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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 weeks 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 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
  1. PowerBuilder
exportJson - UpperCase in column names
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Robert Purser replied 5 years ago
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Hello All, I have a DW with column names like :Column1, FirstName,LastName when i create the json file using exportJson the Json is generated with names in lowercase  column1,firstname,lastname and that cause a problem when i try to import it in...
  1.  JSON
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017R3 Orca SCC Refresh Target not working
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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Hi Guys I've build a script to get the latest sources from Source Control via ORCA Script, this is not getting the latest versions and I cannot see why. My script is below: start sessionscc get connect properties PBWPathscc connectscc get latest v...
  1.  OrcaScript
  2.  PowerBuilder
David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. PowerBuilder
datawindow 'highlight' on dataentry
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Raghanti replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, and a belated happy new year !   I expect i am being stupid here. I am using pb2019 - and i have noticed when i go to edit data in a datawindow the existing data is not highlighted, in older versions the existing data was selected and if I type...
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
Is it possible to change the picture of picturebutton from theme?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Raghanti replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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HiHi!   Hi! Is it possible to change the picture of picturebutton from theme? I would like to set default picture in theme. (pb 2019)   Regards, Géza
Géza Bartha Géza Bartha
  1. PowerBuilder
execute command in a string
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Challenge: Run PowerScript code stored in a string variable. Limitation: The only object that can be imported into a library is DataWindow. Who can do this?  
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Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
.Net Web Service - Dynamic Composite Datawindows
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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Hi, we are using PowerBuilder 2017 R2 to genreate Webservices via the .Net Web Service Target.With this Webservice we provide a function which creates Reports as PDF. Is there a possibility to add new Datawindows to this Project without deploying it ...
Markus Bienek Markus Bienek
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Stopping an exception from bubbling up the call stack
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 5 years ago
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Powerbuilder 2017 R2. I want to catch an OLERuntimeException when my PowerBuilder code tries to call a function on an ActiveX control that hasn't been installed on the machine in question. I put a TRY CATCH around the call, and in the PB IDE an OLE...
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
Git issues: Unable to refresh
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, I am using PB2017 R3 Build 1915. I am trying to merge a feature branch and develop branch together. I received a number of conflicts (which was expected), and worked through resolving the conflicts (outside of the PB IDE). I committed my merge ...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
Dan Black Dan Black
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Snapdevelop does not recognize trial universal license
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, all I registered for trial on PB universal edition on email, which already has a standard license. I managed to switch to trial license in PB IDE without a problem. However, snap develop still shows "standard" and does not allow PB migration...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
  1. Beta Testing
How to get items within RibbonComboBoxItem?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Does RibbonComboBoxItem have a GetItemByIndex( long index ) that is hiding under a different name? I found to inspect current item list for a ComboBox I need to ExportToJSON; then parse that full JSON structure (or similar in XML). I would like to u...
Michael Kramer Michael Kramer
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C# migration tool
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Arcady Abramov replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Feeling like an idiot here.... I downloaded trial of PB 2019 R2 universal edition. I cannot find how to launch PB to C# converter, that everyone here is talking about... Any help?
  1.  PowerBuilder
Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
  1. Beta Testing
Unable to use AES256 DB Encryption with Power builder 2017 R3 ?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Sarath Pappireddy replied 5 years ago
8 replies
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Hi Appeon Team, We are trying to Implement the DB Encryption/Decryption in one of the our application using PB 2017 R3 and SQL ANYWHERE 17. To Implement Encryption, we have initialized 3 Vector key values(CV_VCTR,CV_KEKY and CV_CEKY), which will be...
Sarath Pappireddy Sarath Pappireddy
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DDE - PB to PB
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, im trying to pass data throw 2 PB Apps already ejecuting. I find DDE functions and im testing this:   PB APP 1 - APP SERVER       StartServerDDE (this,"MyPBApp","System") PB APP 2 - APP CLIENT       long handle       handle=OpenChannel("...
Samuel Sanchez Avila Samuel Sanchez Avila
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RichTextEdit API Guide
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Neil Garcia replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hi All, I was looking for ways to get the plain text from the RTF control. I think I can get it by doing SelectTextAll, Copy and Clipboard functions but just wondering if there's another more efficient way of doing it. From google I came across a p...
Neil Garcia Neil Garcia
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Datawindow will resize horizontally, not vertically
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Libby Engelbret replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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I am attempting to update a legacy PB desktop application that was NOT built with the PFC so that it will resize when maximized.  I retrofitted the PFC resize functions into the ancestor windows and datawindows of my application.  It seems to work fi...
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Libby Engelbret Libby Engelbret
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When does RibbonBar display PanelItem's Picture?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Does anyone know when the RibbonBar is supposed to display the picture defined for each panel within a category's "tab page"? No matter what I try to do, I can't get the panel to display its own picture. Example:  RibbonBar RibbonItems Cate...
Michael Kramer Michael Kramer
  1. Beta Testing
Creating PB .NET assembly with c# assemblies
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Arcady Abramov replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, team I am looking for a description of application technique which would allow me to distribute my large desktop application into PB .NET assemblies, which can be called from the main PB application. I currently have PB 12.6 NET assemblies, ...
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Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
  1. Beta Testing
Mobile app publishing issue in Google Play
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I'm getting below message from Google Play which prevents me from publising my mobile app (has to do with Javascript vulnerable libraries). Name    Version  Known issues                          Identified files jquery    1.10.2     SNYK-npm:j...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
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How will run cmd commands from PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hi,     I have configured AWS CLI for copying files from AWS to Local System and It is working from command Prompt (cmd.exe).   I can run cmd.exe from PowerBuilder using Run() function . But how I will run cmd and run the below command in cmd fro...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
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Subin Subash Subin Subash
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2019 Oracle 18C connectivity support.
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I am using Appeon PowerBuilder 20019. I was wondering if you are planning on providing support that allows Oracle to access Oracle Database server version 18C ? Please let us know. Thanks. Cheers, Manny Strachan PowerBuilder 2019 Develop...
  1.  Oracle
Manny Strachan Manny Strachan
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