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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 7 months ago
6 replies
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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
  1. Resolved
  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
How to publish PowerSever with https instead of http
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Dear all, We are going to deploy and publish our first mobile application to PowerSever, and then publish to public internet, while concerning on the security implication. Http is plain text and information could be captured include ID/PWD when...
  1.  Mobile
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Ms Sql database
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi ,   I am working with MS sql 2008 ( and above ) with pb12.5 ( and now will be 2017 ) classic , Windows 7 , 10 (64 bit , 32 bit machines Why the datawindow is saved to the  data base with the max length for each field full with spaces ? ...
  1.  Database
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
Latest build of PowerBuilder 2017 & PFC update
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
5 replies
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Ive been struggling trying to create a new program in PowerBuilder 2017 - mostly because of a waterfall affect of migrating my old PFC libraries.  One corrupted object breaks another, and another, and nothing is working.  Is there any place I can dow...
  1.  Build
  2.  PFC
Lisa Willford Lisa Willford
  1. PowerBuilder
Source control with Visual Studio Online
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Can check out fine, but when I try to check things back in the OK button is disabled. Anybody with any suggestions? b  r  a  d
Bradley Schultz Bradley Schultz
  1. PowerBuilder
PBNISMTP-Migrate from PB12.6 to PB2017
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Dennis Little replied 7 years ago
12 replies
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Greetings All.  We recently upgraded to PB2017 from PB12.6.  We are having issues with pbnismtp.  I created a new library and imported the pbnismtp126.pbx file and compiled a pbd.  I added the new pbd and the pbx file to the working directory of the ...
  1.  Build
  2.  PBNI
  3.  SMTP
Dennis Little Dennis Little
  1. PowerBuilder
FileReadEx Bad runtime function reference
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hello, we try to read (larger) files with the filereadex function into a blob. Our application crashes with a "Bad runtime function reference" error. I tried with around 500 files and found 5 files with this error.  I also found this bug report...
  1.  File
Patrick Sohr Patrick Sohr
  1. PowerBuilder
Are there differences in performance between x64 and x86 applications deployed in PowerBuilder2017?
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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This article is written in Google Translator.. :) Hi,  I have been using PB10.5, and I am currently reviewing the migration to PB2017. PB2017 provides two options for the deploy option. (for x86 / x64) Are there differences in performance...
  1.  Build
JC NAM JC NAM
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon compatibility with powerbuilder 2017
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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When will appeon web will support powerbuilder 2017 for deployment
  1.  Build
CRISTIAN MEDINA CRISTIAN MEDINA
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerWeb open interfaces - how to get the active transactions list
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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AEM has an active transactions screen that displays the session id, transaction id, and duration.  I need to be able to get this information from within PB and web services call. Unless i am missing something, it doesnt appear that this is available?...
  1.  Interface
Mike S Mike S
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Best Practices for Appeon Web apps w/ potentially 1,000's of users and DBs
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Mike S replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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I was looking through the product manuals library for Appeon and hoping to find a document with some of your I expect hard-learned lessons on best practices for Appeon Web apps with lots of users, but didnt find anything. (I expect to have thousands ...
  1.  PowerServer Web
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Calling web service from shared object - Error calling method of a PBNI object
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi, I am trying to call a web service from a shared object in my PowerBuilder application. It seems that the shared object cannot find the web service proxy dll, I get error message "Error calling method of a PBNI object" when calling the proxy. W...
  1.  Build
  2.  DLL
  3.  PBNI
  4.  Proxy
Niclas Graufelds Niclas Graufelds
  1. PowerBuilder
Frame menu
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Helow ?How do i change the frame menus font size headers ( not the drop down  menu itmes )  the drop down font size is controlled by the menu painter   thanks      
  1.  Menu
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder and GitHub Questions
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I have followed Bruce Armstrongs detailed steps to configure GitHub as my version control with PB 12.5.2.  I just had a few questions which I posted on my forum here - http://pbgeeks.com/forums/topic/powerbuilder-github/ 1. How can I ...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder
Praveen Rajarao Praveen Rajarao
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 Support for MariaDB or PostgreSQL
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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HI - our PB 12.6 app is currently running on SQL Anywhere V16 and we are considering a move to PostGresql or MariaDB for the future with PB2017 Can anyone comment on usability and stability of PB2017 with MariaDB or PostgreSQL?
  1.  PostgreSQL
Glenn Barber Glenn Barber
  1. PowerBuilder
Any known problems with Windows XP and PB 2017?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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I see on the website that PB 2017 isnt shown to work on Windows XP. I just tried installing my app, compiled with PB 2017, on an old XP machine and it was fine. Unfortunately because of our niche market we have a lot of users who hang on to old compu...
  1.  Build
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
NativePDF omitting bold font
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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This seems to be related to some other reports, and is also something I complained about (without the following details) during the beta period. My PDFs created with the new NativePDF method look fine, except the font in them that is bold is a bit...
  1.  Build
  2.  NativePDF
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerserver deployment on shared windows server
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi experts, How can I deploy Powerserver on a shared windows server where I can not run the setup file and have access thru Plesk control panel only ? Kindly advise. Regards DK Batra
  1.  Deployment
  2.  PowerServer
DK BATRA DK BATRA
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Sybase Datawindow PS driver
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Praveen Rajarao replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Where can i get Sybase Datawindow PS driver - Acrobat Distiller for generating PDF files from powerbuilder.
  1.  PowerBuilder
Hariharan Chandran Hariharan Chandran
  1. PowerBuilder
ToolbarText and ToolbarTips with MDIDockHelp
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Weve got a few applications, and one common theme with all of them is that they all have ToolbarText set to false and ToolbarTips set to true by default. If I use this code in a MDIHelp! window, the toolbartext will enable immediately: applicat...
  1.  Dockable
Richard Lynskey Richard Lynskey
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 migrated application is read only in a window
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Matthew Balent replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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I migrated from 12.5 to PB2017. One window is read only in PB2017. All the checkboxes, buttons and everything are disabled. I migrated the pbls again but no luck. Can anypne suggest a solution?
Rahul Kumar Shaw Rahul Kumar Shaw
  1. PowerBuilder

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