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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
- Advice
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Manuel Rivera replied 11 months ago
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...
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 5 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4. :)
Characters Not Respecting Syntax Colors in PowerBuilder 2025 R2 Editor
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Ken Guo @Appeon replied 6 days ago
Hi,
I recently downloaded PowerBuilder 2025 R2 and was excited to try it out. Ive configured the script editor with a dark theme, but Ive run into an issue with how certain characters are displayed - specifically: '+, -, , , and =.
You can reproduc...
Error when creating DW with storedprocedure
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 1 week ago
Hi
Our Apps are all in Powerbuilder 2022R3. I upgraded one of the application to 2025 R2 Build 6430
all worked fine until i tried to create a datawindow from Storedprocedure and i get the same error no matter what storedprocedure i select.
Plea...
Error updating table with trigger that affects rows in other tables
- Issue
- Last updated 1 week ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 week ago
Hi,
After migrating to 2025 R2, we have strange error in some datawindows when updating a field that triggers actions in the underlying update trigger. The trigger affects rows on other tables not included in datawindow's sql.
Database is SQL 202...
Coming up in Appeon PowerBuilder 2025 R3 will integrate Claude AI. I wanted to ask: since users in Hong Kong can not directly access Claude AI (region restricted), will they actually be able to use this AI functionality?Thanks.
Datawindow SaveAs to Excel ignores computed fields
- Issue
- Last updated 5 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 week ago
Hello there,
We recently implemented data encryption at rest in our databases and just stumbled upon a problem on the unexpected end. When we pull data from db it comes encrypted, so in order to show decrypted values we use computed fields in our da...
Datawindow Command Button Background Colour in PB2022R3
- Issue
- Last updated 1 week ago
- John Fauss replied 1 week ago
Hi All,
We've recently migrated our applications from PB2019R3 to PB2022R3 and we've noticed that datawindow command buttons are now displaying in a different colour to previously.
Our datawindows generally have a button face background colour and ...
greetings,
I have a need of exporting PB objects, instead of right clickexport in library painter for each object is there any way to read all objects in PBL and then export them in one shot or individually?
I am willing to learn ORCA script too, b...
How to install 2019R3 with the latest version of bootstrapper?
- How-to
- Last updated 1 week ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 week ago
How to install PB 2019R3 with the current version of bootstrapper (22.3.0.1566)? Where to find old versions of bootstrapper with 19R3?
Post Migrating issue from PB12.6 to PB 2025 Build 3726
- Issue
- Last updated 2 weeks ago
- Dwight Nguyen replied 1 week ago
All,
I've recently migrated a PB12.6 App to PB 2025 following the Migration Assistant closely.
Updated Runtime DLLs
Upgraded PBLs and performed a full build.
Can connected via DB Profile w/in PB
Can connect successfully with Toad and SQL Advan...
Image Corruption Issue During Parallel PDF Printing
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- kitty he @Appeon replied 1 week ago
Hi Appeon Team,I'm using PowerBuilder 2022 R3 3391 Build,
we are following this below approach to parallelly converting multiple PSR files into individual PDFs files(i.e. 100 pdf files created out of 200 psrs) :https://community.appeon.com/index.php...
Post Migrating issue from PB12.5 to PB 2022 R3
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Kapil Kumar replied 1 week ago
Hi Team,
I have migrated our PowerBuilder 12.5 application to PowerBuilder 2022 R3. When I launch the application, it calls several DLLs through Local External Functions, but the calls are failing.
Initially, some issues were resolved after copying...
Hi Power Builders,
has anyone found a way to configure tabs in a Richtext datawindow?I could only manage to have formations Toolbar in the preview.But removing tab marks there didn't write back to the layout.Even pasting formatted text with configur...
Get name and content of a PDF attachment
- How-to
- Last updated 1 week ago
- Andreas Mykonios replied 1 week ago
I have a pdf with an attachment. How can I get the name of this attachment and how can I get the content of the attachment.
At the documentation of the PDFAttachment property of the PDFDocument is written: The Attachment property sets or gets the at...
Hi guys,
Any quick way to determine whether a txt file is UTF8 or ANSI ?
using pb2025 version build 3726
tia
John
back in the matrix, dot matrix that is
- How-to
- Last updated 2 weeks ago
- Panos Platanas replied 1 week ago
Ok again for multi page forms. the other option is dot matrix printers.
In the distant past i recall this not working well (super slow) when used with datawindow printing. is that still the case?
Looking to see whether it is possible to use the copies/collation options in a datawindow to print muti-part forms to a laser printer.
The idea is that we have more than one copy of a print job and each copy gets its own color (the paper will be in ...
GetFileOpenName possible bug
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 5 days ago
- Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
hello everyone, i would like to report a possible bug on PowerBuilder 2025 R2 Build 6430and the workaround in case someone else having the same issueWindow 11 Home26200.8524when i use GetFileOpenName this way, it doesn't work. Not showing the system'...
Search over whole Workspace/Solution in PB 2025 R2
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 2 weeks ago
- Alexander Rund replied 2 weeks ago
Hello,
sorry if the following question was already asked and maybe already answered. I could not find QA about searching over a whole Solution/Workspace.
I am working in PB2025 R2.
Is there a possibility to search over a whole Workspace/Solution?
...
Any Ideas to correct Issues with PB2017 on windows 11?
- Advice
- Last updated 2 weeks ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
We have a very large library of products and are in the process of porting them from PB2017 R3 to PB2025. It may be a while before all of this is tested and deployed to our customers. In the meanwhile we are continuing to support the P2017 product.
...
Issues with PB 2025 R2
- Resolved
- Advice
- Last updated 2 weeks ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
Hi
A. On upgrading from 2025 b.3726 , during the installation process, I get a message that indicates missing permission to something named as "null". The only way to continue is to press Cancel in the message box, and the installation process then ...
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