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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 4 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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  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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Postgres ODBC connection fails in EXE
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Angie Liu@Appeon replied 46 minutes ago
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Working with PB2025 using Postgres database and have successfully converted the entire PB6.0 project to PB2025 in the IDE. I have been using the ODBC connection quite successfully in the IDE but now that I have compiled to an EXE file, the database c...
Rich Gibson Rich Gibson
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Some issues with SMTPClient Object
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  1. Last updated 12 hours ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 hours ago
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Good morning to all, I'm trying to send emails using the SMTPClient object (Runtime 25.0.0.3726), but Im encountering a couple of issues depending on the SMTP provider I use. a) When I send emails to Office 365 mailboxes, the message body does not ...
Julián Tagarro Julián Tagarro
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Why doesn't it recompile everything?
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  2.  Richard Hartman replied 9 hours ago
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I have recently converted to PB2025, so it is now supposed to be compiling everything from sources.This:select status_code into :ls_current_status_drc1from circuit_direction_statuswhere circuit_direction_id = :ll_circuit_drc1and start_date = :ldt_c...
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Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
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PowerBuilder IDE response window positioning
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  1. Last updated 14 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 13 hours ago
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Hi, I'm running PB CloudPro 2022R3 Build 3397 on a Windows 11 machine with 3 monitors. This has been happening forever, but this morning it's really annoying me and I'm wondering if there's a way to fix it. Whenever the PB IDE opens a response windo...
John Raghanti John Raghanti
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Reg:DATAWINDOW JSON using ImportJSON
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 14 hours ago
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Hi Team, I tried using ImportJSON with the DATAWINDOW JSON format provided below, but it results in a -5 JSON format error. Kindly guide me on whether the issue is with the JSON structure or if the code needs to be updated.Attached the d_dwc_json im...
vinothini rajasekar vinothini rajasekar
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Awful Performance of PB2025 .xlsx Export
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  1. Last updated 18 hours ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 14 hours ago
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Hi all We've recently upgraded to PB2025 (Solution - build 3726) and along with that to the new .Net8 based saveas XLSX dll. It didn't take long for us to run into the return -1 issue when exporting somewhat large-ish data sets (50k rows) in a 32 b...
Markus Eckert Markus Eckert
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2022 R3 Vulnerability on error response
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 23 hours ago
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Hi all, Our client is requesting that we remediate the following vulnerability identified on an installation of Appeon Cloud 2022 R3. Description: This vulnerability concerns the exposure of information that may be useful to an attacker, such as ...
Carmela Nasto Carmela Nasto
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Migration question about 2 instances of application on same client
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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We are upgrading from PB 6.5 to PB 2025. I have got the application moved over and ready for users to test, the problem I am running into is the database profiles and the database interfaces list. Since the old application is PB 6.5 it is using the o...
Jeff Hamilton Jeff Hamilton
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Unable to get Access Token using Certificate
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Bradley Duke replied 1 day ago
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PB2025 64bit We are using EntraID and replacing the client secret with using a certificate. We are currently able to get a token when using clientsecret. The certificate is installed on my machine. Certificate: Issuer: Serial Number: Cod...
Kevin Bell Kevin Bell
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EXE not launching in Appeon PowerBuilder 2022 R3 – PBVM.dll fault / Divide by zero in debug log
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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Hi All, We are currently migrating an application from Sybase PowerBuilder (12.5.2) to Appeon PowerBuilder 2022 R3 (Classic). The project builds successfully, and the runtime has been set up using the Appeon Runtime Packager. However, when attempti...
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Amrutha P Amrutha P
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Application Working in 64-bit Runtime but Failing from IDE – PB 2019 R3 Build 2797
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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Dear All, We are currently using PowerBuilder 2019(64bit) R3 Build 2797 (Runtime 19.2.0.2797) on Windows Server 2019 Standard (64-bit). We have upgraded our application to 64-bit and recompiled all required DLLs in 64-bit format. The application is...
himanshi tayal himanshi tayal
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New objects are not added to source control
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Dear friends I am working in PB 2025 (3711) with GIT Bitbucket in a solution project. At this moment if I change an object, it is registered as a file modified to the source control and appears in the commit list (green in the image bellow) but if ...
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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Powerserver 2025 (Session fails to respond (Session does not exist)
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  David Xiong @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Dear All, We are very frequently getting the following issue in Power Server 2025. fail: PowerServer[0] Session fails to respond (Session does not exist)fail: PowerServer.Api.ServerApiController[1003] Disconnect(0HNJ9T9G2ATDJ:00000002)(2026-0...
Chakrapani Salumuri Chakrapani Salumuri
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Excel Oleobject WorkBooks.Open function triggers Error calling external object function
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 1 day ago
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Hi all. This is regarding an application developed with PB 11.5.1. The code generates a new Excel file like this: Oleobject iole_excel, iole_workbook iole_excel = create oleobject iole_excel.ConnectToNewObject("excel.application") iole_excel.W...
Diego Marrero Diego Marrero
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Picture resize in InfoMaker 2022: Maintain aspect ratio
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  1. Last updated 11 months ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 1 day ago
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Using InfoMaker 2022, is there a way to resize a picture placed into a report so that it maintains the aspect ratio and does not distort? It appears you can only resize height and width independently. In many other programs, you'd hold down shift whi...
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Rick Osterberg Rick Osterberg
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InfoMaker Aborts
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 days ago
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InfoMaker 2022 Build 1892 We've had customer's report that choosing Save Rows As causes the IDE to abort. The SaveAs window doesn't appear. One of the reports indicates they are running it via RDWeb.
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Impact of Expiring Certificate on Application and Future Deployments
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  David Peace.Consulting-Partner replied 2 days ago
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Hi Team, I am reaching out regarding the certificate (Launch_key.pfx) used to sign the ClickOnce deployment package for our application. The certificate is set to expire in 20 days, and I would like your advice on the potential impact this may hav...
Prasad Neelapala Prasad Neelapala
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when launching pb220.exe the pb220 is found in the task manager (running) But the IDE is not displayed
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  David Peace.Consulting-Partner replied 2 days ago
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The day before yesterday it was working. I have asked this question ChatGPT. Gave m a lot of solutions but did not work until now. Even with another user in the same window it does not work. We have PB2022 R2 2819
Maymone Dahan Maymone Dahan
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Reg: DATAWINDOW JSON
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  vinothini rajasekar replied 2 days ago
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How to use datawindow JSON to show the below response without using JSON Parser i want to directly import the below JSON response into either datastore or datawindow.please help me on this.Thanks in advance. { "status": "SUCCESS", "aiResponses": [...
vinothini rajasekar vinothini rajasekar
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Generating JSON and posting it
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Hannu Pikkarainen replied 3 days ago
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Hi, I need to generate JSON and post it to REST-interface and I have two problems with it: Interface informs that JSON should begin with { "company_location_id": 0, "currency_code": "string", "delivery_method": 0, "bank_code": "string", "rf_refere...
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Hannu Pikkarainen Hannu Pikkarainen
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