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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
- Advice
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Manuel Rivera replied 8 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
- Resolved
- 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. :)
MSOLEDBSQL Driver for SQL Server Disconnect issue
- Issue
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 2 weeks 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...
PB 2025 - Toolbar loses Theme (reverts to System/White) after closing a window
- Issue
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
PowerBuilder Version: 2025 (Build 25.0.0.3711)I am experiencing a UI rendering issue where the Toolbar loses its theme styling dynamically during app navigation.
Steps to Reproduce:
Apply a theme to the application (e.g., Dark Theme). Everything lo...
C' qualche indicazione sulla disponibilit di Powerbuilder ( Ide ) a 64 bit ?
Hello,One of my clients is running into this error when running their pb21 .exe.
The application code is using FileOpen and FileRead to save data from the .xml file into local variables, then insert these records into an Oracle database.Which xml pa...
Alternative to Getfileopenname()-> too slow with networkdrives and crashes
- Issue
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- John Fauss replied 3 weeks ago
PB 2022 R3
Is there an Alternative to PowerScript function Getfileopenname() and Getfilesavename() in PB 2022 R3
Getfileopenname is too slow and crashes when trying to access network drives. This doesn't happen from other applications other than Po...
Error when using PBDOM
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
Can someone help me understand why I get this error when using PBDOM:
Error calling method of a PBNI object
PowerBuilder 2022 R3 build 3441, 64-bit environment
Thanks
Clients Library load at runtime and used by PowerServer
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Logan Liu @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
Hi,
Under client/server compilations, we were using a clients specific library which contains a report object not included in our programs.
By using SetLibraryList and placing the clients library in front of our PBDs, the report object could be use...
Issue with Large Binary / Text Database OLE Objects
- Issue
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
I'm having issues with Large Binary / Text Database OLE Objects. Before, they were working fine, but out of nowhere, they stopped working. The image belows shows the definition for the column.
I usually activate these by doing the following code.
...
AI in the editor - The elephant in the room!
- Misc
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
Hi,
First congratulations on PB 2025 R2, I'm genuinely excited about the release.
That said, I'd love to see Appeon take a stronger stance on AI integration. AI tooling is now an everyday part of how virtually every developer works, and the produc...
Picture Control Initial background
- How-to
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
Hi
I am currently using Powerbuilder 2022 R3 3391 build.
In our application, we have a picture control in which we are trying to update a .png icon. The .png icon has a transparent background. But when we update the icon in the code, it does not sh...
Hello, I hope someone can help.
Until a few months ago, we were distributing/updating our application through PowerClient using version PB2019. PowerClient communicates with an IIS server where we have the compiled application via a URL like https:/...
Window Editmask Control get changes while control retains focus
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- John Fauss replied 3 weeks ago
PB 2019editmask control on WINDOW (not DW)spin enabledno code table
Anyone know the event name (pbm_???) for getting LIVE info from the editmask when the up/down spin controls are hit instead of waiting for the modified event triggering when you lea...
Good morning, I'm trying to compile a mobile application but I'm having trouble.
Until a few days ago, I had no problem; it worked perfectly.
Now, when I click the deploy button, it freezes at the first step of the compilation process.
I've ...
Where do you edit an internal sub-type ?
- How-to
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Daryl Foster replied 3 weeks ago
I am trying to alter the Y position of a control. I am working with an inherited project. If I am missing something "obvious" it's because I have been picking powerbuilder up on the fly. Also ... the people who created it had a number of ... question...
Colors in datawindows do not match PFC definitions
- Issue
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Bruce Armstrong replied 3 weeks ago
Hi,
We are using PB2025 and the latest version of the PFCs, and I have just noticed this:
WINDOW_TEXT = 33554432 // PFC 33554592
BUTTONFACE = 79741120 // PFC 78682240
TRANSPARENT = 536870912 // PFC 553648127
WINDOW_BACKGROUND = 1090519039 ...
Colour Selection in PB Apps
- Advice
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
Hi Everyone - John / Brad;
Sorry for the missing colour post but I realized that the RGB value for internal O/S mapping was wrong in my Colours App. There cannot be any value 255 in either the R,G,B fields (as Brad pointed out). However, my calcul...
Forum issue - response by John Faus suddenly missing, but forum post list shows like it's still there.
What I was doing:
Viewed this posthttps://community.appeon.com/qna/q-a/colors-in-datawindows-do-not-match-pfc-definitions
Used search for unrela...
Inquiry re Pagination Behavior of Nested Reports in Composite Reports (Row Splitting / Line Integrity)
- Issue
- Last updated 3 weeks ago
Hello Appeon Support Team,
We are reaching out regarding pagination issues with Composite Reports in InfoMaker (version 2022 R3 Build 3441).
In addition to 100s of Freeform reports, our software solution includes a large number of complex reports b...
Microsoft SQL Server increased its number of digits in a decimal to 38 (from 28) about 26 years ago in SQL Server 2000 (as best as I can determine). I understand that PowerBuilder still only supports 28 digits. Are there any plans to change PB to sup...
How to load a PB runtime dll like what we load it at local directory
- How-to
- Last updated 4 weeks ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
An old solution recently get focused, as our security team saying that the dll files in local folder is not safe for penetration attack, and suggest us to put all dll files to window system directory where it need restrict permission to access, is th...
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