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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
Jenkins Build - Illegal data type: dotnetobject Errors encountered during import/compile
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Using Powerbuilder 2019 R2 and looking for some help with building an application that uses imported .Net Dll's.  We have installed the standalone compiler on a Jenkins server and have been successfully building applications there for the past few mo...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  PowerBuilder Compiler
Jeff Nesler Jeff Nesler
  1. PowerBuilder
menuitem.create custom code is deleted
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Folks, We have a parent menu object with menu items and toolbar items. There are other menu objects which are inherited from the parent menu and being used across the application. As per recent business change we want to hide/unhide a menu item ...
Faisal Hayat Faisal Hayat
  1. PowerBuilder
.NET DLL using an assembly from a network location
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I'm using Powerbuilder 2019 R2 and import a .NET Framework DLL 4.6 (Created Custom), encapsulate the dotnetassembly in the dotnet object as recommended.   When I run the program on the server side, i'm getting this error (Locally, i don't have...
  1.  .NET Assembly
Mathieu Normandeau Mathieu Normandeau
  1. PowerBuilder
Native PDF layout, overwriting issue
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Faisal Hayat replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Hi Folks, Couple of days ago I posted a question regarding Native PDF usage and the response was overwhelming.  https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/native-pdf-using-pb-ini-in-pb-2019 I am trying to implement Native PDF using Native PDF ...
  1.  NativePDF
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Faisal Hayat Faisal Hayat
  1. PowerBuilder
MSXML2 Load XML not working in Azure
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I'm attempting to use the LoadXml() method of an MSXML Dom Document in an azure environment and it simply isn't working. When running on non-azure environments it works fine.There is no dev environment for our azure server yet so I can't view the err...
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  2.  OLE
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  XML
Jacob Osborne Jacob Osborne
  1. PowerBuilder
Different PB 2019 versions cannot be installed on same computer
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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I do not know about anyone else but I am finding the versioning for PB 2019 R1, R2, R3 slightly annoying.    We need to support and maintain various versions of our commercial application - developed and tested using different PB versions.   I consi...
Mark Jones Mark Jones
  1. PowerBuilder
Read data from a device (barcode scanner)
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Nguyen Xuan Huy replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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  I am trying to make a function to read data from a device (barcode scanner). By design a barcode scanner works like a keyboard to input data (key by key). It is not convenient for a store. I want to read data direct from the device as a whole te...
Nguyen Xuan Huy Nguyen Xuan Huy
  1. PowerBuilder
Orcascript PB2019R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I'm trying to run the below  orcascript from jenkins. I saved the file as orcascrip.cmd and calling in the Jenkins job under Build section. In the Jenkins console output  I see that the job is stuck at first line #Start session and it does not go to ...
Anna Pally Anna Pally
  1. PowerBuilder
Web Api migration to SnapDevelop 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hello everyone i've successfully migrated to PB 2019 R3. Im trying to rebuild also my snapdevelop webapi project. The rebuild finished without errors but with some warnings that i show here: 1------ Rebuild started: Project: StartWebApi2.csproj, Co...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
  1. SnapDevelop
PB 2017 R2 Git question
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ashutosh Varshney replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hello everyone. I am following this excellent article by Bruce - https://community.appeon.com/index.php/articles-blogs/tutorials-articles/2-powerbuilder/183-powerbuilder-2017-r2-new-feature-git-source-control-support How do I find differences betwe...
Ashutosh Varshney Ashutosh Varshney
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Failed to publish PowerClient app
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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PowerBuilder 2019 R3 2703 Playing around with the PowerClient feature, I get this issue on deployment ...\Temp\pbappscache\html\en because the local folder does not exist. The folder does not exist, but it is supposed to be generated and it's not c...
  1.  PowerClient
Olaf Brungot Olaf Brungot
  1. PowerBuilder
SnapDevelop Question
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I just gave a demo of SnapDevelop to management and they liked it. They do have questions. What version of .Net Core? I see for SD 2019 it says .Net Core 3.1, what about SD 2021? Does the PowerScript converter handle structure objects or structures...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. SnapDevelop
Can i create a datawindow using a pivote dynamic query ?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 years ago
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Hi, Good morning. Is there a way to create a Datawindow with this statement. It really doesn't care if it's embebbed or not. DB: Sql Server IDE: PB 2019 R3   I'm doing this because the crosstab which do this, doesn't work and I'm looking for way...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  SQL Server
Edinson Nongrados Edinson Nongrados
  1. PowerBuilder
Does .NET DataStore have a PDF save option?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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We are looking at the possibility of using SnapDevelop .Net DataStore to move PowerBuilder reports into an existing C# web application. Does .Net DataStore have to ability to generate a PDF from a report type DataWindow or is it only for non-visual...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. .NET DataStore
Powerbuilder 2019 Runtime dlls
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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When using the 2019 runtime packager 2019 R3, the DLLs are not named with versioning but they are when referring to the documentation or if downloading the zip file from the Appeon site.  An example is easysoap.dll from the packager and in the zip fi...
John Saatzer John Saatzer
  1. PowerBuilder
Anyone using TeamCity?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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I searched and saw that someone asked back in 2018 but had no replies.  I've used Jenkins once at a prior client, but my current client is using TeamCity for deployments and continuous integration, but not for PowerBuilder as of yet.  Wondering if an...
Kevin Ridley Kevin Ridley
  1. PowerBuilder
PBL Issues on Git project
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi!I'm trying switch one of our projects from native Source Control to GIT. I'm using PB2019 R3 Build 2703 and SourceTree as an external Git client. The thing is I'm having issues with the PBL files every time I try to merge branches, mostly when th...
  1.  Git
David Serrano David Serrano
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Cluster configuration
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Nilotpal Bera replied 3 years ago
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Hi, Need to know about PowerServer clustered environment. We need to have an idea about how clustered session will work. If we have 2 webservers and 2 app servers, do we need cookie stickiness or PowerServer uses URL rewrite for preserving session...
Nilotpal Bera Nilotpal Bera
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Powerbuilder Installer PROGRAMDATA default
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Aubrey Lin @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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I recently install PB2019R3 on my partners machine and the default of C:\ProgramData\Appeon\InstallFiles was incorrect for that machine. Our drives are setup so that Windows is on D: (along with all of it's associated directories). Having the install...
  1.  Installation
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Brad Mettee Brad Mettee
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 12.1 License
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, Is there any other way  we can still purchase additional license key for Powerbuilder 12.1? As we are running legacy application and no plan yet to migrate to the latest Powerbuilder. Regards, Mayller
Mayller Lopez Mayller Lopez
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