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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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  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
Datawindow in mobile apps
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Alzate replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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Hello world. ¿What’s the mechanism to incorporate a datawindow (say, a report) in a mobile app GUI if using a UI technology such as Xamarin or Flutter?
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Call stack availabile in PB Error object
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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1 vote
Im sure this has been asked for before, however I cannot find this question in the Appeon community.  It would be really nice if we had programmatic access to the PB call stack in the SystemError event - a natural place would be as a property of t...
  1.  Bug
Dan Harrel Dan Harrel
  1. PowerBuilder
Is Black Duck OSS scan support PowerBuilder application?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hello Experts, I am using PowerBuilder 17 R3. Is any one have any idea about compatibility of Black Duck OSS scan (https://www.blackducksoftware.com/) with PowerBuilder application?  If it is possible or someone already implemented, then please gu...
Dipanjan Dutta Dipanjan Dutta
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Code Migration Scan Results
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
1861 views
0 votes
Hi I am migrating a PB 12.5 application to PB 2019. Application run on appeon server 6.5 which will be migrated to Appeon powerserver 2019. I understand that source code should be fully compatible between both. Since this is a legacy application t...
  1.  PB Classic
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerScript Migrator
Munther Khatib Munther Khatib
  1. PowerScript Migrator
Question about the cloud architecture(PowerServer 2021)
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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We are now working on a client-server version of PowerBuilder 2019, and because of the security requirement not to have program files on local computers, we are expected to switch to the CloudPro version. I would like to know how next version of Powe...
  1.  Cloud
  2.  File Access
  3.  PowerServer
Mikhael Botvinik Mikhael Botvinik
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Remote debugging WebService(Obsolete)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
It's possible to remote debugging of WebService(obsolte) on IIS on remote machine ?!
  1.  Debugging
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Web Service
iliyan iliev iliyan iliev
  1. PowerBuilder
Datepicker
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, why does datepicker cut the last day of weeks? (attach) Is the a way to fix this? I use PB2019 R2 thx. André
Andere Rene Andere Rene
  1. PowerBuilder
Tooltip in report object
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hello, I have a DW with a nested report (report object), in the DW that contains the nested report there are columns with tooltip but in execution the tooltip is not shown when passing the cursor. Do I still need to activate some property? PB error...
Eduardo G. Eduardo G.
  1. PowerBuilder
Soapconnection no longer working.
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mitch Goldstein replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
I have recently reinstalled 2019 R2 due to a hard drive carsh where I needed to re-install everything.  My SoapConnection which used to work is no longer working.  How do I debug the issue?   Error:  Bad Runtime function reference at line 14 in fun...
  1.  SOAP
Mitch Goldstein Mitch Goldstein
  1. PowerBuilder
ARM - windows 10 x86 emulation
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
has anyone been running PB applications on an windows 10 ARM tablet such as surface pro x line? It seems that PS 2021 applications should work great on these devices, especially if they are 32bit (x64 emulation is not yet available, but is being add...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerBuilder
PrintOpen() at EA Server
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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 Appeon team, I have some issues with the command PrintOpen() at EA Server, the following commands works perfect from my local machine (isolated testing): //long ll_Job ll_Job = PrintOpen( ) PrintDataWindow( ll_Job, dw_1 )PrintDataWindow( ll_Jo...
Moises Mescua Moises Mescua
  1. PowerBuilder
How to specify filename for SMS log during compile
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Gene Kanten replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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When performing a compile using the autocompiler for PB 2019 R2, it seems to generate a log file but the filename seems to change depending on when and where I do the compile. Here is an example of my compile using pbc190.exe: C:\temp_git\Powerbuil...
  1.  AutoCompiler
  2.  Build
  3.  Compiler
Gene Kanten Gene Kanten
  1. PowerBuilder
SnapDevelop SQL Server DB connection
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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I'm unable to set up a new database connection to my local instance of SQL Server from within SnapDevelop 2019 R3 Beta.  I only get the following message:  "A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL...
  1.  SnapDevelop
Matthew Balent Matthew Balent
  1. Beta Testing
How to include a 2D Barcode in Powerbuilder 2017 R3
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi, Our labeling application is in PB2017, currently we are supporting 1D barcode by make use of “bcfont32.DLL” functions. Now, we want to use 2D barcode to show the data in a data window and window, is there any native way we can use 2D barcode fo...
sachidhanantham ramalingam sachidhanantham ramalingam
  1. PowerBuilder
Why Login Screen Connection to DB Fails
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi We have a PB 12.5 legacy application we are migrating to PB 2019. The application developer left the company and we just keep it running. The application was deployed into Appeon 6.5 server and users login using their IE browser. I can access ...
Munther Khatib Munther Khatib
  1. PowerBuilder
Better profiling of opensheet
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, i am want improve the performance of an window. The profiler shows me that 5 seconds are spent inside of opensheet i.e. inside of powerbuilder.  Has anyone an idea how to get more information where the 5 seconds are spent? The window has many...
Ferdinand Fischer Ferdinand Fischer
  1. PowerBuilder
Issues With Large Git Repos
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tobias Roth replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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We're wanting to migrate from Visual SourceSafe to git for our source control, but our repository size seems fairly large (51k files, 51 targets), and when we get to a certain size, PowerBuilder seems to fail under the load. For example, every time ...
Richard Lynskey Richard Lynskey
  1. PowerBuilder
Alternate Characters in dynamic menu
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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We have an intermittent issue where an alternate character set displays in a menu that is built dynamically.  The application is using PB 2019 R2 build 2353 and we connecting to a SQL Server 2016 database using SQL Server  Native Client.  When the ap...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  SQL Server
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. PowerBuilder
TLS 1.2 and ODBC
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
We have a PB 2019 R2 application connecting to a SQL Server 2016 database using the old SQL Server driver (sqlsrv32.dll).  The OS is Windows 10 Enterprise.  The connection is scripted as follows:   SQLCA.DBMS = lsODBCTrace + "ODBC"SQLCA.LogId = ls_...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  SQL Server
  4.  Windows OS
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. PowerBuilder
What is required to install Appeon PowerBuilder Runtime libraries and to deploy power builder builds
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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We need to know what is required to install Appeon PowerBuilder Runtime libraries and to deploy power builder builds, to Windows Server 2016 -- not as a client/server, just as a regular OS.   Hi Chris,     Yes I was meaning PowerBuilder.  In SAP...
Craig Simonian Craig Simonian
  1. PowerBuilder

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