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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  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
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Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  1. Last updated 3 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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PB 2025 .NET Datastore project for SQL Anywhere - ODBC architecture mismatch
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Dan Harrel replied 3 minutes ago
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I'm getting ready to migrate from PB 2019 R3 to PB 2025, and I see significant changes to the process of generating C# Models from PB Datawindows. First, I notice that SnapDevelop is no longer bundled with PowerBuilder. I understand that SnapDevelop...
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Dan Harrel Dan Harrel
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Setting Retrival Arguments value
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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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Datawindow RowStatus not modifying after Json file import
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  2.  Rinku Karda replied 14 minutes ago
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Hi All, Thanks for assisting me for my previous questions! I got stuck in below issue, appreciate your help on below. I am importing the json in the datawindow as (dw_temp.importjson( ls_api_output,primary!)): but it is creating issue with Datawind...
Rinku Karda Rinku Karda
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Selenium automated testing tool question.
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Has anyone been able to get Selenium to pick up (identify) dataobject columns? Currently, we are unable to get the name for the column (see attachment).
Kevin Bell Kevin Bell
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PB2025 - losing field position on 2022 DWS
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  2.  Alvar Carrasco replied 5 hours ago
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Hello,We are experiencing an issue with the 2025 version and our DataWindows, specifically those of type freeform that include left outer joins from a main view to other views.We use SQL Server and the syntax format in the query builder.We start from...
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Alvar Carrasco Alvar Carrasco
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PB2025 - digitally signing files
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  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 hours ago
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"Enhanced Security Measures" is listed as a feature of PowerBuilder 2025 Professional. Is creating digitally signed exe and pbd files only achieved by using PowerBuilder Professional AND PowerServer, or can you use just PowerBuilder 2025 Professional...
Lisa Willford Lisa Willford
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Ribbonbar consumes too many GDI handles -- about 130 GDI handles per ribbonbar
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  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 hours ago
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Ribbonbar consumes too many GDI handles -- about 130 GDI handles per ribbonbar GetGuiResources(hProcess,GR_GDIOBJECTS); The default limit for the number of GDI handles per process is 10,000； When using Appeon's RibbonBar ,program is likely...
Bill Gates Bill Gates
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New PBLs to be added to Gitlab
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  2.  Craig Meinen replied 6 hours ago
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Hi all. We just created some new PBLs that are not currently under source control. We need to add the contents/object files to Gitlab. Can the menu function "Upload PBL" be used for this task, or is there a different recommended means of doing this?...
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Craig Meinen Craig Meinen
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SmtpClient.XOAuth2AccessToken using OAuthClient and Azure - incorrect client secret
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  2.  Brage Mogstad replied 7 hours ago
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Hello,Were trying to send emails using the SMTPClient objectThe SMTPClient is working well with providers like ONE.COM, Gmail, etc.For Outlook.com adresses the SMTPClient object needs an XOAuth2AccessToken provided by Azure.Getting a valid Access tok...
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Brage Mogstad Brage Mogstad
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MDI client position
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  2.  Roland Smith replied 8 hours ago
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Hi all, I need to create an mdi form but i don't want the client area start a x position = 1 . I'd like to put a menu on the left side of my form and open alla my forms ( tabbed) in the mdi client area. I'm using pb 2025 and i remember this was poss...
Alessandro Feltrin Alessandro Feltrin
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Location has been turned off
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 8 hours ago
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Does anyone as seen this message before ? This popup appeared on a colleague PC (Windows 11). He does not have Powerbuilder installed on is PC, but have 2-3 applications developed with PB. This was shown after switching to mobile hotspot with ...
Pascal Leblanc Pascal Leblanc
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Not getting object owner name while constructing the datastore through power script
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  1. Last updated 10 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 hours ago
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Hi Team, I have a situation where i am constructing the datastore source through script (having multiple tables joined while updating will update only table ),I am following below steps 1.Constructing a sql 2.Using transanction object i am gett...
Vijay Kumar Vijay Kumar
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Issue with Bold Font When Printing PDF from DataWindow using PB Native Method
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  1. Last updated 15 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 hours ago
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Hi, We are using PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3391 and are encountering an issue when printing a PDF from a DataWindow using the PB Native Save method. The font in the generated PDF appears bold, and we're not sure why. Interestingly, when we print t...
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Teegala Rajesh Teegala Rajesh
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.NET Migration: Dynamically creating datawindows from SQL in .NET
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  1. Last updated 12 hours ago
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Hallo, We are in the process of migrating our PowerBuilder codebase to .NET. As part of this transition, we need to dynamically create a DataWindow based on a SQL statement. In PowerBuilder, we use the SyntaxFromSQL and Create methods for this purpo...
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Deepthy Karthikeyan Deepthy Karthikeyan
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PB2025 - Problem with datawindow retrieval arguments using Client Access ODBC Driver (32 bit)
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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After we migrate our application PB 2022 R2 Build 2828 to PB 2025 Build 3683, we encounter issues with all datawindows that have retrieval arguments, which we didn't have in PB 2022. The database of our application is DB2 for IBM i (AS400) and we ar...
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Migration to PowerBuilder 2025 all windows are blank
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Ed Sudit replied 1 day ago
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After migrating my application from PB 2022 R3, when I run the application from either the PB 2025 GUI or compiled, all windows are showing up completely blank, no objects are being rendered on any of the windows. Can someone help with this? Thank ...
Ed Sudit Ed Sudit
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Datawindow: Error after adding a new table/field
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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[Edit] Sorry I forgot: Powerbuilder 2025/3683. The issue is not existing at Powerbuilder 2022/R3. A serious error has occurred in DataWindow: there is an existing DataWindow with several tables and field definitions. A table has now been added with ...
Wolfgang Moser Wolfgang Moser
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Complaints about Appeon
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  mike S replied 1 day ago
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The PowerScript language has made no progress over the years,nogenerics, no asynchronous calls, no iterators, no support for Lambda expressions, and no support for regular expressions. The new code editor claimed in 2025 still has very limited func...
Bill Gates Bill Gates
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Auto-test of PowerBuilder Applications
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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We are using both PB2017R3 and 2019R3 on separate applications. Does anybody know of any tool, or software which can be used to auto-test applications built using these versions?Any help appreciated, manufacturers, links etc etc.
Simon Hill Simon Hill
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Create API
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Hi, In 2025 version can create API from PB directly. is their any restriction like required powerserver or snapdevelop ?
SHAMEEM KAKKAD SHAMEEM KAKKAD
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