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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf 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 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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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
EditSource Error
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Donald Clayton replied 7 months ago
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PB v12.1, build 7055Window 7, 64 bit platformPNB Classic applicationI have a tabpage.It was working great. I exported it to SAVE the work.I did an EDIT SOURCE on the tabpg. DId not loke the result. Exited.When I attempt to import the SRU that I expor...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
How to accurately output the content in DataWindow to a physical location on a printer
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  William Hong replied 7 months ago
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Such as printing the text control precisely at a distance of 1 inch from the top left corner in both the X and Y coordinate directions. My goal is to ensure that every DataWindow record is printed on a separate printing paper. Due to the frequent ch...
William Hong William Hong
  1. PowerBuilder
Move a DataWindow object to the BR corner
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
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The following code cannot move a computed field to the BR corner precisely. long NewDetailHeight, PrintWidth , CustomPageLength = 297 /*millimeters*/ , CustomPageWidth = 210 /*millimeters*/ NewDetailHeight= CustomPageWidth*100 -long(dw_1.O...
William Hong William Hong
  1. PowerBuilder
check external file timestamp
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Ye Fangda replied 7 months ago
1 reply
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Morning all   using pb2023 windows 10   I need to check whether the timestamp or modified date is newer or older than another file for example these two files c:\myfiles\data1.txt  \\server\myfiles\data1..txt How would i do this within powerbu...
  1.  File
  2.  Windows OS
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
Deleting records from .DBF file from PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  mike S replied 7 months ago
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Hi everyone, I need to manage a .DBF file which is exposed from a PLC machine on a shared folder.I found the way to handle it using the default Windows dbf ODBC driver. The content of the file is retrieved correctly by PowerBuilder, but when I try to...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
  1. PowerBuilder
Retrieval argument version difference
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  Mark Winsor replied 7 months ago
4 replies
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When converting an application from PB9 to PB2019 I get this error on the below datawindow. It appears to interpret the the string retrieval argument as a "text" datatype. The error is: [ODBC 17 for SQL Server][SQL Server]The data types varchar and ...
Mark Winsor Mark Winsor
  1. PowerBuilder
Invalid object name 'OrdenS.sys.all_objects'.
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 7 months ago
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I am getting an error when compiling in a DW with PB2023 R3 C:\SIGMNUEVO\Sigm\SIGM\OrdenServicio\sigm_ordenservicio_reportes.pbl|dw_ordenserviciodetalle_laboratorio_rpt Error: Invalid object name 'OrdenS.sys.all_objects'. But in the DW code or in t...
Walther Rodirguez Walther Rodirguez
  1. PowerServer
Error after upgrading to PB 2019 R3 build 2803
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 months ago
2 replies
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Comming from PB 2019 R3 Build 2797 just transfered to build 2803Sybase central DB 17   After deploying the applicatieon we got a whole bunch of errors that we dont understand. Anyone know what the problem might be  
Systeembeheer SFR Systeembeheer SFR
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2022 R3 64 bit debugging
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  Brent Schlumkoski replied 7 months ago
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We have an application when we debut in 32 bit mode works fine but when we debug in 64 bit more it does not. The spot that is not working is a OLE object creation and then a ConnectToNewObject.  This ConnectToNewObject is is throwing a -3 in 64 bit ...
Brent Schlumkoski Brent Schlumkoski
  1. PowerBuilder
PDF export not complete
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Eric Verhorstert replied 7 months ago
3 replies
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Powerbuilder cloudpro edition Version 2022 R3 build 3289   Attached is part of a print screen. If we export the data window to PDF, the text 1083AKMR disappears. Other than this the export is correct. If we do not rotate the computed field the exp...
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder
Eric Verhorstert Eric Verhorstert
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Silent Install for PS 2020
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Mora Wang @Appeon replied 7 months ago
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I am installing PS 2020 AEM on a windows IIS server using silent install. There is a SilentInstall.INI file which has configuration to change the admin password during the install as shown below. I changed the AEMPassword to a value other than 'admin...
VINOD NAIR VINOD NAIR
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
64bit ReportEvent revisit
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Larry Peters replied 7 months ago
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A year ago I raised this issue but never did get any resolution. I'd like to test the community's patience by revisiting it. Simply put, ReportEvent crashes when built in 64bit but works fine when built in 32bit. My sample code demonstrates this. A...
Larry Peters Larry Peters
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2022 build - ORCAScript advantage
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 months ago
2 replies
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Hi Team, Could you please let us know what is the advantage of building an exe using Orca script over the normal IDE Build. We are using Powerbuilder version 2022 Build #1878. We were facing build related issues. Many times noted that files are ge...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Sathyajith MK Sathyajith MK
  1. PowerBuilder
PBDOM_BUILDER.BuildFromFile Cost on Load XML
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Julian I. replied 8 months ago
3 replies
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Hi, I have this question: We are calling to a web service than returns a response with this format:                         ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?ns2:getBookmarkListsResponse xmlns:ns2="http://www.globalgap.o...
Julian I. Julian I.
  1. PowerBuilder
Whether DEP, ASLR enabled for powerserver deployed application
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Narayana Bhat P replied 8 months ago
2 replies
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Hi Team.   Whether DEP [Data Execution Prevention], ASLR[ address space layout randomization] enabled during powerserver compile and deployment, if not how we can enable this   Below is observation from VAPT vendor Observation:   Missing Securit...
  1.  .NET Core Framework
  2.  Deployment
  3.  PowerServer Web
Narayana Bhat P Narayana Bhat P
  1. PowerServer
Using PBNI to access a DataStore
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 8 months ago
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I am trying to figure out how to access data from a datastore in a C++ PBNI extension. I'm passing a ResultSet object to the PBNI extension. This is the entire code example for the GetItemData method: d_rsAccessor-GetItemData(1, 1, sd); It doesn't...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
PBAutoBuild - Menu icons were missing in PowerServer application
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 8 months ago
4 replies
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Menu icons were missing when application build has created by using PBAutoBuild. It works properly when build has trigger from PowerBuilder.  Pease suggest any workaround for this issue. Attached document contains the screenshots. Also noticed tha...
Gururaja Udupa Gururaja Udupa
  1. PowerServer
ABOUT CANVAS.PBX TO 64 BITS
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 8 months ago
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Hi Roland,  Do you have the 64-bit version of cambas.pbx? You can share it this is my email alopez@lolimsa.com.pe  
ABRAHAM LOPEZ ABRAHAM LOPEZ
  1. PowerBuilder
Does PB2021 support store procedure with table as parameter?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 8 months ago
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Does PB2021 support store procedure with table as parameter? If it could, how?
Jeff Ye Jeff Ye
  1. PowerBuilder
xpos and ypos for rbuttondown EVENT of RichTextEdit control
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 8 months ago
1 reply
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Hello, We're trying to implement our own Right Mouse Button menu on the RichTextEdit control overriding the PopMenu property having set it to false. What we don't understand is how to get the x and y coordinates of where the user had right clicked ...
Gregory Rusak Gregory Rusak
  1. PowerBuilder

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