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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.   :) ...
I currently use an OLE object to view Microsoft Word and Excel documents inside my application.  I would also like to view MSG files that have been saved from Outlook.   Does anyone know if this is possible with an OLE object?  If not, any suggestio...
I am attempting to add a PBL to an existing workspace. Click Right mouse and see Library List but it only beeps and fails to open. The only option is to close the IDE from the TaskBar, It appears that it might be running but not coming active and ...
Hello, when i compile a project (all objects are checked in under Subversion native source control for Powerbuilder 2019 R2 2328), i get the following message for each datawindow. Other objects than datawindows are not affected.If I hold down the es...
I am running PowerBuilder 2017 R3. I am writing a routine that retrieves a link to a file that the user selects by clicking on a row in a datawindow. It is supposed to open the file dialog and save the file where ever the user selects. The link works...
PB2019R2Windows 10, 64 bit platformSummary:   The dw.ImportFile() command is returning -15 on files less that 100K in sizeDetails:   This commnd is part of the simple, one PBL utility we've been testing as the first converted code from PBv12.1.    We...
Hello,    Im trying to know what object of my window have the focus. I looked for it on google but it don't works for me.   I'll be gratefull if someone can help me.   I let the code that I found on google down below.   GraphicObject which_co...
Hi PB users, Some client start to speak about Modern authentication with Microsoft Office. Originally, the cutoff date for Basic Authentication was supposed to be October 2020. However, due to COVID-19, Microsoft has decided to push back this date u...
There's some good articles on using GIT with PB2017 R2, but I haven't been able to find anything specific for PB2019.  PB2017 R2 required using the PBG file and storing the PBLs.  My understanding is that we no longer need the PBG file and no longer ...
Hello All, I want to create a DICOM image viewer in PowerBuilder . Could you please advise how to do that ?  Is it possible without using any external SDK/API ? I have found out few SDK like  LEADTOOLS PACS imaging SDK but this one is very costly. ...
A manually added resize event with event id 'pgm_size' on a Custom Visual object behaviors differently on a window between Powerbuilder 12 and Appoen Powerbuilder 2019R2 beta: In Powerbuilder 2019R2 Beta: This resize event is triggered even before c...
  Hello, friends: We have powerserver 2020, and thre web applications in production. The apps run fine, but some users decided to Change scaling settings (Text size, app, and other items) to 125%, 150%, since laptops were given. As a result, all ...
Good morning,We are close to moving to PB2019 and are looking for the best scenario to do so. Specifically, as it relates to having to simultaneously support the PB2017 that's currently in production. I'm under the impression that as soon as I downlo...
Hi, Recently i have migrated PB 8 to 19 version. In code im getting symbols while converting blob to string.So i have converted to encodingANSI! format in many places.. it is working fine.but in one place im struggling. please help me. //sItemDIN =...
Hi everyone, I know .Net Targets are obsolete in PowerBuilder. One of our colleagues wrote a .Net WebService in PowerBuilder 2019 R2, but we didn't find the .Net Runtime under C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\DotNET\pbiu\BootStrapper\...
PB2019R2, b2328Windows 10, 64 bit platform32 bit application comprised of a single PBLNo PFCSummary:  Why in the world is the retrieval failing?Details:This is the first app we are testing using PB2019R2, so please forgive me if I'm making dumb RTFM ...
Buenas Noches  Recientemente estamos trabajando con base de datos en MYSQL y hemos migrado nuestra aplicación a la WEB pero muestra el siguiente mensaje de error, cuando lo probamos en el IDE de PB  con ODBC no tenemos problemas. FUENTE DE DATOS AE...
Migrating from PB9 to PB2019 The closequery event of my sheet ancestor calls a response window prompting the user to save changes if the datawindow has been modified. This works when I close the sheet. However, when the sheet is open and I close the...
We have recently changed our datawindow savas methods to XLSX! from Excel8! This works fine except for one report. It is an external datawindow and when we save it as XLSX! it then throws an error: We are looking for an answer and haven't been able...
So I have a C# dll I am already calling from PowerBuilder by compiling it as an Active/X control. Most calls return a class containing a number of variables and the PowerBuilder .Net Dll Importer can't handle these, ignoring them completely. So this...
I am trying to streamline our build process and in particular preventing as much as possible full rebuilds. In our CI we use pbc190 compiler to compile from source code. What I observe is that even when I use the /i flag instead of /f, thus expecting...


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