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- Last updated 3 weeks ago
This is a compilation of tips you can and should follow to help you get answers to your questions in the Appeon Community QA forum, based on several years of my asking, following and answering posts. Not every tip listed here is applicable to every t...
connecttonewobject returns -3 when trying to connect to Excel OLE
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Thorsten Kummer replied 3 months ago
connecttonewobject returns -3 when trying to connect to Excel OLE
It works fine on our normal client PCs but not on a certain machine. It stopped working suddenly, worked fine for years. We did a new excel installation as well just to be sure that E...
Hi, everyone!
During some tests I noticed an unexpected behavior.
Environment:
PB 2019 R2 Build 2323PB 2022 R3SQL ServerEmbedded SQL in an NVODisplay Database Warnings enabledWhen compiling:
SELECT nonexistent_columnINTO :ls_valueFROM employee;Po...
Slow opening-saving specific objects in the Painter on PB 2025R2
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Panos Platanas replied 3 months ago
Hi all,
We have some user objects that contain a lot of functions.
Since the update to PB2025R2 these object take too long to open, save, modify inside the PB gui which makes coding quite uncomfortable.
We do optimize frequently but makes no diffe...
PowerServer application response times
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
We are running into significant delays in the performance of our PowerServer release. Does anyone know if Appeon provides a consulting service to evaluate our environments and help us trouble-shoot?
Hi, Appeon Team.Now, We use the application that maked by PowerBuilder2022.And We also use PowerServer2020.But PowerServer2020 EOL is 2028/06.We think this application replace with another technology.One idea, can I use PowerBuilder2022 Application o...
InfoMaker Retrieval Argument with Drop-Down List
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Tracie Barber replied 3 months ago
I am trying to create a retrieval argument that will be displayed to the end user to pick from.
I've Googled this all morning and haven't found what I need.
This is the retrieval argument (I call them optional prompts). I do have a prompt before th...
RichTextEdit control saving to PDF stopped working on some computers
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Operating System: Windows 11
PowerBuilder Runtime Version: 25.0.0.3726, 25.0.0.3711
Control: RichTextEdit (Built-in TX Text Control ActiveX)
Method Called: SaveDocument,SaveDocumentAsPDF
Deployment Method: Client Server, PowerServer
Issue: RichT...
PowerServer version of application is 10 times slower than client/server version
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 months ago
PowerBuilder 2022 r3 build 3397 PowerServer application running on Windows environment deployed to Azure server farm SQL Server DBMS
Hello fellow PBLers... We are now at the point in our PowerServer journey where we are standing up our production ...
Hello
PB 2025 R2 build 6430
I want to search the whole application, so I RCM (right clicked mouse) and I got the following search box. The search box lists various options to select / deselect, which is incomplete in a sense. And I don't see any bu...
Hello
Using PB 2025 R2 build 6430, PostgreSQL 18.4 on x86_64-windows, compiled by msvc-19.44.35226, 64-bit, ADO.NET DB to connect Postgresql.My ADO.net connnection
My table structure [ From PG Admin ]
Datawindow [ Column specification ] UUID datat...
powerbuilder 2025 connection with Microsoft SQL Server
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Roland Smith replied 3 months ago
Hello,We are migrating from PowerBuilder 2019 to 2025 R2. We are currently working with Microsoft SQL Server 2019 RTM (15.0.2000.5) using the SQLNCLI11 native driver. Could you tell me which driver Appeon currently recommendsODBC, Native, or OLE DB? ...
The BLEAK future of PowerBuilder and what could be done about it
- Misc
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Daryl Foster replied 3 months ago
Just sharing a few concerns about the bleak future of PowerBuilder here and what could be done about it...
We all know PowerBuilder apps work like a rock - surviving major O/S upgrades (even without any PB upgrades) - and can last 20 years, 50 years...
Source code forward declarations question
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- Advice
- Last updated 3 months ago
- kitty he @Appeon replied 3 months ago
We thought we were seeing possible object corruption in our 20+ year old application. It appeared that several objects had duplicate type definitions in the source code, so we removed the duplicates. Now, 3 months later, while editing a script in 1 o...
Deployed exe will not start or open main window
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
I created a 32 bit project object for my target and ran the deployment to create an exe file. I attempted to run the resulting exe file but when I do, nothing happens. There is no error message of any sort and the exe file does not appear to be runni...
How To: Integrate Agentic AI With My PowerBuilder Application
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hi all.
I am wondering if anyone had luck integrating their PowerBuilder application in an agentic AI fashion.
For example:
User opens your deployed PB App
Starts chatting with the AI, ChatGPT for example
Then asks said AI to create a Purcha...
Compiler: [FATAL]: Exception occurred while linking
- Issue
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hi all
I am trying to test solution so I converted an app and trying to compile it.
I am getting the following error:
[FATAL]: Exception occurred while linking, exception code =0xc0000005.
PB 2025R2 - Runtime 3726
Any ideas?
Get original value in Datawindow Expression
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Luis Avilan replied 3 months ago
Hi everyone
Quick question:Does anyone know if I can access the original value of a Datawindow column in a Datawindow expression?
In Powerscript, I can easily get the original value using the getitemxy methods:
dw.getitemstring(row, "my_column", P...
Problem with quoted identifier with pb2022/Ado.net/sql server
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hello
I have an Powerbuilder 2025 application, with database sql server. We connect to the database with ado.net. My problem is when in a sql i have a string with "Value", it's not reconized. What i can do if i don't want modify all the applicatio...
Appeon PowerBuilder Certification
- Resolved
- Misc
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Richard Frantz replied 3 months ago
So this is odd, the below job posting is mandating Appeon PB certification. I didn't even know there was such a thing. Is there and I missed it?
https://www.dice.com/job-detail/67b90034-3d3a-4814-931d-ef5e0536470c
Secure Connection Encryptor standalone tool
- Misc
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Diego Marrero replied 3 months ago
Hi all.
It would be nice to have the new Secure Connection Encryptor as a standalone tool that could be deployed in the customer's system. I was wondering if anyone has developed anything like this, or if Appeon has thought about providing it.
Be...
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