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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 6 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
  1. PowerBuilder
Web Browser (WebView2) takes too long to open a URL.
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
2 replies
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2019 R3 Build 2803 I'm transitioning from using a Microsoft Web Browser OLE control on a tabpage in a window to the recommended Web Browser control (WebView2). A couple of things:   1. Any URL I use in the Navigate function takes 20 seconds to d...
Darren Longenecker Darren Longenecker
  1. PowerBuilder
Font size changes in PB2025
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Brett Weaver replied 2 weeks ago
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I will show the issue ticket: I have just updated the application from PB2022 to PB2025 - It's still a workspace application but deployed as a powerclient. PB Build is 3711. Is there something I can do to stop PB2025 scaling fonts? Is it fixed in the...
Brett Weaver Brett Weaver
  1. PowerBuilder
Help! PB has quit working after trying to deploy a project
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 weeks ago
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Hi folks, hope you can help solve this issue quickly! I created a new project in my application. When I tried to deploy the project (build the .exe and pbd files), I got an error that some global variables were not defined. I switch to another appli...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerClient ERROR [7664] "Failed to load the local config file" -> appconfig.json
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
6 replies
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Hello Description / Symptom When launching the app via the browser, the following error message appears: ERROR [7664] Failed to load the local config file. Path: C:\Users\xx\AppData\Roaming\PBApps\Applications\xy\appconfig.json. The issue occurs r...
Reto Stucki Reto Stucki
  1. PowerBuilder
Any way to log in to multiple PowerBuilder versions at the same time?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 weeks ago
2 replies
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Hoping someone can help - is there any way to not have to constantly log in/out of PB 2022 and 2017 if I need to use both? We have an admin that has to do that for us - so that would be a bit of a pain for him since I will need to be using both for a...
Stephanie Patterson Stephanie Patterson
  1. PowerBuilder
RolandS wrote an FTP nvo
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 weeks ago
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this is a snip of code that Larry Cermak integrated into a PB2019 app for me is there an updated version available? //// PURPOSE: Initializes an application's use of the WinINet functions.//// RETURN: True=Success, False=Error//// DATE PROG/...
Tom Mangano Tom Mangano
  1. PowerBuilder
Add a row like DW Painter does
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 2 weeks ago
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Hello! This is a "back to the basics" kind of question. I knew how to do this 30 years ago but now I can't remember and can't find anything about this in the documentation. I'm trying to replicate the DW painter behaviour in the data preview mode: ...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
Konstantin Goldobin Konstantin Goldobin
  1. PowerBuilder
Visual Studio Code?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 2 weeks ago
2 replies
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Since there seems to be a command line compiler for PowerBuilder, I was wondering if anybody has set up Visual Studio Code to build PowerBuilder projects? Since VSCode has copilot integrate, I can see where there might be some advantages to going t...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Visual Studio Code
Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2025 / build 3711 - corrupt window (?)
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
6 replies
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Hi guys, using PB2025/build 3711 one of my pb windows in my pbsln file doesn't open anymore. when i want to open in design mode , it just hangs. i can still regenerate the object , or export the code but as soon as i want to open it in powerbuil...
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
How does Snap Develop not being developed affect PowerBuilder?
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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With Snap Develop no longer being actively worked on and going away in March 2027, how does this effect PowerBuilder? I know there are references in PowerBuilder documentation on using Snap Develop for REST API's for datawindows (which I plan to use ...
Jeff Hamilton Jeff Hamilton
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrating Sybase PowerBuilder (WinForm target type 12.5.2) to Appeon PowerBuilder (Classic target type 2022 R3)
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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We are currently migrating an application from Sybase PowerBuilder 12.5.2 (WinForm target) to Appeon PowerBuilder 2022 R3 (Classic target). Issue:We are facing an issue where: Code changes are reflected correctly in debug mode.However, the same cha...
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Amrutha P Amrutha P
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2025 runtime DLLs deployment
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Raja Chinnappan replied 3 weeks ago
1 reply
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Hello, We are planning to upgrade our application to the PowerBuilder 2025 Build 3726. Based on the page https://docs.appeon.com/pb2025/application_techniques/PowerBuilder_runtime_files.html, we got the list of core and run time DLLs needed for the...
  1.  Deployment
  2.  Installation
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  Upgrade
  5.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Raja Chinnappan Raja Chinnappan
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JSONParser object vs JSONPackage object
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  JOSE WILLIAM ROMERO OLIVOS replied 3 weeks ago
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Greetings. I need to access the data in a very large and complex JSON file, and I'd like to know which of these two objects I should use? What is the difference between a JSONParser object and a JSONPackage object? Does anyone have examples of how ...
JOSE WILLIAM ROMERO OLIVOS JOSE WILLIAM ROMERO OLIVOS
  1. PowerBuilder
Version number for application
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Prasanna Sudapally replied 1 month ago
2 replies
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Hello, We are using powerbuilder for client server application and the database is mainframe. Using Jenkins for code compilation deployment.The exe file that is generated after successful compilation has application version number (ex: YYYY.MM.XX)....
Prasanna Sudapally Prasanna Sudapally
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrating Desktop Powerbuilder app for Mobile devices
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  David Peace -Consulting Partner Powersoft replied 3 weeks ago
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Hi - I'm using licensed PB 2022 and recently, I have been asked by my company to look into migrating the existing Powerbuilder application for mobile devices. The application contains API calls to SAP PM. After searching on the web, I understand I n...
Indusekhar Chitta Indusekhar Chitta
  1. PowerServer
PowerBuilder/PowerServer/InfoMaker 2025 R2 Beta3 (Build 6373) is now available
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
2 replies
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Hi all, PowerBuilder/PowerServer/InfoMaker 2025 R2 Beta 3 (Build 6373) is now available for testing. (1) Download page:https://www.appeon.com/developers/pb2025r2-beta.html (2) Documentation:https://docs.appeon.com For changes since the previous b...
Julie Jiang @Appeon Julie Jiang @Appeon
  1. Beta Testing
PB2022 - Using Inspect Tool for MSAA and UI Automation Modes
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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Hello All,In our PB2022 application, we are using 'Inspect' Accessible tool for Test Automation functions.From the documentation, it says with Microsoft UI Automation technology, the UI elements of the PB control can be accessible using various tools...
Toan Nguyen Toan Nguyen
  1. PowerBuilder
Issues with automatic RibbonBar generation in PB 2025 R2 Beta 2
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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Hi, I am currently testing PB 2025 R2 Beta 2. Our menu control is designed based on user permissions. We wanted to try out the new RibbonBar, but it isnt working as expected: the menu items remain permanently inactive. Since I am using the automati...
André Rust André Rust
  1. Beta Testing
DPI awareness for powerbuilder app running as a Child window.
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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Hi, We're running a powerbuilder app (version 2025 Build 3683) inside of a .net 8 WPF application. It is hosted in a component called HwndHost. This requires the powerbuilder app to be a child window. It seems like when a powerbuilder app is launch...
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  3.  PowerBuilder
Fredrik Dahlberg Fredrik Dahlberg
  1. PowerBuilder
Consecutive calls (reentrancy) using TriggerEvent for calling from C# to PB
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Liron Sabag replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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Hello, In C# we are using PowerBuilder.RegisteredObject.TriggerEvent to call a PB event from C#. The flow works fine in most cases. However, when trying to call TriggerEvent while another TriggerEvent is still running, the second calls "hangs" the...
Liron Sabag Liron Sabag
  1. PowerBuilder

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