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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 3 weeks 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 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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
Doxygen for Powerbuilder
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Livia Rasp replied 2 years ago
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Hello all, is there some implementation of Doxygen or something comparable to it for Powerbuilder? Working with big libraries a tool to auto-generate documentation from in-line comments would be really useful. Best regards,Livia Rasp
Livia Rasp Livia Rasp
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerclient Update strategy
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Steen Jakobsen replied 2 years ago
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Hi Guys,   Our application crashes when powerclient updates are applied to the server during the patching process. This happens when our application is running and patches is happening in server.   What caused this and which update strategy is mo...
Dexter Madrinan Dexter Madrinan
  1. PowerBuilder
Default Behavior on Theme properties
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Eduardo Barbeito replied 2 years ago
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Is there a way when you are creating a theme, to display the default windows images instead and not specify an image for some objects. I have tried to use the drawing":false, on some objects and at least it does not crash the app but it has no effect...
  1.  Theme
Franck Fasolin Franck Fasolin
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder application execution error (R0222)
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Pascal Phan replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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I got this error (See attachment) Application terminated. Error: Session not created. Please create a session using BeginSession. (Web API: http://localhost:5099/api/ServerApi/ConnectAndCreateTransaction) Note: I had tried this link: Trying powe...
Pascal Phan Pascal Phan
  1. PowerServer
Migration Soap To Rest
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi everyone,   I'm having trouble migrate SOAP to REST.   We have some PB Soap WS. We are migrating to PB 22 and we need to use REST. Its not getting info of our website to datawindow. I'm a bit lost because i made connection of database in jso...
Waine Abreu Waine Abreu
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrating SOAP TO REST showing code
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Waine Abreu replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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I'm sending how it was originally working  A proxy was imported to the workspace with many attribute to use. datasheetdataservice is ourwebservice Its created an instance and attribute, which I need "entrada" as entrance in xml and "resposta" as re...
Waine Abreu Waine Abreu
  1. PowerBuilder
I can´t connect PowerBuilder to GIT in Azzure DevOps
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Damian Alejandro Gutierrez replied 2 years ago
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I connect a PowerBuilder app to azzure DevOp git but the menu is not enabled   I've not problem to connect to remote workspace, but GIT is not working    
Damian Alejandro Gutierrez Damian Alejandro Gutierrez
  1. PowerBuilder
Modify Expression dialog box
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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How to open Modify Expression dialog box at runtime? NOTE: Two different types of dialog boxes to specify expression are there in PowerBuilder. SetFilter() function opens "Specify Filter" Double click on a column from list of sort columns opens...
Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
datawindow parameter compared to which column
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Scenario: 1st User can design report in crystal reports and attach to PowerBuilder app has admin rights.He can design PB reports as well and same way attach the PB DW he do with Crystal Report. Only difference is either path on disk or the dataobjec...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
How to reconnect broken DB connection?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
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  Is there any way connection can be re-established and retrieve is resumed from same record connection was broken? Sometimes due to network error DB connection is broken when retrieve is in progress and there is no way to resume retrival from the ...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Transaction
Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
Unbelieveable type casating with equal sign
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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As you can see my previous questions were about failure of TypoeOf() function I used a different way to get specific controls picked from control array without using TypeOf() Only to pick Datawindow controls and save them in a DataWindow AllDW[] ar...
Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
Running out of memory allocating a blob
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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PB 2022 I'm allocating a blob to use for the output from a Windows API function: lblb_Buffer = Blob(Space(lul_BufferSize), EncodingAnsi!) Buffer size is 262,164,339. The result is: ---------------------------PowerBuilder application execution er...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Cell padding in grid datawindows
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello, How do you guys make your grid datawindows more readable? I am not aware of any ways to define cell padding for datawindows, and cell content is placed very close to grid lines. As a result, if a right-aligned column is followed by a left-ali...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Konstantin Goldobin Konstantin Goldobin
  1. PowerBuilder
Problems retrieving an Oauth Token from the server
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Jim Nesbitt replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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The code below is what I decided to go with after reading all of the cases in here and the help.  I am trying to get my token using a client id and secret and then use it to access the data.   On the Method when I try GET then I get a 200 code but n...
Miller Rhodes Miller Rhodes
  1. PowerBuilder
Como fijar la ventana output
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Raquel Rodriguez replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hola buenos días,   Se me ha des configurado el escritorio de desarrollo,y ahora mismo la parte de output( default, debug, search...), sale como ventana flotante y no consigo que se quede fija para poder trabajar en el desarrollo.   Un saludo y g...
Raquel Rodriguez Raquel Rodriguez
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Upgrade workspace to PB 2022 from 2021
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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I just installed the newest version of Powerbuilder 2022.  I was using PB 2021 previously.  When I open the workspace, no libraries or objects are shown.  Is there a migration tool that is needed?
Ed Sudit Ed Sudit
  1. PowerBuilder
Trailing spaces from MSSQL database
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
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Hi All. I'm using PB2022 to develop an application that connects to a SQL Server database via MSOLEDBSQL.  The syntax is shown below. // Profile Database (MSSQL)SQLCA.DBMS = "MSOLEDBSQL SQL Server"SQLCA.LogPass = ***********SQLCA.ServerName = "NNN....
Craig Meinen Craig Meinen
  1. PowerBuilder
API results pagination
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi again. How can the paging scheme be implemented to incrementally return the results returned by an API in SnapDevelop? How the client consuming the API should process those results? In advance, appreciating all your help.
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. SnapDevelop
Authentication REST
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
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Hi everyone,   I have some webservices using SOAP and I'm migrating to PB22 which i need to use REST. which function in REST that is similar to "objectname.setbasicauthentication" use in soap?   Thanks in Advance 
Waine Abreu Waine Abreu
  1. PowerBuilder
Application icon with transparent background crashes PB
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Michael Connell replied 2 years ago
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It would appear that PB cannot handle application icons with a transparent background. I'm guessing this is a bug. I'm using version 2021, build 1509. Has this been fixed in later versions? Regards, Michael Connell.
Michael Connell Michael Connell
  1. PowerBuilder

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