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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 2 months ago
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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...
John Fauss John Fauss
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Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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MultiSubnetFailover in PB 2025
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  2.  Larry Pettit replied 29 minutes ago
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If the parameter MultiSubnetFailover=True is included in the DBParm in the connection string when using MSOLEDBSQL19, will the parameter get passed by PB or ignored? I found some old questions about this parameter but nothing recent.
Larry Pettit Larry Pettit
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TSE latency
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Hello,We are experiencing significant slowness with our PowerBuilder 2022 R3 32-bit application when used via a TSE (Terminal Server Edition) session. In contrast, the application runs quickly when launched from an independent client workstation.Init...
Thierry Garrigues Thierry Garrigues
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Cloud Launcher Failing to Upload Files
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 hour ago
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Hello,We are in the process of moving our servers into a cloud environment. We've recently moved out Cloud Launcher server to the cloud, and we now are seeing issues running the Cloud Launcher Build and Deploy process to upload new versions to this c...
Tim Harvey Tim Harvey
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Objects cannot be opened in 2025 IDE
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  1. Last updated 1 hour ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 hour ago
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Having migrated to 2025 b. 3726 (Solution), the IDE suddenly stopped working for most object types on one computer. I can compile , exchange data with GIT, Edit Source and so on, but all painters simply start hanging on opening an object that is not...
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Sverre Tvedt Sverre Tvedt
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Can PB2025 3711 be installed with the beta of 2025 R2
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  1. Last updated 4 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 hours ago
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Hi I would to give a try to the 2025 R2 beta with a copy of current applications, without loosing access to actual 2025 Can they be installed together? Best Regards Alfredo
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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PDFDocument — Form fields not exposed in some imported PDF
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Hi, When merging multiple PDFs using PDFDocument.ImportPDF(), some source PDFs do not expose form field groups in the target PDFDocument. Consequently, GetFormFieldGroupCount() returns 0 , and RemoveAllFormFieldGroup() has no effect. If we import t...
David Lopez Sanchez David Lopez Sanchez
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MSSQL Server, Stored Proc, OUT params causing problems (revisited)
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  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 21 hours ago
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A while back I posted a question regarding mssql server and output params on stored procs not working properly. That can be found here:https://community.appeon.com/qna/q-a/mssql-server-stored-proc-out-params-causing-problems I got called away from ...
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Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
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Need help with PB11.5 License on the SAP site
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 22 hours ago
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Is there anybody here familiar with the SAP site to generate/view and checkin licences for PowerBuilder 11.5? Or know whom to contact at SAP to help me out.Way back when we had licenses for two programmers. Since SAP acquired PB (way back when) , I ...
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Chris Fauvel Chris Fauvel
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After install of 2025 beta I can't access PB 2022 R2
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Hello. I installed PowerBuilder 2025 Beta to try it out. I went through the install process and restarted my PC. When it restarted, I couldn't find the app to start PB 2025 beta, but worse I tried to start my PB 2022 R2 and I got this error (see bel...
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Ian Wells Ian Wells
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Powerbuilder 2025 Dynamic DPI awareness and SVG-based themes
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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I am looking for a reason to go with powerbuilder 2025 beta. If this feature delivers as promised, a sharper display windows it would be reason enough. But i compared 2022 R3 with PB2025 and I see no difference. Permonitorv2 is set. AM I missing so...
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Philip Troise Philip Troise
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PBDOM - savedocument - adds a BOM or white space at the beginning
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day ago
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Hi PB2025 build 3726 I use the PBDOM for making an XML file. The code is below. When I run the XML through a validator, it passes, but there is an BOM or hidden whitespace (see the red dot) in front of the beginning tag. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS?...
Sylvie Bouttelisier Sylvie Bouttelisier
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PB2025 and PB2022 R3 license issue
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Niyas Akayil replied 1 day ago
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Hi, Recently, we started using PowerBuilder 2025 alongside PowerBuilder 2022 R3. On most machines, both PowerBuilder IDEs can be open at the same time, and it works just fine. However, on one machine, only one IDE can be open at a time. When a new ...
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Tomáš Podzimek Tomáš Podzimek
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MSSQL Server, Stored Proc, OUT params causing problems.
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Environment: Powerbuilder 2021, Microsoft SQL Server 2022 I am working with inherited code that used to connect to a Sybase ASE server. I am having problems with the OUT params on stored procs (see message above). These used to work with the S...
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  2.  SQL Server
Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
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PB 2022 IDE not launching
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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I am having issues launching the PB 2022 R2 IDE (22.1.0.2819). I came back from some time off to find my Visual Studio 2022 had been uninstalled from my VM. Since that point I have not been able to launch the PB IDE on that VM. I have reinstalled Vis...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
Tim Ford Tim Ford
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WorkSpaceWidth() yields different result in PB 2025
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 days ago
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Hello, Consider the following window: forward global type w_response from window end type type st_1 from statictext within w_response end type end forward global type w_response from window integer width = 809 integer height = 280 boolea...
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Konstantin Goldobin Konstantin Goldobin
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Start consulting for PowerBuilder and PowerServer
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 days ago
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I have had some changes in my full time position. I have been developing in PB since 1993, under Windows 3.1 and at current levels for both PB and PowerServer. As a result of the changes, I would like to start doing PB consulting for other firms. Wha...
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Louis Arena Louis Arena
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SetTransObject is invalid after several hours
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 days ago
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Im using PowerBuilder 2025 Build 3726.We have a client/server application originally developed with an Informix database, which we are now migrating to SQL Server. // Translate SQL String ls_dbtype, ls_syntax, ls_errore String ls_dbparm, ls_...
Stefano Neri Stefano Neri
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HTTPClient PB2022: How to use proxy-functionality
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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Hi, as we have moved from PB2019 to PB2022 we faced some issues regarding the MSXML2.xmlhttp.v6.0 ole-object. We get different kind of errors ( from connect issues to sending errors ), but only on some machines. As we didn't want to investigate ...
Michael Kaczmarczyk Michael Kaczmarczyk
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Power Script for bitwise and for Postgres SQL
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Markus Eckert replied 2 days ago
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Hello How may I write a bitwise AND for Postgres SQL in powerscript? Example: SELECT column_1, column_2 INTO :ls_1, :ls_2 FROM table_a WHERE (R_TYPE POWER(2, :rbt_pgm - 1)) 0;
Jon Tzeng Jon Tzeng
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Creating Azure DevOps CI Pipeline with PB2025
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Christopher Altvater replied 2 days ago
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Hello, I have a couple of questions regarding ADO Repos and CI pipelines using Azure DevOps for a PB application. My application is in PB2025, and I have the PB Utility installed on a self-hosted agent. About four years ago, we migrated the PB sour...
Christopher Altvater Christopher Altvater
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