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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
  1. Resolved
  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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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
Publish RestFull Service
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Adrian Hernandez replied 5 years ago
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In Beta is possible to publish rest service ?! I see PB 12.5 can publish rest , but not find in PB 2017 R3 b.1880 to publish rest !
  1.  REST
  2.  Service
iliyan iliev iliyan iliev
  1. Beta Testing
Guidance for PowerBuilder 2019 and beyond
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I want to clarify the recommended direction for PB applications moving forward. Is it correct to say that Appeon is recommending customers move away from using the PB Desktop functionality? It appears that the guidance moving forward will be to gener...
Bradley Schultz Bradley Schultz
  1. Beta Testing
PB17 - builds need full install of Appeon or no?
  1. Resolved
  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  JOHN THOMAS replied 5 years ago
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Folks - we are trying to do our first build releases under the new Appeon PB17 and need some feedback on runtime environment.  With the old SAP/Sybase PB12, we were, I'm pretty sure, able to put  exe + pbd's in a folder, and just plop all the PB runt...
  1.  IDE
  2.  Installation
  3.  Runtime Packager
JOHN THOMAS JOHN THOMAS
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Security Code Scanning
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, One of my customers is asking the PowerBuilder Security Code scanning as they have to submit the security code scanning report to the security team for review before rollout. Anyone know is it any tool ( or third-party tool ) can do this? Ma...
Ryan Cheng Ryan Cheng
  1. PowerBuilder
Harmonising Technology & Business ( Vienna 1996 )
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
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Hi Guru I'm rearranging the various manuals of courses made around the world under the guise of Powersoft, Sybase, Appeon. Does anyone have the manuals of the courses made in Vienna in 1996? If someone could share them ........ thank you ...
  1.  Documentation
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017R3 datawindow pointer in web mode
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hello everybody, In the datawindow painter, I specify "Help!" as a pointer for a column. At runtime, the "Help!" pointer appears only if the cursor is not in the column (see illustrations below). Is it normal behaviour ? Thank you ! Pierre    ...
Pierre Couvreur Pierre Couvreur
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Feature Flagging and Powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Good day, Has anyone implemented feature flagging with Powerbuilder? Maybe using Launchdarkly, featureflow.io, or something similar? I'm wondering if it's possible to incorporate into our PB projects.   Thanks. Dan Mullings
Daniel Mullings Daniel Mullings
  1. PowerBuilder
Changing to latest SQL Server ODBC Driver
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 5 years ago
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PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Build 1769 SQL Server 2012 I am working with a fairly old application that has been using the SQL Server ODBC Driver (SQLSRV32.DLL) for many years. We wish to upgrade to a newer driver so we can utilise some of the features uns...
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrate Webservice from 12.5.2 build 5602 to 2017 R3 build 1880
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  MARKOVIC Marko replied 5 years ago
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Hi everyone, we are in our migration phase of PB 12.5.2 to 2017 R3. I'm imported the workpsace and target without problems.  I've deplpyed the webservice to create the new dll of my webservice. Trying to run the application in desgin mode and got sy...
MARKOVIC Marko MARKOVIC Marko
  1. PowerBuilder
Migration - From PB 11.5 to Appeon PB 2017
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Andrew Barnes replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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We are getting ready to migrate from 11.5 to PB 2017 but all of our developers have objects checked out.  We've exported these checked out objects to save any changes from getting lost in the migration.  The question is, is it safe to migrate even w...
Buddy Rice Buddy Rice
  1. PowerBuilder
Slow start of pb 2019 ide
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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PB 2019 IDE is really slow on start up. Is that going away?   Thanks Steen
  1.  IDE
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. Beta Testing
Protected expression is not working
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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I'm using Powerbuilder 12.5. In design mode I have expression on protected which is working how is intend. When i run application is not working at all. Any help please.
  1.  DataWindow
Viktor Serguienkov Viktor Serguienkov
  1. PowerBuilder
dw buttons are not rendering correctly.
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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pb 2019 BUILD 2002   dw buttons are not rendering correctly. I'm using PNG files 16x16 and no one is rendering correctly when set to original size I have attached a sample file. and screenshot. The picture is blurry. the same file used in a menu...
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. Beta Testing
PB Custom NVO & C#
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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In my project have too many custom NVO with not DS or DW. How to use this NVO in C# code or how to publish RestFull Service with this NVO ?!
  1.  C#
  2.  NVO
  3.  REST
  4.  Service
iliyan iliev iliyan iliev
  1. Beta Testing
PowerBuilde 7.03 upgrade to 2017 R2
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello PB Experts,   My project is upgrade from powerbuilder 7.03 to PB 2017 R2, my question is: is there any know issue, upgrade effort estimation norm to apply into my project.   It is about 1 milion line of code so it is hard to scan source and...
  1.  Upgrade
Hung Tran Hung Tran
  1. PowerBuilder
SQLPREVIEW event coding in web/mobile
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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We are looking to improve performance in PS web, and we use querymode for searching.  And, in order to get around all of the limitations of querymode, we use sqlpreview to add missing functionality to the querymode processing.   These tidbits for s...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
IDE Login Issue
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Larry Langford replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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I'm trying to log into PowerBuilder 2017 from a new machine.  Although I can log in the account from another computer, I've confirmed that the user account is not occupied by another connection.  I'm getting a "No network connection" error.  I'm actu...
Larry Langford Larry Langford
  1. PowerBuilder
PB IDE 2017 R2 crash while open any objects exept dws and structures
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi. All! Subj : Today it happened at one of our developers. OS - Windows 10 Corporate 64bit We tried: 1. Regenerate 2. Optimize  3. Export/import objects 4. Create new Target 5. Create new Workspace 6. Clear layouts in windows registry 6. R...
Alex Ivanov Alex Ivanov
  1. PowerBuilder
Oracle 12c cannot connect through Powerbuilder 2017 R3
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  santosh kale replied 5 years ago
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I am trying to connect 12c database  through PowerBuilder 2017 R3 with following code  if not IsValid (SQLADM) then SQLADM = create n_tr end if ls_logon_user_prefix = this.of_prefix(as_userid) SQLADM.of_Init(is_AppINIFile, "Database") SQLADM.log...
santosh kale santosh kale
  1. PowerBuilder
How much memory is used by certain standard PB data types?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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How much memory is used by each of the following standard data types? Date Time Datetime Real Double Decimal  
  1.  DataType
  2.  Memory
  3.  PowerBuilder
John Fauss John Fauss
  1. PowerBuilder

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