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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 9 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
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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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Datawindow Getting Current selected column
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 6 hours ago
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Hello, Do you know how to get the current column (column selected) in a datawindow (free form) using an dw computed function ? Thanks and regards,
Jhonns Salas Jhonns Salas
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Outlook Try the new Outlook Powerbuilder method .connecttonewobject("outlook.application") returns -3
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  1. Last updated 11 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 hours ago
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User have the option in Microsoft Outlook to click on the text in the upper right of their outlook "Try the New Outlook".  When they click that it closes older outlook and opens outlook in a newer look and feel.   This breaks the Powerbuilder code b...
Robert Umpleby Robert Umpleby
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List All Fonts Installed on Workstation
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  2.  YuSeok Kim replied 13 hours ago
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I'm trying to populate a dropdown with a list of all installed fonts, but I'm having trouble getting something that works well. I got pretty close by looking at the Windows registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fo...
  1.  Font
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Windows OS
Zachary Curtis Zachary Curtis
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Error "Failed to get local NLS_LANG charset ID."
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Aleon Rinehart replied 16 hours ago
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I get the "Failed to get NLS_LANG charset ID " when I try to connect to Oracle. I tried adding a Local NLS_LANG in my Registry but still no go. I installed the oracle Client in 32 bits, and dont work, for PB 2017. What can i do? Thank you for the he...
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Franklin Aguirre Franklin Aguirre
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PowerClient Runtime change
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 19 hours ago
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Hello, I'm experiencing some difficulty with deploying a PowerClient Application after updating my runtimes. I've configured a Cloud App Launcher in 2022 R3 3289. Now I've updated the IDE (2022 R3 3397) to try and fix an error (the application is ...
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  2.  PowerClient
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M. Möllers M. Möllers
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updateblob got error after upgrade from PB 11.2 to PB 2025
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 20 hours ago
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Dear Sirs, Recently, we upgraded existing Powerbuilder 11.2 application to Powerbuilder 2025; After that, we found application using 'updateblob' got error messages as following, the same application run well on Powerbuilder 11.2, just don't know...
Robert Chu Robert Chu
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datawindow syntax issue
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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I am getting an error 999 (ms sql server).The sql seems to be 1 execute dbo.s_Equipment_Status_Single_02 @ds_start= ....Yes, the 1 is in there, and seems to be the problem. But this .srd was checked in to the repo in 2019 and has not been changed ...
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Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
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Saving to Clipboard in HTML Format
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  Dan Cooperstock replied 1 day ago
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Has anyone ever written PB code to save HTML to the clipboard in HTML format, so that if you paste it into an email client or webmail that accepts HTML, it just works? If you save the HTML as text and paste it into an email, you just see the HTML! I...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Dan Cooperstock Dan Cooperstock
  1. PowerBuilder
GIT revert fails
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 1 day ago
3 replies
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Powerbuilder 2022 build 1892/ Windows 10 GIT central repository : Azure Devops (If it matters ) I get the message " ---------- Source Control: Errors   (17:39:52)Git detail error info: The path 'C:' does not exist in the given treeGit client error...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sverre Tvedt Sverre Tvedt
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PowerBuilder in Admin mode
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  John Vaughn replied 1 day ago
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If I open PowerBuilder as Admin I lose all network shares where the source code resides. I need to run as Admin to deploy to PowerServer.
John Vaughn John Vaughn
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ThreatLocker security and Powerserver
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
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Unable to deploy to PowerServer because ThreatLocker security tool blocks it. Has anyone been able to setup ThreatLocker to allow PB applications to run including PowerServer deploy and client running?
John Vaughn John Vaughn
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How Can We Create Github Action Workflow To Test .NET Dll importing on Powerbuilder?
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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First, Sorry for my unfluent English Skill, I have worry about My words may be harm your feelings. Our Company Use .NET Framework DLL to extend Powerbuilder feature for example paged document with image file format, we create PDF file on Powerbui...
YuSeok Kim YuSeok Kim
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Load .Net DLL
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 2 days ago
3 replies
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Hello, I used the .NET DLL Importer tool to add a function to my PB application. It works very well in Powerbuilder and after compilation on my development PC. However, when I try to load the dll on another PC, the LoadWithDotNet function returns -...
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Bernard Ceulemans Bernard Ceulemans
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Anyone use 'Microsoft Print to PDF' to Save Documents Automatically?
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 2 days ago
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PB 2022 Wondering if anyone has used 'Microsoft Print to PDF' as the DataWindow.Print.Printername while also specifying the DataWindow.Print.Filename in order to save PDF documents automatically so the SaveAs popup does not show. I am trying to find...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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데이터윈도우 스크롤 관련 문의
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 days ago
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데이터 창 항목이 많으면 스크롤이 매우 느립니다. 이에 대한 해결책이 있습니까? 참고로, 버전은 12.5입니다.
sukju yun sukju yun
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PBWebBrowser vs WebBrowser object confusion
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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Powerbuilder 2022 R3 only has the WebBrowser object which doesn't allow any sort of cookie manipulation. I have tried to make sure all the webview2 runtime libraries are set and working Does the PBWebBrowser object even exist ? I get different ...
Doug Gray Doug Gray
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Using Print To PDF
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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I tried printing to PDF like this: dw_report.Object.DataWindow.Print.PrinterName = "Microsoft Print to PDF"dw_report.Object.DataWindow.Print.FileName = ls_FileName dw_report.Print() It works except that the Print function returns before the printe...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Timer is not triggered during execution of stored procedure.
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 days ago
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In one of our workflow, We are calling a database stored procedure and it will take more than 30 minutes to execute. We having a logic to refresh the JWT token for every 30 minutes. Now, because of stored procedure execution application is failed to ...
Ashok Battala Ashok Battala
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Looking for a Certified PowerBuilder Developer Exam
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 days ago
2 replies
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Are there any official/legit certified powerbuilder developer exams out there? I did a search, but couldn't find anything recent.
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
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Transaction control with ps2022 with autocommit off
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 days ago
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Hello, Prior to moving to ps2022 our application had autocommit=true but we typically did commits after updates. In PS2022 those commits were throwing transaction not found errors. So I changed it to False. Theres a few places were I'm finding that ...
  1.  PowerServer
  2.  Transaction
William Nevins William Nevins
  1. PowerServer

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