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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 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
  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
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After install of 2025 beta I can't access PB 2022 R2
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 months ago
3 replies
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Hello. I installed PowerBuilder 2025 Beta to try it out. I went through the install process and restarted my PC. When it restarted, I couldn't find the app to start PB 2025 beta, but worse I tried to start my PB 2022 R2 and I got this error (see bel...
  1.  Installation
  2.  PowerBuilder
Ian Wells Ian Wells
  1. PowerBuilder
Cloud Launcher Failing to Upload Files
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Tim Harvey replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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Hello,We are in the process of moving our servers into a cloud environment. We've recently moved out Cloud Launcher server to the cloud, and we now are seeing issues running the Cloud Launcher Build and Deploy process to upload new versions to this c...
Tim Harvey Tim Harvey
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2025 R2 Beta IDE and older Runtime
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 6 months ago
4 replies
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Hi in the Known Issues list for PB 2025 R2 there's a statement about compatibility "PowerBuilder 2025 R2 Beta (Build 6267) is not compatible with Runtime of PowerBuilder 2025". I have 2 questions: Will this persist when the final version of PB 2...
  1.  IDE
  2.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Arthur Hefti Arthur Hefti
  1. PowerBuilder
PDFDocument — Form fields not exposed in some imported PDF
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hi, When merging multiple PDFs using PDFDocument.ImportPDF(), some source PDFs do not expose form field groups in the target PDFDocument. Consequently, GetFormFieldGroupCount() returns 0 , and RemoveAllFormFieldGroup() has no effect. If we import t...
David Lopez Sanchez David Lopez Sanchez
  1. PowerBuilder
itemerror event triggered on a decimal field
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hi I want to learn more behind the behaviour of the itemerror event. What are the validation rules? F.ex. PB2025 build 3726 I have a datawindow connecting to sql anywhere 17 with a column decimal(20,5) edit.format and format '#,##0.00'na validatio...
Sylvie Bouttelisier Sylvie Bouttelisier
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2025 R2 Windows 10 Support
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hi PB 2025 R2 removes support for Windows 10. Companies can buy extended Windows 10 support for up to 3 year. Would this mean that for these customers development can't move to PB 2025 R2 or is this more a statement that Windows 10 is not officially...
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  2.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Arthur Hefti Arthur Hefti
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Datawindow create
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 months ago
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How can i create a Dw group using command create and style(Type=group) can you give some examples thank you
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ
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TSE latency
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hello,We are experiencing significant slowness with our PowerBuilder 2022 R3 32-bit application when used via a TSE (Terminal Server Edition) session. In contrast, the application runs quickly when launched from an independent client workstation.Init...
Thierry Garrigues Thierry Garrigues
  1. PowerBuilder
Can PB2025 3711 be installed with the beta of 2025 R2
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hi I would to give a try to the 2025 R2 beta with a copy of current applications, without loosing access to actual 2025 Can they be installed together? Best Regards Alfredo
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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MSSQL Server, Stored Proc, OUT params causing problems (revisited)
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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A while back I posted a question regarding mssql server and output params on stored procs not working properly. That can be found here:https://community.appeon.com/qna/q-a/mssql-server-stored-proc-out-params-causing-problems I got called away from ...
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Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
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Powerbuilder 2025 Dynamic DPI awareness and SVG-based themes
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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I am looking for a reason to go with powerbuilder 2025 beta. If this feature delivers as promised, a sharper display windows it would be reason enough. But i compared 2022 R3 with PB2025 and I see no difference. Permonitorv2 is set. AM I missing so...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  PowerScript IDE
Philip Troise Philip Troise
  1. PowerBuilder
PBDOM - savedocument - adds a BOM or white space at the beginning
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  David Peace -Consulting Partner Powersoft replied 6 months ago
3 replies
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Hi PB2025 build 3726 I use the PBDOM for making an XML file. The code is below. When I run the XML through a validator, it passes, but there is an BOM or hidden whitespace (see the red dot) in front of the beginning tag. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS?...
Sylvie Bouttelisier Sylvie Bouttelisier
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2025 and PB2022 R3 license issue
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Niyas Akayil replied 6 months ago
3 replies
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Hi, Recently, we started using PowerBuilder 2025 alongside PowerBuilder 2022 R3. On most machines, both PowerBuilder IDEs can be open at the same time, and it works just fine. However, on one machine, only one IDE can be open at a time. When a new ...
  1.  IDE
  2.  License
Tomáš Podzimek Tomáš Podzimek
  1. PowerBuilder
MSSQL Server, Stored Proc, OUT params causing problems.
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 months ago
4 replies
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Environment: Powerbuilder 2021, Microsoft SQL Server 2022 I am working with inherited code that used to connect to a Sybase ASE server. I am having problems with the OUT params on stored procs (see message above). These used to work with the S...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  SQL Server
Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2022 IDE not launching
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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I am having issues launching the PB 2022 R2 IDE (22.1.0.2819). I came back from some time off to find my Visual Studio 2022 had been uninstalled from my VM. Since that point I have not been able to launch the PB IDE on that VM. I have reinstalled Vis...
  1.  IDE
  2.  PowerBuilder
Tim Ford Tim Ford
  1. PowerBuilder
WorkSpaceWidth() yields different result in PB 2025
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  David Peace -Consulting Partner Powersoft replied 6 months ago
6 replies
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Hello, Consider the following window: forward global type w_response from window end type type st_1 from statictext within w_response end type end forward global type w_response from window integer width = 809 integer height = 280 boolea...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Konstantin Goldobin Konstantin Goldobin
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Start consulting for PowerBuilder and PowerServer
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  David Peace -Consulting Partner Powersoft replied 6 months ago
3 replies
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I have had some changes in my full time position. I have been developing in PB since 1993, under Windows 3.1 and at current levels for both PB and PowerServer. As a result of the changes, I would like to start doing PB consulting for other firms. Wha...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  PowerServer
  3.  SQL
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SetTransObject is invalid after several hours
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  David Peace -Consulting Partner Powersoft replied 6 months ago
5 replies
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0 votes
Im using PowerBuilder 2025 Build 3726.We have a client/server application originally developed with an Informix database, which we are now migrating to SQL Server. // Translate SQL String ls_dbtype, ls_syntax, ls_errore String ls_dbparm, ls_...
Stefano Neri Stefano Neri
  1. PowerBuilder
HTTPClient PB2022: How to use proxy-functionality
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hi, as we have moved from PB2019 to PB2022 we faced some issues regarding the MSXML2.xmlhttp.v6.0 ole-object. We get different kind of errors ( from connect issues to sending errors ), but only on some machines. As we didn't want to investigate ...
Michael Kaczmarczyk Michael Kaczmarczyk
  1. PowerBuilder
Power Script for bitwise and for Postgres SQL
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Markus Eckert replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hello How may I write a bitwise AND for Postgres SQL in powerscript? Example: SELECT column_1, column_2 INTO :ls_1, :ls_2 FROM table_a WHERE (R_TYPE POWER(2, :rbt_pgm - 1)) 0;
Jon Tzeng Jon Tzeng
  1. PowerBuilder

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