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This is a compilation of tips you can and should follow to help you get answers to your questions in the Appeon Community QA forum, based on several years of my asking, following and answering posts. Not every tip listed here is applicable to every t...
Display Multiple Images in a DataWindow from a URL or FTP
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hello Community,
Is it possible to display multiple images in a PowerBuilder DataWindow by loading them from a URL or an FTP server instead of storing them locally?
If so, could you please share the recommended approach or any examples?
Thank you!
Custom C# code in UserExtensions for PowerServer 2022 project
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- David Xiong @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hi All,
Kindly help with a clarification on using custom C# code in PowerServer 2022 R3 project which I am building using pbautobuild.
I need to have modifications in 3 files under UserExtensions folder - UserExtensions.csproj, UserStartup.cs and U...
Is PowerBuilder 2022 incompatible with PowerBuilder 2017?
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- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
We have been stuck with version 2017 of PowerBuilder because every recent version of PowerBuilder has caused random crashes in our application.
During recent testing after migrating our main client application to PowerBuilder 2022 it became evident ...
Migrating Windows 11 from 24H2 to 25H2 prints double the copies. Strange!! help!!
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 3 months ago
We are using PB 2025. We upgraded our Windows 11 from 24H2 to 25H2. Ever since when we print a DW report choose the number of copies as 1 it prints 1 copy. But if we choose any number more than 1 it prints double the copies. For ex. If I choose to p...
PB2025 .NET 8 Dependencies
- Resolved
- Misc
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hello,
We have a frozen PB2025 app that will be replaced in Q2 of 2027. Because of security risks, we need to remove or upgrade any unsupported .NET runtimes, and this will include the removal of .NET 8 in November.
Are there any dependencies of th...
saveas xlsx turn all the columns in excel to general format. i need some to stay number
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Heelah Rozanski replied 3 months ago
there is an interface that i need to provide xlsx file with a certain format.
eve tough i specify the column is a number and five it number format ### aftar saveas xlsx the result is xlsx with colunmn format general.
i need numbers to be numbers
s...
We are using the "Always use the Evergreen Runtime at the client" option for distributing the WebView2 Runtime.It was our understanding that if not installed, PowerBuilder would be prompted as such with the URL to provide further direction.
Choosing...
Handle( GetApplication() ) returns 0 in a Shared Process in EXE
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hi
Handle( GetApplication() ) returns 0 in an executable running which uses a shared object. We use Handle( GetApplication() ) = 0 to determine if the application runs from the IDE or as executable.
PB 2025 R2 6430
I don't know if this is an error...
How to import *.sr? files into PBL from command line
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- How-to
- Last updated 5 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 months ago
[PB2017 R3]
Hi all,
I built an external tool to generate some PB Objects based on a simple XML specification.
My tool generates several source files (.sru, .srf and similar) ready to be imported into existing PBLs. I would like not to import them ...
I need to store some configuration info that will be used by PS to get azure keyvault settings.
i would think that userconfig.json would be the config file that is always deployed and that it is for the developers to do what they want with it?
Howe...
Hi
I am currently using Powerbuilder 22 build 3452. We have a tab in our main sheet. The tab control looks like this.
The tab space is not fully filling up. This is not reproduced when we run through the IDE. This only happens when we have the ex...
In .NET 10 C#, after obtaining data using the DataStore of DWNet.Data, it is bound to the DataGridView control through "new BindingSource { DataSource = dsUserlist };". Data editing is performed in the DataGridView control, and the dsUserlist.Update(...
Able to use AdoConnectionProxy to Connect but unable to do SELECT...
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hello,I have a PB2022 R3 application that calls methods in .NET C# DLL to authenticate user to implement MFA.As far as I can tell, the codes work fine on both PowerBuilder and C#. I was able to connect successfully and also able to import an ADO.NET ...
PowerClient CloudAppLauncher V3 only checks HKEY_CURRENT_USER
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hello,
We are using PowerClient with CloudAppLauncher V3 and have encountered an issue when multiple Windows users share the same computer.
Our goal is to use a single CloudAppLauncher installation for all users on the machine. However, during the ...
Create a modular JSON with multiple functions using JsonGenerator.
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Good morning, everyone. I am using PowerBuilder version 2025.
In this scenario, I am using the `JsonGenerator` object to create JSON.
I would like to know if I can create a main JSON object by using functions that return parts of that JSON, allowin...
Wrong fonts after export to pdf
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
Hi,
we use NativePDF method to export datawindow to pdf, but pdf have not same font as original datawindow. Arial looks different and Courier is not bold in pdf. I don't know, what is wrong.
Missing live scrollbar ddlb in datawindow
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Roy Bungert replied 3 months ago
Hello,
is this an issue or do i something wrong?
Powerbuilder 2025 R2
Datawindow with an dropdownlistbox. The listbox contains 15 rows. I want to see a vertical Scroll bar which moves with my selection (live scrolling). But this doesn't work. The ...
Datawindow update properties - table not found
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 1 year ago
- a s replied 3 months ago
When I go into the "update properties" for the datawindow object, then press [ok] to save the changes, I am getting "table x not found" "use table name anyway?" where x is the table selected for "table to update".
The table is there. When I run th...
PB 2025 R2 Datetime2 support and Oracle Timestamp
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Luc Railhac replied 3 months ago
Hi,
Following the upgrade to PowerBuilder 2025 R2, we are encountering a blocking issue in our application, likely related to Datetime2 support:
- Our Oracle version is 12.2.0.1- All our dates are in TIMESTAMP(6) WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE format
When a...
Powerbuilder and Github integration - error
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- kitty he @Appeon replied 3 months ago
We are using PB 2022 R2 build 2828 and Github enterprise as the source control.
Getting the attached error about invalid credentials. The credentials are correct and are validated by Github admin.
I'm using Classic Token generated in GH.
Any idea ...
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