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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 8 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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  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
  1. PowerBuilder
Calling C# DLL
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Yasir Masood replied 2 years ago
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Hi, I have a question about using a C# DLL in PB. We purchased a third-party DLL that was written in C with a VB 6 wrapper. I was able to use the VB 6 DLL without any issue. The declaration was as follows SUBROUTINE calculate (double a, double b, l...
Yasir Masood Yasir Masood
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How I do connect PB 2022 with oracle 12
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Good afternon. Please, how do I add an new option ORACLE 12 in my list "INSTALLED DATABASE INTERFACES"? My powerbuilder is 2022 and I have oracle cliente 12.1. Today I use connected with option "O10 Oracle 10g", but we are going to migrate for orac...
  1.  Database
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Raphael Costa Raphael Costa
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DataWindow.Data.XML - comma instead of point as decimal sign
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Since PB22 (build 1892) we do have problems with XML export from datawindows. We use the following function toi retrieve XML from a datawindow:Describe('DataWindow.Data.XML')   The problem is that de decmal sign sometimes is set to a comma, in...
Hans Groeneveld Hans Groeneveld
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Appeon 2022 deployment issues
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, Noticing some unusual behavior in my deployed application. For some reason the File Version is no longer populated. Now showing File Version: 0.0.0.0, the buttons on my application have changed to what I believe is the windows classic style,...
Curtis Ducommun Curtis Ducommun
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2022 and Source Control
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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PB2022 officially supports Git and SVN for source control, and that Visual Source Safe is no longer an option. Is there a way to use Visual Source Safe with PB2022?
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Dustin Sellers Dustin Sellers
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Convert decimal to invariant string
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi Is there a direct way how to convert a decimal to a culture invariant string? Standard method string( decimal ) returns the string converted according to the local user's setting. Like in Europe string(1.2) returns "1,2". Or "1'2" etc. What I wa...
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Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
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JsonGenerator
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Malek Taha replied 2 years ago
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Hi, I am using the JsonGenerator and I am having trouble getting it formatted correctly with my arrays - square brackets are missing This is what I am trying to create {     "userId": "adsf1234",     "dueDate": "2018/02/21",     "items": [ ...
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Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
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JSONGENERATOR
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Hi    I am trying to build a JSON file using the JSONGenerator object I was able to build the file however i am having trouble getting the "LineItem" array to have the "measure" "Notes" and " Refs" object to be child arrays of line item. I can get ...
Malek Taha Malek Taha
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PowerServer show (Unknown) in license version
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  damian jimenez replied 2 years ago
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with Pb2022 R1878 when i create a new project (when create more than one),  in server setup, .Net server, where is "Powerserver license version" shows (Unknown)This, give me a error license when tried to execute powerserver, after published.I have tr...
damian jimenez damian jimenez
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SharedObjects and Powerserver - how does it affect session usage
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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It appears that shared object processing (SharedObjectRegister, SharedObjectGet, etc) is supported in powerserver 2022+?   How does the use of shared objects affect licensing / sessions in powerserver?  When i connect and use the database (webapi) ...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer
command line powerserver webapi build/publish
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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The sample powerserver for executing additonal command line has this which appears to be how you build the webserver api: dotnet.exe run --no -build --project C:\Users\appeon\source\repos\PowerServer_salesdemo\ServerAPIs\ServerAPIs.csproj   and th...
mike S mike S
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Deploy error on the lineker
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Dear all, On the deployment machine, after successful full rebuild, when try to deploy (PB 2021 1509), got this:   ---------- Linker: Errors (11:45:09 PM)Unresolved resource ' ' referenced from object 'w_ch_upd_sc.win'. . . For many windows obj...
  1.  Compiler
Amit De Picciotto Amit De Picciotto
  1. PowerBuilder
Using SAVEAS() method datawindow to PDF, but size of created file is zero.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, everyone. I try to save datawindow to PDF using SAVEAS() method.  (Powerbuilder 2019 R3) The script is as below, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dw.Retrieve() ls_fileName = ".\Attach_File...
Jeong Hwan Jang Jeong Hwan Jang
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow Retrieve returns -1 sometimes
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
7 replies
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PowerBuilder 2017 SQL Server 2019   We have a few customers who every now and then get an error message from our code, and when they run the same thing again it works just fine. The code is looping rounnd a lot and checking to see if some matchin...
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  2.  Error
  3.  PowerBuilder
Aron Cox Aron Cox
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How to activate InfoMaker renewal !??
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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How the H### do you activate the renewal we paid for in this software. I've just spent the last 90 minutes running in circles and I've had it .... it's BS that this is so vague and not stright forward.   Anyone have an answer!?   How do you activat...
  1.  InfoMaker
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Tim Bair Tim Bair
  1. InfoMaker
IDE updates Datawindow and PowerServer does not
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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How come the IDE is updating a datawindow correctly but Powerserver is not?  My code is very simplistic.   I have a window that has 1 DW on it.  I have a button to update the DW and I also show the SQL in the sqlpreview event.  This issue is in both...
Louis Arena Louis Arena
  1. PowerServer
Where is the Sales Demo PBT?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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PB2022 b1898Windows 10, 64 bit platformI just installed PB2022, build 1898 and am looking for the Sales Demo application target file. I cannot find it,Is the Sales Demo application installed with PB2022? If so, where is it located?Thank You,Olan
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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How to get rid of this message "Could not find resource file 'someName.pbl(DataWindowName)'. Continue?' when compiling my project?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi, I am getting a warning message when compiling my project "Could not find resource file 'someName.pbl(DataWindowName)'. Continue?" I deleted the DataWindow from my .pbl and I searched the library to remove all the instances I could be calling th...
Igor Perisic Igor Perisic
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XML Runtime path cloud deployment
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Stephan Schröpel replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi there I just had a problem with an installation on W11 at one of my customers: In the application path there is an XML File [ApplicationName].xml witch contains the runtime path. After the software starts, this xml file is modified (from launch...
Stephan Schröpel Stephan Schröpel
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How to get the ListView Index from a Drag/Drop File Operation?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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PB 2019 R3 2728 I am implementing a drag/drop file feature using DragAcceptFiles() but have run into a problem.  I am using a ListView to display a list of document types for the user to drop files onto.  This will then auto associate those files to...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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