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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, I'm creating a PBNI using the SDK and C. I would like to know how I can create a multi dimensional pbarray and set it's values. I have a single dimension array working fine but can't figure out what to create a 2 dimensional pbarray. pbarray sg...
Hello Everyone!  Anyone know any way to clean variables that are no longer used in our code of each window or powerbuilder function? Is there any application, website or powerbuilder function that helps me identify variables that are no longer used?...
Hello, Pb 2017 R3, Postgresql 11, Windows 10 Got a drop down datawindow with 4 columns.   This dddw should list all 4 columns, in both display columns and data columns fields, while binding it with a datawindow field.  But it displays only the alr...
  I am using the Runtime Packager to install an application on a machine that does not have PowerBuilder installed. It doesn’t complain during the instll but hen I run the app it says that it can’t find pbvm19.dll. Can anybody help?...
I need to install PowerBuilder 2017 on a computer that has a network connection, but the internet connection is blocked (and cannot be unblocked). Is there a way to achieve this?  ...
Hi Is there a way possibly using the datawindow Modify function that I can change the WSDL URL that i use as the basis for a web service datawindow. I am developing an application off site where I have a WSDL file on one of our local servers here. W...
Hi! I use .NET webservices in PB 2017 R3 1880. How to use the datetime parameters? How to set output string format of datetime to parse in server (Glassfish)?   Regards, Géza  ...
Hi   does anyone have any examples to share of using the datawindow richtext ?   ty   Gimmy...
We have a datawindow that takes on a ton of Modify statements depending on how much data is in a certain record. We fixed the code so that data doesn't straddle pages in print preview, but when we send it to the printer or to a PDF, there is a bit of...
My machine was replaced, but unfortunately we didn't Deactivate my PB2017R3 Offline license from my old machine which is now been recycled. How can we recover my license so we can activate it on my new machine and also convert it to Online license. T...
Hello for EveryOne! I have a question about PowerBuilder, I need execute my own function while i'm doing another proccess in my application, open another window, retrieving data on datawindows.  Do any of you have any idea how to do something simil...
When our current PowerBuilder app is migrated to the web using PowerServer, is it possible to make code changes directly to the web assembly code or do all modifications have to go through PB 2019 Enterprise? For instance, if I have existing web API ...
Hi, I am looking to upgrade my environment to PB 2019 from PB 10.5 and i have to migrate some third party product that is currently integrated into the applications. The new environment will use SOAP calls a few functions. Currently I can use 2 web ...
Hi Team,   We deployed our application to web recently and we are facing the following error when we try to run the application through web. We were able to connect to the database while configuring the profile. ---------------------------Error---...
Hello, I have a question concerning to the Log Modes in Appeon PowerServer 2017 Build 1858.00 64-bit Edition. As we can find in the documentation here the Standard log mode is described as: Mode 2: Standard mode Standard mode is the default mode,...
Good morning,When running PB17 R3 within Appeon, all messagebox and/or popup windows display correctly (Windows 10). When running the executable within a VDI environment, we don't see the full outline of the box. The bottom right corner is invisible....
Hello everyone and thank you for taking my question.  Our department wants to upgrade our current PowerBuilder Enterprise (not Standard) version 9 to PowerBuilder 2019.  We have the very basics in how our applications were built, we are just utilizin...
Hello, I have a problem with a column in a datawindow. The column is a string column and is supposed to contain a subject of a text. If I type a long text without spaces in the column (like a filepath) and the column does not have focus part of the ...
Hello. I´m trying to convert a string date coming from user input   the string is for example "05/2015" in the format "mm/yyyy"   and i want to convert to /01/05/2015 in the format "dd//mm/yyyy"   ldcompetencia = date(em_competencia.text)  ...
  Hi,  I'm using Powerserver Appeon PowerServer 2019 Build 2151.00 Powerbuilder Universal Edition. Version 2019 Build 2082   We have performance problems with some PC Users when executing a Web PB App.   I mean, in my  PC and other 4-5 Users I...


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