upgrade to PB17 R3 build 1880 I can not connect to PowerServer AEM. This is the error I am getting: 10.0.0.100 refused to connect. (10.0.0.100 is my local computer IP address) Do I have to do something else after the upgrade in IIS?  I wil...
Haven't worked with menus to often so I hope this is just something easy and I am just not seeing the forest through the trees.  I create a generic menu variable then assign a menu to it. Then I need to access the menu items.  Because I created the m...
Hi, We run pb 2017 r2 in a distributed RDP solution so that pb runs as onewindow on local machine. The problem is that a user starts other processes on a local machine and then returns to the rdp process. In this case, sometimes PB does not give ...
Hi Using a PBSession to send out emails via an application. How do I change the sender's email address? MS Office Outlook 2010  ...
  Hi, subect  : smtp mail when i generate an application in 64 bits when i use the function  : FindMimeFromData the application close without message .   it's ok in 32 bits   i'm based on : http://www.topwizprogramming.com/freecode_emailsmtp...
We have an application that is loaded with NVOs of type 'exception' and I wondered what others had done to deal with the face that this object is unsupported....
In query mode, when user enters null in a date field, I want to change the DW select from date = 'null' to date is null.  The former give a db errror.  I've tried modify('DataWindow.Table.Select=..., but before the actual retrieval, date = 'null' is ...
We have a group that handles licensing for construction tradespeople.  We print a wall certificate for each issued license based on trade 'level' (master, journey, etc).  Each certificate level is printed on specific base stock.  They're wondering if...
Hi, When I am editing a datawindow in the IDE and switch from design mode to the Data Source, it takes a very long time. It might take 3 minutes or more for the SQL query to be displayed, which is harmful to the speed of development. This may have ...
I use the DW Query mode in all of the master lists and search screens in my app... it works like a charm.  But, I have a new requirement in one of my master windows to show the number of linked documents, which is stored in a different table.  So my ...
Anyone out there using Bitbucket as their Git server? Has your experience been positive or regretful?   Thank you....
Looking for some troubleshooting suggestions.   I'm receiving a datawindow error trying to import a SRD source file.   The reported row and column do not match the actual SRD source file.   Not even an off by a couple rows close.   The reported appar...
I've tried declaring and calling this function in all sorts of ways and it continues to return an error.   here is the code that is failing  :   If WSAStartup(257, istr_wsadata) = 0   It should return 0   I wonder if anyone else has had this pr...
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