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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 1 year 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
  1. PowerBuilder
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 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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PB2025 3711, MSOLEDBSQL and setting datawindow.table.select
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  1. Last updated 5 hours ago
  2.  Alfredo Santibanez replied 1 hour ago
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Hi I have been testing MSO database interfase and found that on this instruction print_doc.object.datawindow.table.select=ls_sqlselect always returns and error: "Error accesing external object property select" Going back to use SNC 11 or 10, t...
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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Power builder Ribbon bar appearance
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  1. Last updated 9 hours ago
  2.  Alfredo Santibanez replied 1 hour ago
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Hi, Is there a way to control the appearance of the 'panel partition line' and 'panel test' properties? I would like the 'partition line' and 'panel test' labels to appear bolder Thanks, Sandeep
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  RibbonBar
Sandeep D Sandeep D
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Powerbuilder 2025 compiled is slow
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  1. Last updated 13 hours ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 hours ago
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Hi, I migrate in Powerbuilder 2025 , when i use the aplication, the aplication is fast. But, when i use in compiled, the application is very slow... On the same computer in Windows 11 , but the application is fast on a computer in Windows 7. ...
Dave O'BILOG Dave O'BILOG
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Application Ini location (Not PB.INI) question
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  1. Last updated 4 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 hours ago
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How do you determine the location of the application ini (not PB.INI)? When running a powerBuilder application, it asks for an ini file and you can select it, however if you want to change it where is the location stored at? Or is there a way to set ...
Jeff Hamilton Jeff Hamilton
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Send email in Pb 2022 R2 using a gmail account
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Dan Cooperstock replied 4 hours ago
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I'm trying to do a simple test using a gmail account. Any ideas what the problem might be? I get an Error - 14 when it runs. Email password in this example is NOT valid for security.   Integer li_rcSMTPClient lnv_SmtpClient lnv_SmtpClient = CRE...
Mark Porter Mark Porter
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with nested datawindows in PB2025 (solution) not present in PB12.6
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Alfredo Santibanez replied 6 hours ago
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Dear Friends I have moved my applications to PB2025 Solution (3683) and I had datawindows with a few nested datawindows for requirements of local electronic invoicing systems where the printed(PDF) format must included all xml created data. The d...
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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Deploy QRCoder problem
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Bernhard Giesriegl replied 6 hours ago
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Hi all, using PB 2025 3711 I extracted the QR Coder functionality from the PB componentsapp into a small test project. This one works great on my developing system. Copying the whole branch to a test PC I always get an error when creating the co...
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Bernhard Giesriegl Bernhard Giesriegl
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PB2025 and PB2022 R3 license issue
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  1. Last updated 12 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 hours 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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  2.  License
Tomáš Podzimek Tomáš Podzimek
  1. PowerBuilder
Slide left issues with PB 2025
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Alfredo Santibanez replied 23 hours ago
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Hi I have found another issue in the datawindow generation with the slide left option. The main topic reported fromt the users is hard to reproduce with a dw with embedded data as most of the values comes from drop down datawindows and I was unabl...
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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Max parameters in a DW Expression call to a Global Function?
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Hi What's the maximum number of arguments that can be passed to a global function called in a datawindow expression? I've been successfully passing 6 like this f_filter_licence_dw( gaming_organization_id , licence_id , gcis_reference , descriptio...
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yakov werde yakov werde
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Powerbuilder App with Single Sign On Validation
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 3 days ago
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Hi All, Recently I modified the Powerbuilder 2017 application to accept API, instead of calling Sybase transaction object retrieve to connect to Mainframe programs. So far, all good, but now, I am seeing Sybase has inbuild utility to validate SSO...
Rinku Karda Rinku Karda
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PowerBuilder MR 25.0.0.3711 Runtime Errors
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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Since installing MR 3711 for PB 2025, we have been having random crashes when our application is installed on a server. I have attached some details below. We do not experience the crashes from our dev environment. As a work around we went back to us...
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
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PBR with Themes
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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Hi, How can the themes be resourced for a native C/S application, hence using a PBR? The PB help documentation shows that the UI theme files can be included in the resources, but then notes below that its unsupported to be referenced in the PBR. (A...
Andreas Synthesis Andreas Synthesis
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Having an issue getting past Deploylist.ini.zip Unauthorized with PowerServer HTTPS
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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We are trying to deploy a small app using PowerServer 2022 build 1900 and getting an error with deploylist access is unauthorized. Seems like not matter how I setup authorization, I'm unable to move past this issue. We currently have this app runn...
Kevin Bell Kevin Bell
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Is it possible to have custom theme(colors) only for Ribbon Bar?
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  kitty he @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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Hi,Is it possible to have custom theme(colors) only for Ribbon Bar?I am using Powerbuilder 2022 R3 3391I know there is a property "BuiltinTheme" but from where the values are applied? can we control the Ribbon bar color by setting "BuiltinTheme" pro...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Theme
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  5.  RibbonView
Sandeep D Sandeep D
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Setting Retrival Arguments value
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 days ago
2 replies
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Hi All, I have a datawindow with 2 retrieval arguments, initially I was retrieving the datawindow and passing 2 values and it was working fine. And now, instead of retrival, I am importing the datawindow from json file cretaed with API run. In th...
Rinku Karda Rinku Karda
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opening external files (TXT, DOC, JPG etc...)
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Mario Parietti replied 4 days ago
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Using Powerbuilder 2022 R3 Build 3289 I have a user object (32 bit envirnment) that runs a generic external file (txt, doc, docx, jpg ...etc...) using the windows registered program. Now i am migrating my application to poweerbuilder 64 bit and thi...
Mario Parietti Mario Parietti
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Rich Text Format field intermittently displaying when scrolling up and down a page
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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i am wondering if this is a known bug for infomaker/pb and if someone has a work around. I currently have a Rich Text Format field i am displaying in an infomaker freeform datawindow. When the report generates it does not initially display the RTF fi...
  1.  InfoMaker
  2.  Rich Text
Neil Prichard Neil Prichard
  1. InfoMaker
PB2022R3 composite datawindow issue(s)
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 days ago
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We have a composite window and when we change the zoom one of the child windows moves up in the presentation. We have a few clients report when they print them they are experiencing the same behavior. This is PB2022R3 and does not do this in PB2017...
Brent Schlumkoski Brent Schlumkoski
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GitHub connecting problem
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Dan Cooperstock replied 5 days ago
3 replies
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Hi all, PB 2025 3711 and also analog PB 2022 R3 3397: I cannot connect to https://github.com/OpenSourcePFCLibraries/2025-Solution. Altough authentication succeds I get an error message and no connection. I tried to use the token method too with t...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
Bernhard Giesriegl Bernhard Giesriegl
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