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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
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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
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Remembering user's credentials
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Alzate replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hi everybody, Several customers have asked me to implement the functionality that the system remembers (that is, stores) the user's credentials so that the user does not have to enter them at each login of the web application. I understand that this...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Open new tab in same browser instance
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I would like to open a new tab with a URL from the browser where the application is launched. If the application is launched from Chrome, then it should open a new tab in same chrome browser instance. If the application is launched from IE, th...
Saravanakumar Thangapandian Saravanakumar Thangapandian
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Theme apply question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Pau Haro replied 4 years ago
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Hello everyone, Im working on a PB2019 R2 app, and I use theme to get the style of my application. My question is: Can I use the theme without having the theme in the application folder? The same as we do with the images on the PBR file. Thanks.
Pau Haro Pau Haro
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PB datastore to .net
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Dear Team,   Could u give some advice about how to convert the datastore to .net, we have migrated our service from ESA to .net Web Service. Part of functions in service using the data store to get or set item. Another question is if the Web Serv...
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Diana S Diana S
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web service return null value
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hi, im usingpb 12.5 and i am trying to get data from the web service but the method return value is null. I already searched all internet but i didnt find any reason.  I choosed "any" as return value it returned to null again. I downloaded the lat...
Harun Cetin Harun Cetin
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HTTPClient problem on Mobile app
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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PowerServer (PB Edition) 2020 Build 2323.00PowerBuider 2019R2 Build 2353 Hello, i have two similar applications for web and mobile (Android) that consume a rest service using HTTPClient to create an event on google calendar using Google Calendar Api...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
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Issue launching mobile app in Google Play Console
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Alzate replied 4 years ago
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Hi, everybody. When launching mobile app in Google Play Console, I get the following error message that prevents the app from being published: My software scenario: - PowerBuilder Universal Edition 2019 Build 2170 - PS ToolKit 2019 Build 2170 ...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Sending email from Web service
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I have built a Web service that allows users to send emails from the host server. The service works fine, but it is not sending the attachments. Has anyone had a similar problem and identified the cause of and the solution to this issue? How sho...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
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Is Appeon EOLing Mobile Development?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
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I saw an email on the old PowerGroups that said:   "Really sad that Appeon is EOLing Mobile development."Is this correct or just a bad rumor?    If it's nonsense I want to gently correct them.    If it's real I'd like to know for sure.Thanks,Olan
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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Calling Powerbuilder from Java
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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Hello, I want to call powerbuilder code from Java and all my research lead to PBNI features. Unfortunatly, it's not so simple to build JNA or JNI mapping to call the PBVM.dll. It's look like an example (java2pb2) existed in the old codeexchange at...
  1.  Java
  2.  PBNI
  3.  PowerBuilder
Flo Vy Flo Vy
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SaveAs PDF not working on Citrix on Windows 2012R2
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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Hello All, I have a "helloworld" app that is saving a DW to a PDF file using PDFlib. It is compiled in 32-bit (for a variety of reasons that can't be changed). It works fine on my Windows 10 laptop and VDI, but fails on Citrix running on 2012R2.  T...
  1.  Citrix
  2.  PDF
Ray Kellum Ray Kellum
  1. PowerBuilder
dropdowncalendar backgroud color not set but it is coming black color from PB2017 R3
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi,   I am using DW dropdown calendar property and setting this property at runtime, i'm using u_dw object, there i'm using existing method called setdropdowncalendar existing method and disabled this methods extended ancestor script, and added my ...
Pandian Rengachari Pandian Rengachari
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Default printer not showing in list
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Good Morning! We recently upgraded to PB 2019 and had some complaints from our users in the Citrix environment where their default printer was not being set correctly.  At the time we tried to implement a suggestion found here by adding an option th...
Tina Prestas Tina Prestas
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Themes and Resize problem
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I'd like to apply a theme, but only on tab-page labels. It works well, but something goes wrong when resizing.I'm using the PFC routines for the resize. The Json file contains drawing false for every control, except the "tab". See 2 attached i...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
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Failed to load license files
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Cornelis Lijzenga replied 4 years ago
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Hi, when opening PB17, I got the following message: Failed to load license files. If the problem persists, please reinstall PowerBuilder. PB closes after closing the message box. What causes this problem and is it realy necessary to reinstall  PB or...
Cornelis Lijzenga Cornelis Lijzenga
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Runtime Files question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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PB 2019 R2 (19.1.0.2353) Powerbuilder tries to load the following dll's when using PB and in the compiled exe: 1. pbstatusbar190.dll 2. pbdynamictab190.dll to 1.: The dll is installed when PB is installed but is not included when creating the run...
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  3.  IDE
  4.  PB Classic
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Gerrit Bruns Gerrit Bruns
  1. PowerBuilder
OLE Automation to Excel
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, We have several PB2017 applications that do extensive OLE automation to create formatted Excel reports.  The formatting that we do is anything from basic column formatting (numeric and date) up to creating multi-tabbed workbooks with Auto Fi...
  1.  OLE
Peter Currier Peter Currier
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Resizable response: how to show gripper in right bottom corner
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
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Hi everyone, About resizable response windows: I've checked all I could find on google, but no luck. I do have a working version of a resizable response window (using the windows SetWindowLong API), but I can't figure out how to show a "gripper" i...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
clarification for use of XLSX and any requirement for GAC
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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In old versions of PB there was no need to register the sybase excel dlls for their .net excel save as. This appeared to have changed sometime between 12.6 and 2017R3.    I've seen some conflicting information on whether it supposed to be required t...
mike S mike S
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Log on - told I'm already logged on
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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I purchased a license for PB 2017, installed the new version, and successfully migrated my PB12.5 project. However, when attempting to log in now, from the Log on to PowerBuilder window, I click the logon button and get the pop-up to enter user ID...
William Beale William Beale
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