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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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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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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
Odd characters in treeview hover and returned from getusernamea
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Kevin Teynor replied 6 years ago
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Migrating from PB 8.0.4 to PB 2017 R2.   When hovering over labels in a tree, we are getting foreign language characters in the expanded text. Also, when calling GetUsernameA or GetComputerNameA:     Fails running PB2017 on both Windows...
Kevin Teynor Kevin Teynor
  1. PowerBuilder
2017 & 2019 in two different machines with same login
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
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Hello, Would like to know whether logging in is allowed from two different computers for 2017 and 2019 with the same login credentials ... ?   One computer will be used exclusively for 2017 and the other for 2019. Happiness AlwaysBKR Sivaprakash  
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Sybase Server and DBTextLimit in PB 2017 R2
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
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We are connecting to Sybase using SYC driver. I am trying to increase Though the @@textsize on the database is set to 131072 and SQLCA.DBParm = "DBTextLimit='65536'" in databaseprofile, the text column is still truncating to 32768 when datawindow is...
Sailaja Jasti Sailaja Jasti
  1. PowerBuilder
Add to Source Control - setting up GIT option
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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Gents  - Following a very a similar question/issue at: https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/pb-source-control-connections-a-blowup-and-none-at-all ... we have the same exact situation with missing Source Control options ("Add to Source Co...
  1.  Git
JOHN THOMAS JOHN THOMAS
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable To Retrieve Table Names
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Joe Hess replied 6 years ago
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My installation of PB2017 has suddenly lost the ability to retrieve the list of tables from a SQL database when using the graphical builder. If I open an existing datawindow, the tables and columns appear. When I try to create a new datawindow, PB ju...
Joe Hess Joe Hess
  1. PowerBuilder
XML Template for datawindow with conditional element
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
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How to create a XML template for datawindow with conditional child element? I am trying to integrate PBUnit with an integration tool and I need failure element to appear in result only when test failed. Please advise. Thanks,Yuri      
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Export
  3.  XML
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 R3: Cannot Delete Event...
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Arthur Hefti replied 6 years ago
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All...   We are progressing nicely with migrating from PB 9 to 2017. Taking this time to also do some code cleanup and noticing that the "Delete Event" is disabled. in PB9, having an event open, you can right-click on the event name and choose De...
Erick Bergsma Erick Bergsma
  1. PowerBuilder
Where can I get all required DLL's to run PB2017 application.
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
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Hi All,   we have application which is developed in PB11.5 and recently we migrated it to PB2017. Please advise, where can I download all required DLL's to run this application in windows 10 environment. Thank you.
Minogue Susan Minogue Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Avoid Acrobat OLE toolbar to show
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 6 years ago
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Hello All. i need to show in a PB application a PDF File and then print (every print will insert a line in a column)  i need to avoid this toolbar to appears i try the following ole_pdf.Object.loadfile(is_archivo_pdf)ole_pdf.object.setShowToolb...
  1.  OLE
  2.  PDF
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerBuilder
Operator overloading in powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 6 years ago
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Hello. Does powerbuilder support operator overloading? Is it a feature that might be coming in the near future (for example in powerbuilder 2018)? I have searched around and saw some older threads saying it doesn't but i wanted to make sure. Thanks...
  1.  PowerBuilder
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  1. PowerBuilder
app exe disagreeing with PBVM170.dll
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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All - I am trying to run a new build of app built with latest PB version and am getting the attached error. Since the same exact build + environment dll's, etc, works in another box with a more current Windows on it, I am suspecting that it is the Wi...
JOHN THOMAS JOHN THOMAS
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Exit Mode Close tab close the browser
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hello All, when i set the exit mode to close tab all the tabs and all the instance of the same browser are close  if i select redirect to blanck in chrome the browser become stuck and can not access it PowerServer 2017   
  1.  Browser
  2.  PowerServer Web
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Add new column to DW via Edit source and impacts
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Guys, I have datawindow which fetches the data from a single table and the table is a TEMP table. In order to add a new column to datawindow I use edit source and adds a column is select statement and add a column as well. The new column is not r...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Faisal Hayat Faisal Hayat
  1. PowerBuilder
Beta Install Woes
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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I downloaded the Beta installer. If I choose 'Download an Install' I get an error message: An unhandled exception just occurred:Value cannot be null. Parameter name: String If I choose 'Download' it works but it wasn't obvious where it put the fil...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. Beta Testing
Re: Mobile Apps and C# WebAPI
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, Will the mobile apps, developed with Universal edition of PB, can enjoy the features of C# Web API calls ?  Can CRUD operations be performed from Mobile Apps developed using PB 2018 ?  If yes, will they need PowerServer or not ? Happiness Al...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. Beta Testing
migration of PB desktop apps to C#?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Michael Fowler replied 6 years ago
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Is there a best practice approach towards full or partial migration of PB desktop apps to C#?   I am using PB 12.5.2 but I am planning to upgrade to PB 2019 soon.
Michael Fowler Michael Fowler
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: MR for 2017 R3
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 6 years ago
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Hello, Would like to know the date of release of MR for 2017 R3, with old RTE control ?  
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Two Factor Authentication
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Christophe Dufourmantelle replied 6 years ago
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Does PowerBuilder 2017 support Two Factor SMS Authentication options?
Simon Dewhurst Simon Dewhurst
  1. PowerBuilder
Question about the new Themes feature
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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The help for the new ApplyTheme function says that you need to deploy the theme180 folder. This is not mentioned by the 'PowerBuilder runtime files' topic. So my question is, does the theme180 folder need to be deployed with applications if the them...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. Beta Testing
Window Response & MessageBox position
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hello,  We are working on a web migration project with PowerBuilder 2017 R3. Our monitors are 27 inches and we can use half of our monitor to work with our application but when we open another response window, it opens it in the upper left part of o...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  PowerServer Web
Oscar Naranjo Oscar Naranjo
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)

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