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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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  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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Connecting to Azure DB
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Hi guys. We are trying to connect to an Azure DB using PB 2017, but get the following error SQLSTATE = HY000Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0Server name cannot be determined.  It must appear as the first segment of the server's dns name (serv...
Yasir Masood Yasir Masood
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TLS 1.2 taking from, Windows 10 but not taking from Windowserver 12
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Greetings, We are facing a problem with TLS 1.2 protocol, We are using SOAP object class in our application to connect our client web service, now they changed their protocol from TLS 1.0 to TLS 1.2, when our Application (build on pb2017r3 ) is runn...
NMC PowerBuilder NMC PowerBuilder
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Appeon Mobile - iOS curly quote
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Hartnett replied 4 years ago
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Hi All, Hoping someone can help me with this... Our Appeon Mobile App is being used by over 100 users within a global organisation.  All users are using iOS devices. Within the app we provide the ability for users to search records based on Name. ...
  1.  iOS
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerServer Mobile
Michael Hartnett Michael Hartnett
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
How to Copy AWS S3 bucket folder data to local System using C# (New feature in PB 2019)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Reshma Kumaran replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi,    I have to copy files from AWS S3 bucket to local System without using AWS CLI.  I got the information like it is possible in PB 2019 Cloud Edition (C#). Can you please guide me on this.   Thanks Regards, Reshma S
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Reshma Kumaran Reshma Kumaran
  1. Beta Testing
Information Required [ Appeon PowerBuilder 2019 Datatype Blob ]
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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I am working on some of features available in Appeon (PowerBuilder 2019) for upgrading from the old version. I need some information/help for the following topics Converting Blob into string I am encrypting the plain text using “SymmetricEncryp...
  1.  BLOB
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  3.  Encryption
  4.  Office
  5.  OLE
  6.  OLEDB
  7.  PowerBuilder
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  9.  Query
  10.  Syntax
Muhammad Asim Mumtaz Muhammad Asim Mumtaz
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Offline De-activation without PC
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Arrived at remote site location to discover the Sysadmins had life cycled my developer's box.  Old box is now unavailable for license de-activation.  Who do I need to contact to get the license de-activated so I can get a new one for the new PC/Lapto...
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Dale Fuller Dale Fuller
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Powerbuilder 6.5 not able to connect SQL 2008 R2 after disabling TLS1.0
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, We are using PB 6.5 version, which uses ntwdblib.dll for DB connection, We are suing SQL server 2008 R2. recently TLS1.0 on the SQL server is disabled. Which result in we are not able to access DB from PB. Everytime when application is try to op...
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  5.  SQL
Paniraj Nagaraj Paniraj Nagaraj
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ORCA Script - date modification
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi all,  is there any way to use the ORCA-Script without modifying the modification date? Every time I use the build or the regenerate command my objects in the PBL's gets a new modification date. But afterwards in Powerbuilder I can't see which obj...
  1.  OrcaScript
  2.  PowerBuilder
Tony Meißner Tony Meißner
  1. PowerBuilder
Blob (pdf) concatenate into 1 blob (pdf)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Shenn Sellers replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hi guys,   Since PB doens't yet support merging multiple PDFs files into 1 , we need to roll our own solution.   I have created a function , that takes 2 blobs as parms , i read them in a blob and just for testing purposes i write them again in t...
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Excel OLE error while calling myoleobject.workbooks.Open (ls_filename)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi folks,   On one of our client computers the OLE to Excel crashes. While the statement: li_rc = myoleobject.ConnectToNewObject ("Excel.Application") works fine, al later call to open an excel file crashes myoleobject.workbooks.Open (ls_filena...
Thorsten Kummer Thorsten Kummer
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Change DDDW child dynamically
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 4 years ago
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Is it possible to change dddw child for a column based on other values in the row?
Pete Yankovich Pete Yankovich
  1. PowerBuilder
Pictures and images won't be displayed in development environment
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Angela Ohlberger replied 4 years ago
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Hello All: After migration from PB 12.5 Classics to PowerBuilder 2017 R3 we are facing an issue with the images and pictures. All pictures on PictureButtons (assigned via PictureName) are visible in the appropriate objects. They are not visible whe...
  1.  Icon
  2.  Picture
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Angela Ohlberger Angela Ohlberger
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Azure Cosmos DB
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, Does anyone know if there is or will be a Powerbuilder support for Azure Cosmos DB? https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cosmos-db/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/introduction Regards,Marcin  
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
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Good build, bad deployment
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kelly Amott replied 4 years ago
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I have an app that I recently migrated to PB 19. It tested fine after the build. I needed to create a new project file in order to run the deployment. Following deployment and with a new executable the app launches but fails at the login step. I'm ju...
  1.  Deployment
Kelly Amott Kelly Amott
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Save DW or Graphic as Powerpoint
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi all,Does anyone know if it is possible to save a datawindow or a graphic from Powerbuilder directly into a Powerpoint? I couldn't find a way in Powerbuilder and also no 3rd party tool achieving this requirement. Thanks regards Angela
Angela Ohlberger Angela Ohlberger
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Issue with PowerBuilder 2019 runtime dlls.
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Teresa MacDonald replied 4 years ago
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I have migrated an old application into PowerBuilder 2019. On the development machine, it runs fine. On the user machine it is looking for some 12.5 dlls. pbvm125.dll, pbshr125.dll and atl71.dll. When I copied this into the folder, the app still won'...
Teresa MacDonald Teresa MacDonald
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Order of operations when posting a function call
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
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I just want to confirm my understanding. Suppose I have the following (over-simplified) code: nvo_myobj objobj.StringValue = "foo"w_mywindow.Post wf_do_something("The value is: " + obj.StringValue)DESTROY obj Is that OK, because the function argume...
  1.  Function
  2.  POST
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Insert into a column that is a keyword in sql server
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
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In a effort to migrate from db2 to sql server i have run into a problem where an embedded sql command 'insert into' into a keyword column is not working in Sql Server but worked in db2. /// //db2 INSERT INTO xxxxx.WS_TEMPLATE                      ...
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Kwadwo Boahene Kwadwo Boahene
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How to Copy AWS S3 bucket folder data to local System using C# (New feature in PB 2019)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
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Hi,    I have to copy files from AWS S3 bucket to local System without using AWS CLI.  I got the information like it is possible in PB 2019 Cloud Edition (C#). Can you please guide me on this.   Thanks Regards, Subin Subash
  1.  Appeon Workspace
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
Subin Subash Subin Subash
  1. PowerBuilder
Filtering DDDW losing display value
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  James Medick replied 4 years ago
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I've run into a situation which seems to have been around for years.  When filtering a dddw in a datawindow that has multiple rows, I lose the display value and get the key value in the non-current rows using the GetChild and SetFilter.  I found some...
James Medick James Medick
  1. PowerBuilder

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