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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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  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
changing buttons look style
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 4 years ago
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Hi Guys, again me haha, someone has the knowledge how i can to change the style of a button? i would like to change the background color and the border style but i don't know how can to do it, i don't know if will can to do that the button looks wi...
Daniel Agudelo Daniel Agudelo
  1. PowerBuilder
Upgrading from PB 8 to current version
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Raymond Longoria replied 4 years ago
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One of my objectives is to upgrade an application to the most current version of PowerBuilder. Does the community have any suggestions for me so as to minimize any problems I may encounter?
Raymond Longoria Raymond Longoria
  1. PowerBuilder
RichText Issue on EXE build - PB2017R3 build 1880 MR
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Daniel Mullings replied 4 years ago
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Hi Gurus, Need Help... We have downloaded latest major release of Powerbuilder 2017R3 Build 1880 for old RichText EditControl.   The RichText EditControl. works fine in powerbuilder development environment.   When I create EXE and execute appli...
RAJESH POOJARI RAJESH POOJARI
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Database update not set in dynamic DW with SQLServer Express
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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The code bellow works fine in SQLAnywhere and SQLServer 12 but fails on SQLServer Express 10.50.6000. The result dw does not have the update property set and the key attribute in not set on the primary key fields. ls_sql = "SELECT * FROM CMF " ls_...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  SQL
John Murphy John Murphy
  1. PowerBuilder
Two versions of PB in execution
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hello,We have PowerBuilder 2017 R3 and 2019, we cannot have both IDE's open at the same time because of the account check. "This account is already logged in to PowerBuilder. Please use another account" I'm sorry, but that sounds really stupid. Is ...
Eduardo G. Eduardo G.
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow handling of timestamp with time zone/UTC data types
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
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We are planning on use the SQL Anywhere dbremote program to maintain two copies of the same database on servers in two different timezones.   We have a number of timestamps in our database and currently none store the timezone.   It is very easy to c...
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  2.  Format
  3.  TIME
Mark Jones Mark Jones
  1. PowerBuilder
NativePDF cannot handle complex datawindows
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Mark Jones replied 4 years ago
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We have some very complex reports that include rotated text and many bitmaps in a grid format.   We are currently using Amyuni PDF to generate these as PDF with great results.  I have used NativePDF to create PDFs for simple reports that seem ok howe...
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Mark Jones Mark Jones
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datawindow computed field with bitmap function image quality
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Jones replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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We use computed fields with the bitmap() function to dynamically display pictures on datawindows.   We have also found that when displaying some smaller bitmaps in bitmap controls in datawindows ,setting the transparency to 1 smooths out rough edges ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Mark Jones Mark Jones
  1. PowerBuilder
Roadmap
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, Would like to know how Appeon is planning powerbuilder ?   To run powerbuilder desktop application, do we need dot net ?  Is Appeon proceeding that way, to make powerbuilder applications, a dot net based one ? Or is it going to restrict dot n...
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Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
How to avoid e-mail notifications?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kacie Chen @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Can I avoid receiving e-mail notifications for every reply/comment regarding every question I ever authored/replied/commented? I looked and looked but found neither checkbox nor radiobutton to unclick. /Michael
Michael Kramer Michael Kramer
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PowerBuilder 2019 Hard Application Close
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Greetings, We are testing a trial version of Powerbuilder 2019.  We have migrated one of our larger applications from PB12.6.  The code migrated cleanly.  However, I noticed both while running the application from the IDE and also from a newly built...
Thomas Leach Thomas Leach
  1. PowerBuilder
ribbonbar
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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hello all   Does the ribbon menu support right-to-left? I could not find it.. I checked the window rtf property , I checked the app rtf property .. but the ribbon menu is still on the left   Is it possible ?   Thanks
  1.  RibbonBar
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
SVN URL?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  yakov werde replied 4 years ago
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Regarding SVN URL Looking in the Registry I see this Key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sybase\PowerBuilder\17.0\Workspace\Svn It is NOT a child or value in a specific workspace key such as     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sybase\PowerBuilder\17.0\Work...
  1.  PowerBuilder
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yakov werde yakov werde
  1. PowerBuilder
Source Control and Changes to Global Variables with Application Object not Checked Out
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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I'm wondering whether this is a bug, so I'm going to post it here for comment first. I just found out that you can do the following: - Working on a project under source control (WizSource)- Application object not checked out- Open some other object...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Variable
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
How covert BMP to GRF (ZEBRA)?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
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I need to convert a BMP image in the GRF format for the ZEBRA printer.Do you have a function, dll or OCX?I am using Powerbuilder 10.5 and PB 2019. thanks and regards,    Fernando.  
  1.  Picture
  2.  PowerBuilder
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Fernando Leal Fernando Leal
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Convert to the PSR File Version
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Hi. Can I convert from the PSR file created 2017 to the PSR file created 12.5? Is there a utility program that converts it? Please contact me. E-mail : rlehf@daelim.co.kr
Park Ki Seok Park Ki Seok
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Dynamically update expression in DwCompute
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tony Fahlberg replied 4 years ago
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Hi - Is it possible to dynamically update the expression in a computed column (DwCompute) and then call the IDataStoreTModel or IDataStore GetItem method on the column to have it return the new expressions value?  If so, could you provide an example...
Tony Fahlberg Tony Fahlberg
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PB license management
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mariano Collado @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Could someone explain why the options for editing PowerBuilder IDE licenses (for example, changing license types, assigning / unassigning users, etc.) in the User Center site are not enabled?. Needless to say, my account has the profile to manag...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerBuilder
ORACLE EZCONNECT
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
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Hi All, I am trying to connect to an Oracle database using the EZCONNECT method.  We were given advice to use the servername setting like this sqlca.dbms="ORA Oracle" sqlca.userid="" sqlca.dbpass="" sqlca.logid=asv_login sqlca.logpass=asv_password ...
Kyle Griffis Kyle Griffis
  1. PowerBuilder
Runtime Error
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Rick Domogalik replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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I am getting the following error on 2 workstations while trying the install my PowerBuilder application. "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b).  Click OK to close the application." My assumption is this is a x64 versus x32 iss...
Rick Domogalik Rick Domogalik
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