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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 1 week 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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Override Date() function
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  1. Last updated 9 hours ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 hours ago
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I like to override the Date(string) function because we had in our code a lot of Date(string) calls with a Dutch format.Now we have customer in different counties with a different date format.I like to override the Date(string) function and call in m...
  1.  DATE
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Hans Groeneveld Hans Groeneveld
  1. PowerBuilder
Git Rebase or Merge?
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  1. Last updated 18 hours ago
  2.  Christopher Craft replied 3 hours ago
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PB 2022 R3 As we continue on our Git journey I am wondering the best process when doing the pull request into Main. My current process flow is as follows but I am curious what other developers are doing? Pull Request Process: 1) Pull all new chang...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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call to datawindow closes the app on debug-time
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 3 hours ago
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good morning all, I am still struggling with the error of debug-time the app crashes without I get a hint where the problem is. in the line : ids_groups.dataobject = 'd_pfcsecurity_applookup' the app crashes without any error message. the...
Manuel Rivera Manuel Rivera
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PowerBuilder DW Painter not listing Oracle packages/procedures despite full DEV grants
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  1. Last updated 22 hours ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 3 hours ago
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In DataWindow Painter, packages and their procedures are not visible/selectable as data sources. We get only tables/views/some standalone procedures. Our DBA states we have full access in DEV (EXECUTE on packages, etc.). We can run the package proced...
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  2.  Database Driver
  3.  DataObject
  4.  DataSource
  5.  DataWindow
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  7.  Oracle
  8.  Package
  9.  PB Native
  10.  Stored Procedure
Naveen Yendamuri Naveen Yendamuri
  1. PowerBuilder
C# Datawindow - The method 'Max' is undefined'
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 4 hours ago
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Hi there.I am running into a serious problem when converting PB code into C# using datawindow objects. When assignin the DataObject in C# with a statement like this ids_cpt.DataObject = "d_castcpt_doc_gd" I run into a runtime error "The method 'Ma...
Piero Salandin Piero Salandin
  1. SnapDevelop
datawindow receiving wrong parameter
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 4 hours ago
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good day all, when I login I am receiving this error message: as first and as second: the object d_pfcsecurity_controllist exists in my library : mey_ext_gefis.pbl, I have it created, and the methods for the security calls another library: the...
Manuel Rivera Manuel Rivera
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Report crashed IDE 2025
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  1. Last updated 10 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 hours ago
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Morning PB2025 I have started using PB2025 - in fact I have a production POWERSERVER just launched. I am really liking the new IDE, however it does seem to crash quite a lot - closes down unexpectedly - but this is to be expected with such a hug...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
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Grid column filter position
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 hours ago
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I have a grid datawindow. In the header contains text which serves as the label for the column. Underneath there - in the header, I want to insert a single line edit so that when the user starts typing I can filer the column. Like this...but, this is...
Robert Sawyer Robert Sawyer
  1. PowerBuilder
add Application to workspace -> Powerbuilder crashes
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  1. Last updated 10 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 hours ago
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Version: Powerbuilder 2025 Build 3711 how can I recreate this?1. Open a empty Workspace2. right click on Workspace an then click "New..."3. select Target - Application4. enter the name5. select the library .pbl6. relocate target7. click "Finish" - ...
Stefan Malkwitz Stefan Malkwitz
  1. PowerBuilder
Clarification on Missing DLLs during PB12.5 to PB2022 R3 (64-bit) Migration
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 hours ago
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We are currently migrating our application from PowerBuilder 12.5 to PowerBuilder 2022 R3 (64-bit). During the review, we identified around 47 DLLs that are being used in our current setup. We noticed that the earlier versions of these DLLs differ ...
himanshi tayal himanshi tayal
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LongConnection vs ShortConnections and temp tables in PowerServer
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 hours ago
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Hello Appeon Community, Our environment:PowerServer apps hosted IIS connected to Oracle Database 19c+ I got a question about this statement mentioned on the Appeon PowerServer documentation linked here https://docs.appeon.com/ps2022r2/Connection_di...
Esau Redwan Esau Redwan
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Limit on string variable
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 6 hours ago
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I came across a weird problem, as a result of some consultants changing how I stored files. I used to store files in Dropbox, then they convinced the boss to change to Amazon S3 and it requires to upload the file as a string encoded in base64. As a r...
Louis Arena Louis Arena
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Issue with SMTP Client in PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build #3441
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  senthilkumar mukunthuthulasiram replied 6 hours ago
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Hi, We are encountering an issue with the SMTP Client in PowerBuilder 2022 R3, build #3441. Previously, we built the application using build #3356, and emails were being sent successfully using the SMTP Client without any issues when executing the c...
senthilkumar mukunthuthulasiram senthilkumar mukunthuthulasiram
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PBAutoBuild220 (R3), GitLab, HTTPS: Credentials Not Accepted for Clone
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  1. Last updated 9 hours ago
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A real blocker. Same customer: 1) Bitbucket public repo successfully cloned, then built. 2) GitLab repo via HTTPs... Deploy token with read_repository scope successfully created token's userid in project JSON password submitted at commend lin...
John Strano John Strano
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InfoMaker and Auto Joins
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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IM 2022 Build 1892 An end user is wondering if there is a way to get InfoMaker to stop automatically adding joins when creating a new report. We have ID numbers as primary/foreign keys and it is choosing user facing columns for joins. They would pre...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. InfoMaker
.pbsln, subversion svn & check out objects in a library
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Brage Mogstad replied 1 day ago
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We're trying to make .pbsln, subversion check out and get a lock on objects in a library in the painter By the looks of it, subversion sourcecontrol integration on powerbuilder 2025 solutions projects does not seem to support check out and lock obje...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Source Code
Brage Mogstad Brage Mogstad
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Solution compilation error
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 1 day ago
3 replies
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Hi PowerBuilder 2025 Build 3711 Windows Server 2019 After converting from Workspace, compilation of Solution fails: [ERROR] Compilation failed, code = -3.---------- Finished Full build of project tc_lizing (14.37.55)---------- Elapsed: 00:01.237 ...
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  2.  PowerBuilder Compiler
  3.  Solution
Tamas Polgar Tamas Polgar
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Can I put daynamic watermark that contains the user name open PDF file (the user name is the user enter to windows)??
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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Hi all My prog used to add,retieve and search doc of my company and save imagea as PDF file for my company that has about 30 thin clients (not PC) and they have no internet connection all these thin clients are in a domain I want to protect ou...
ahmed tawfik ahmed tawfik
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PB 2025 Crashing when Importing Objects
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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PowerBuilder 2025 build 3683/3711, Workspace/Solution configuration Object Import Crash Hi all, I am in the process of migrating to PB 2025 to test my applications and right now all I am trying to do is bring the PFC in my applications up to the c...
  1.  Import
Cory Johnson Cory Johnson
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed to load library: PBORC.DLL (PB 2019 R3) on Windows 11, preventing the product build from executing.
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 days ago
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I am facing a Failed to load library: PBORC.DLL issue while building the project using PB 2019 R3 orcascr190on Windows 11, even though the DLL exists, the PATH is correctly set, and the build is run from a 32-bit Command Prompt. Open Command Pro...
Vijay V Vijay V
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