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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
6 replies
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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
3 replies
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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Downgrade PB2019r2 to PB2019r0
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, We encountered some random crashes in our application with PB2019r2.Now we are considering turning back the version. Is there a simple sollution to downgrade from pb2019r2 to pb2019r0 without loosing all user settings?     best regards St...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Stefan Malkwitz Stefan Malkwitz
  1. PowerBuilder
Resize Event at PB 2019 does not fire
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
2351 views
1 vote
Hi All, We are facing an astonishing issue with PB2019 32bit due to missing resizing see correctlayout.png and wronglayout.png . At Windows Server 2016 (via RDP) and under Citrix Xen/xp 6.5 (independent from OS) the resize event is not fired for a ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Resize
Uwe Rexroth Uwe Rexroth
  1. PowerBuilder
Power builder migration from PB5 to 2019
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi tea, I am having an application that is developed in PB5 using PB7 libraries. I am trying to convert this applications to 2019. As of now I am using trail version to check the feasibility. Could you please help me understand how feasible this con...
Pranav Thekkan Pranav Thekkan
  1. PowerBuilder
ADO.NET Connection to SQL Server DB - Sybase.PowerBuiIder .Db, Version=17.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=98a699138181d746 was not Found.
  1. Resolved
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Guys m deploying to a brand new windows machine a pb2017r2 exe using ADO.NET. Dot Net 4.5 is installed I have run the msi installer generated by the package installer and copied over my exe and Im getting the following error: Sybase.Power...
  1.  ADO.NET
  2.  PowerBuilder
David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. PowerBuilder
AEM Backup/Restore question
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
If I restore the data sources from a backup created via AEM,  will I lose data sources which were added after the backup?   Thanks
Mark Lundell Mark Lundell
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Does Appeon do Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) or Something Similar
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Payton replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Can you create PWAs with Appeon tools or do you accomplish similar outcome with Appeon differently? What are the Pros and Cons of using a PWA?   We are planning a basic application to collect data and save to an SAP ASE database.  The application wo...
Ronnie Payton Ronnie Payton
  1. PowerBuilder
4 Different application objects for same code base
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Daniel Mullings replied 4 years ago
3 replies
1872 views
0 votes
Good day PB Gurus, I have an old pfc application, currently migrated to PB2017 R3 and PB2019 R2 Build 2328.  All the code is the same except for the application object, but I have it split up in 4 different folder structures, dev, test, stage, prod....
Daniel Mullings Daniel Mullings
  1. PowerBuilder
How to change location of TFS source control server in PowerBuilder?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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We are using PowerBuilder 12.5 with Team Foundation Server MSSCCI provider as source control. Now we installed the Team Foundation Server on another server computer. In Team Explorer I added the new location, but in PowerBuilder still see the old( fo...
  1.  TFS
Mikhael Botvinik Mikhael Botvinik
  1. PowerBuilder
Limit the number of columns exported with dw.ExportJson()
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Yiannis Papadomichelakis replied 4 years ago
2 replies
1930 views
1 vote
Hi PBers.....! I recently tested / used the dw.ExportJson() combined with JSONPackage and I am starting to feel that it's time to move on, from restful XML services to JSON.  What worries me is that I didn't find any way to limit the data exported ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  JSON
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Yiannis Papadomichelakis Yiannis Papadomichelakis
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with translation
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  iliyan iliev replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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When i try to translate object give capacity error and i try translate function by function , but one function give error - Before performing this operation you must place  the cursor in the declaration of a function, event, variable , struct or obj...
  1.  PowerScript Migrator
iliyan iliev iliyan iliev
  1. SnapDevelop
Unable to login - getting "Cannot find a valid license"
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi guys: My team mate is getting an error message while trying to log in when started PowerBuilder 2017 R3 for the first time. He is not able to login - getting "Cannot find a valid license". https://account.appeon.com/license-management/pb sho...
Leonid Shchervinsky Leonid Shchervinsky
  1. PowerBuilder
Setlibrarylist
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
8 replies
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  hello Guru I am implementing the dynamic addition of PBL to my running program. In particular, I add 3 libraries in one shot.   [code] ls_ = GetLibraryList ( ) ls_temp = ls_pbl+","+ls_ li = Setlibrarylist(ls_temp) [end code] This is the r...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Recognizing File Server Directories
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi  I have script in my Client/Server-turn-Web/Mobile application to 'see' directories on any file servers that are in our company's network. The app worked great in 2017 R3 Onto 2019 R2. I understand that some of PowerBuilder File Functions are u...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
CloudPro vs UNC (\\servername\folder\folder\...)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  CJ Lai replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi If an application in CloudPro is not reading/writing files from/to an UNC based path, what is the most cost-effective way to work around it? I would appreciate it if someone could show me (or point me to) some basic know-how of how to go about it...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
RTE- InputFieldGetData not returning/storing correct data value.
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Danish Ahamed LiakathAli replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi,     I  have migrated our application from PB 10.2 and to  2019 R2 Build 2323 and getting multiple issues in RTE control with the new version. I am trying to fix each issue. I found an issue in getting the InputFieldGetData option. I have insert...
Danish Ahamed LiakathAli Danish Ahamed LiakathAli
  1. PowerBuilder
Setting Value to specific C# DataStore buffer
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
We are converting our PowerBuilder code to C# and we are not quite sure how to translate the following PowerBuilder code in C#. doArticle.object.data.Delete.Current[1, 1] = il_null Can't seem to find a way to modify data in any buffer except primar...
Bernie Rivera Bernie Rivera
  1. .NET DataStore
HttpClient POST methods and gZip compression
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Yiannis Papadomichelakis replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all I have a small IIS service that has several GET methods and some (in progress) PUT/POST methods. All my requests have Accept-Encoding: gzip on the header, as pb documentation recommends. This works great on GET methods, however, when I use P...
  1.  HTTPClient
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Yiannis Papadomichelakis Yiannis Papadomichelakis
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017R3 and Git support limitations - Advise please
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ganesan Rajan replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I am trying to understand how Git will suite as SCM for our product(currently in Pb2017R3). So I am doing a PoC to check its feasibility. Can you kindly answer these questions? 1) If an object is modified in a PBL, the PBL goes unsync even aft...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Ganesan Rajan Ganesan Rajan
  1. PowerBuilder
Issue with MailSession object (send mail using MAPI)
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
It seems there is an issue with the MailSession object and a specific version of Office365 Outlook (Semi Annual Channel Version 1908 (Build 11929.20776) 32 bit). The Microsoft Outlook dialog (A program is trying to send an email message on your beha...
  1.  Email
  2.  MAPI
Olaf Brungot Olaf Brungot
  1. PowerBuilder
Export DW from EXE to PBL
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  ATK Gimmy Susan replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hi communityIs there a way to export Datawindows to a PBL directly from the compiled EXE program (not from source ide)? The idea is that the user personalizes (*) the datawindows and then save it on a pbl at the top of the list of libraries. * Enla...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder

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