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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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- Last updated 4 years ago
- Manuel Rivera replied 5 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
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4. :)
Hi all,
PowerBuilder/PowerServer/InfoMaker 2025 R2 Beta 2 (Build 6324) is now available for testing.
(1) Download page (same link as before):https://www.appeon.com/developers/pb2025r2-beta.htmlNote: The link has not changed. Please download again t...
SMTPClient - Send() returns -13 sometimes with multiple recipients
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Tim Harvey replied 1 month ago
Environment:
PowerBuilder: 2022 R3 Build 3441OS: Windows 11
I am encountering a strange behavior with the SmtpClient object. The Send() function returns -13, which the documentation defines as "Failed to send the network data."
The failure onl...
HTTP Client SendRequest problem (always returns -4)
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- David Pylatuk replied 1 month ago
I am using PB 2019 R3 Build 2803, my code follows and a description of the problem at the end...
/////////////////////// BEGINNING OF CODE //////////////////////////////////////////////////
HTTPClient lnv_httplnv_http = CREATE HTTPClient
string ...
Download the latest version using orcascr250.exe
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 month ago
- David Peace.Consulting-Partner replied 1 month ago
Hello.
We've upgraded our application to PB 2025. While our project was in Workspace mode, we were using the following command to perform a GIT get lates operation in the command line:
start sessionscc set connect property localprojpath "C:\PB2025\...
Activating different events on the same ribbonbar menu item click
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- Last updated 1 month ago
- John Fauss replied 1 month ago
Hi
We have a ribbon bar button which have three menu items: A, B and C. C is disabled. After clicking on A, A will also be disabled and will be enabled only when there are changes in the page.
So, when we click on A, make some more changes in the p...
Is there any way to detect whether running as 32 bit or 64 bit?
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 month ago
- John Fauss replied 1 month ago
Is there a way to determine if you are running as 64 bit or 32 bit?The old version was compiled as 32 bit. So registry values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE were actually under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Vyvx\Vbus\Version
Although when runni...
GetResponseStatusCode returns -1
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 year ago
- Robert Trifu replied 1 month ago
Hi all,
We need to call a REST service in order to send some JSON content.
Sometimes after calling SendRequest, GetResponseStatusCode returns "-1" and GetResponseStatusText returns an empty string, but the JSON content was successfully sent.
This ...
If I post a call to SendRequest and the object gets destroyed, will the remote web service complete ok? I don't need to receive any results. Would it be better to use POST as the HTTP Method?
lnv_Http.Post SendRequest("GET", ls_ServerURL)
Creating an exe file from PB project
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Roland Smith replied 1 month ago
Ok, I'm ready to move from the PB2025 IDE to an exe file in my conversion from PB6.0 to PB2025. I have tried to both "build" and "deploy". Build finishes without errors but I get the following error message when I try to "deploy":
---------- Deploy...
Runtime Packager 2025 question
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 month ago
- John Fauss replied 1 month ago
I just upgraded to PB 2025, and discovered something called "Runtime Packager". We have been using SetupBuilder to create our installation packages, but figured this -- being specifically for PowerBuilder -- would be better. But ... I see no way to...
Checkboxes with character values not reflecting proper state
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 month ago
I have a simple datawindow that also contains 3 checkboxes. I have them set with "Y" for on and "N" for off in the Checkbox editstyle properties. The underlying table is a char(2). I have also duplicated the fields to validate the values as the check...
PB 2025 WS to SLN conversion with SVN SCC to Native switch
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Justin Wolbeck replied 1 month ago
We recently migrated to PB 2025 and wanted to take advantage of the new Solution features. As part of this, we converted our workspace to a solution and are attempting to migrate from SCC to the native SVN integration. I came up with some steps to pr...
PB 2022 R3 3397 crashes at datawindow columns with richtext edit style
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Hello Community,
I recently migrated a Powerbuilder project to PB2022 R3 build 3397. It is a 32-bit application using Built-In TxText Control ActiveX.
In several data windows, I use columns with the richtext edit style.
PowerBuilder crashes when t...
AccessToken return a -16
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Bernard Ceulemans replied 1 month ago
Hello,
We use the AccessToken function for all of our customers to access Flowin.
The certificate and its credentials are identical for all customers and it works fine everywhere except on one server.
The function returns "-16: The server requires...
search disabled on data source (of DW) editor
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- John Fauss replied 1 month ago
PB2025 build 3683
datawindow painter, data source (SQL) editor.CTRL+F (or "edit-search" menu), opens a box on top corner. I type string, search.So far works fine, but when I hit (esc) (or "x" on seach box), next CTRL+F does nothing and menu "edit - ...
I'm trying to do a global change in many objects. There might be 50 dw's in a pbl in which i might want to change the font from arial to tahoma or color = '123' to color = '456', etc. I thought there was a third-party tool or software to do so. I wou...
Hello, I've installed 10Gbps network cards across the entire network, but I've noticed that PowerBuilder won't connect to the database (SQL Server) when I change the card's MTU from 1514 to 9000 (recommended for 10Gbps networks). I'm using the latest...
Windows dock state changing with PowerBuilder 2025 R3
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- Advice
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Hello,
Our application currently runs on the PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3356. We would like to upgrade the software to the new version "PowerBuilder 2025 R3". We got an email that below docking features will be discontinued from "PowerBuilder 2025 R...
MSOLEDBSQL Driver for SQL Server Disconnect issue
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Before i used anv_trans.dbms = 'OLE DB' and DISCONNECT USING anv_trans; ---this code is working good it total disconnect from the db .BUT Now i am using the below code
anv_trans.dbms = 'MSO'anv_trans.Lock = "RC"anv_trans.LogId = ls_LoginNameanv_tran...
Problems with Custom Scaling (Windows Display Settings) and IDE PB 2025
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Hi
I have set my Custom Scaling in Windows to 125%. The Powerbuilder 2025 IDE has some troubles:
1) In script painter the search box (Ctrl-F) disappears.2) The scroll bar in the painters does not appear (e.g. long code line in code editor you canno...
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