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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 11 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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  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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appsettings.json file in deployed apps
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
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Hi, all. Just a question: Is it necessary to install the appsettings.json file on the production server when deploying a published API with SnapDevelop 2019, given that this file contains unencrypted database connection passwords? Thanks in advance...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
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How to save to PDF when I change the Excel Save As Type dropdown to PDF in the Command Prompt window
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  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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When I use this code inside the Powerbuilder R2023 dw_sel.SaveAs("", Excel!, FALSE) ChangeDirectory(path) A command window appears where I choose the path where I want to save it and, in the Type, drop-down I change Excel to PDF and it did not sav...
Adelys Hernandez Adelys Hernandez
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Translation Toolkit
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  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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Hi! I can find then util in the TransTlk directory, but no translat.db and no SQL Anywhere database. SQL Anywhere cannot be installed with PowerBuilder. Is it possible to use then Translation Toolkit in PowerBuilder 2022 R3? Thanks Tamas
Tamas Polgar Tamas Polgar
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Blob in InfoMaker Report not shown
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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I have an Infomaker 2019R3. And because bundled with another software exactly this version. I tried to embed a picture into a report using OLEDatabaseBlob. The retrieved table contains a blob field and an id field. The definition fields of blob con...
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Michael Rupp Michael Rupp
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How to integrate a webview C# visual object in Powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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Hello, We have a WebView2 component developped with C# that we intend to use in PowerBuilder. Is it possible ? How can we do this ?Is it accessible the underlying object instance of webview2 behind the webbrowser ? Thanks.
f bodet f bodet
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PNG Data from httpclient
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  2.  Stephan Schröpel replied 3 days ago
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Hi Powerbuilder Developers I try to get a png from google maps api. It runs well in Postman, in Powerbuilder I get statusCode200 and GetResponseHeader("Content-Type") says 'image/png', GetResponseHeader("Content-Length") is 146991. Good so far, I ...
Stephan Schröpel Stephan Schröpel
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I tried to call a window function in another window, but it hasn't passed the syntax check 
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  2.  Aditya Kabir replied 3 days ago
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hi here I created a function called wf_findnext in window called w_select_invo, it's a feature for find a value within a datawindow, i'd like to call it in another window when they both opened if dw_1.rowcount()=0 then return long ll_sta...
Aditya Kabir Aditya Kabir
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Difference in working with DropDownList, why?
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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Hi, When returning to dropdown list in the local desktop version (Deploy for desktop application), we saw a row with the selected value. In the cloud version (Deploy for Power Server), it goes to row 0. We don't see a row that was previously selec...
Isabel Ladyshzensky Isabel Ladyshzensky
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Recommend a spell checker for Powerbuilder 2022?
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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Our current spell checker is from Visual Components is not working with the migration to PB 2022. Looking suggestions on a replacement spell checker or how to setup Visual Components to work with PB 2022?
Kevin Thompson Kevin Thompson
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One last question about my app migration from PFC 99 ish --> PFC 22. Promise :)
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I've identified the "slowness" issue related to my migrated PB22 app. It's in the volume of data on our PRODUCTION server, which I didn't have access to until this week. I'm looking into archiving data and a general cleanup. Before I do that I want t...
Kim Lombard Kim Lombard
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Questions about forum policy and guidelines?
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 days ago
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Quick question, well three really 1) how do I communicate with another Forum Member privately - ask Him / Her a question? 2) what are the forum guidelines for asking questions in the open forum what are the "recommended" ways to post code exam...
Kim Lombard Kim Lombard
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PB ignoring 'CallEscape=No' parameter in dbparm
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 days ago
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We are using Powerbuilder 17 R3 and using the native odbc driver version 10 for sql server. We are doing migration from Sybase to SQL server. When the datawindows that are having stored procedures as datasource are retrieved, PB still sends the esc...
Sekhar Chitta Sekhar Chitta
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Datawindow problem with PB 22 conversion from PB 10
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 6 days ago
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Hello, I'm converting a PB 10 app written years ago to PB 22. the migration went fine. The problem is from PB22 the load time for datawindows is VERY slow. We use SQL Server 19 with Azure connection with OLE DB. Most of the datawindows have embedded...
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Kim Lombard Kim Lombard
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New question. Transactions / File locking & Blocking - To PFC or NOT to PFC, that is the question?
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  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 6 days ago
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Hello again. I have a working but not what I consider "runnable" application that I just migrated from PB 10 -- PB 22 R3. My users says it's unusable, which I agree. It is a mission critical business app, which I explained in some detail in another p...
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Kim Lombard Kim Lombard
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Multiple web_api under one apprun.json
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 6 days ago
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Hello, I would like to know if there is a way to have one IIS website where the "web_api" in the apprun.json file can point to two ULRS instead of one? For example, we currently have two websites on the same server, one for the public and one for l...
Andreas Synthesis Andreas Synthesis
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Zebra printer label printing through Powerbuilder 9/ windows 7
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  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 days ago
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Hello, Can someone help me print label through Powerbuilder code? We are switching from Dymo to Zebra printer on Powerbuilder 9/ Windows 7 platform and I have no idea how to start. Do I need to learn ZPL language, how do I send text string to the ...
Saba Zaidi Saba Zaidi
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Datawindow.NET
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 days ago
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I need a replacement for DataWindow.NET. Are there any suggestions?
Mitchell Ryan Mitchell Ryan
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DataWindow.NET DLL Issue in Windows 10
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 days ago
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Not exactly a PB question, but old DataWindow.NET issue.  At work, there is an old Client/Server VS2008 application written in VB with DataWindow.NET components throughout.  I have successfully migrated the application to VS2017 and can run the EXE o...
Cathy Henderson Cathy Henderson
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Issue with PowerBuilder Application Terminating on Opening XML in UI
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 week ago
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Hi Team, I am encountering an issue while running the PowerBuilder application. Specifically, when I attempt to open an XML file in the UI, the application terminates unexpectedly. Upon debugging, I noticed the issue seems to be related to the OLE_...
kusuma latha kusuma latha
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PowerBuilder RUN command...
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 week ago
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Hello all... Seasons greeting...   My question today has to do with the RUN command in PowerBuilder. I am re-writing some logic to print labels.  We are moving away from an ActiveX and Intermec label printer, to using ZPL with Zebra Printers. In ...
Erick Bergsma Erick Bergsma
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