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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
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
After upgrade Profilestring is NOT checking the .ini in the user profile folder.
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ramesh Govindarajan replied 3 years ago
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Hi,       We have a very old power builder code and its running fine in production (  windows 2008 and SQL 2008 )       Currently when a user logins , the "profilestring" in the code  Trim(ProfileString("C:\windows\choice.ini", "Choice", "drive", "...
Ramesh Govindarajan Ramesh Govindarajan
  1. PowerBuilder
Course material outdated and full of errors?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Im trying to follow along in the course material for powerbuilder fundamentals, In the lab workbook at page 16  the following code is pressented  double ldbl_argl , ld.bl_arg2 , ldbl_result IF IsNu.mber (Sle_argl . Text) AND IsNumber (sle_arg2 ....
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Per Ahlander Per Ahlander
  1. PowerBuilder
Where is the InfoMaker Stylelib?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 3 years ago
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InfoMaker 11 (and earlier) had files imstyle###.pbl and imstylecontemporary###.pbl that contained ancestor objects for IM forms. I'm wondering where they are stored in newer versions. If I open the source code of forms in tutor_im.pbl using a code s...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. InfoMaker
Edit PBL object under PB 2019 R3 but deploy objects under PB 2019 R2
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hi All,  I just upgraded my PowerBuilder(PB) IDE from PB 2019 R2 to PB 2019 R3 for experiment purpose.  However, can I edit the PBL objects under PB 2019 R3, but deploy the modified PBL objects to production environment under PB 2019 R2 ?   Regar...
Seng Chee Chong Seng Chee Chong
  1. PowerBuilder
How to change HTrackBar and VTrackBar color?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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I can't find a way to change the color of the Trackbar controls. They always appear "Windows 95 gray" Is there really no other way to change the color of this control other than reworking the entire app to work with the Theme feature? Regards,Marku...
Markus Eckert Markus Eckert
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Create QR
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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I need to generate an image that contains a QR from a certain string. What options do I have in Powerbuilder?
Menna Pablo Javier Menna Pablo Javier
  1. PowerBuilder
RibbonBar colors
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 3 years ago
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Is there a way to have custom colors for Ribbonbar control? I know there is a way to use Themes. But currently I don't want to use Themes.  
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René Ullrich René Ullrich
  1. PowerBuilder
Where is PB Demo DB V2019R3 database file ?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Seng Chee Chong replied 3 years ago
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Hi Guys,  Do you have any idea to obtain the PB Demo DB V2019R3 database file in order to run PowerBuilder 2019 R3 demo samples?   Regards, Alvin Note: No connection issue when I connected  SQL Anywhere 17 Demo database.     
Seng Chee Chong Seng Chee Chong
  1. PowerBuilder
Add/edit script and styles
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Seng Chee Chong replied 3 years ago
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Hi All,  I can publish a web site sample written in Asp.net Core 2.2 to IIS Server by using SnapDevelop 2019 R3 Build 2670.  However, SnapDevelop shows the error message as below. Any configuration to allow me to add/edit script and styles? Please...
Seng Chee Chong Seng Chee Chong
  1. SnapDevelop
The project file cannot be loaded.
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Seng Chee Chong replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All,  I had written a ASP.net webform application which target framework is .NET framework 4.5.2 with using Visual Studio 2019. It runs well in IIS server.  However, SnapDevelop shows error message below when I tried to load the ASP.net project ...
Seng Chee Chong Seng Chee Chong
  1. SnapDevelop
PowerServer.WinAPI - Database configuration - Transaction
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chen Mey Lee replied 3 years ago
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Hi , Defined below SQLCA transaction object in PowerBuilder 2021 (beta), this transaction object used to for multiple database connection during runtime :- Below error return when try to access SQLCA transaction object (nvo_trx_info), look like t...
Chen Mey Lee Chen Mey Lee
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Hard disk Serial
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 years ago
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Hi, how can get the serial number of hard drive, I try with  FUNCTION boolean GetVolumeInformationA(ref string lpRootPathName,ref string lpVolumeNameBuffer,ulong nVolumeNameSize,ref ulong lpVolumeSerialNumber,ref ulong lpMaximumComponentLength,ref u...
Luis Pesaressi Luis Pesaressi
  1. PowerBuilder
Why Appeon plugin fails to Load in IE browser
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
7 replies
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Hi I am having a new problem loading an Appeon plugin to run a PB 12.5 application on Appeon 6.5 server.This application is only compatible with IE browser. I have used IE 11 browser for years to run this production application without any issues o...
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Munther Khatib Munther Khatib
  1. PowerBuilder
trying to run ECharts example app
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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Hi, I've downloaded everything to run the EChart example (https://github.com/Appeon/PowerBuilder-RestClient-Example) and watched the presentation done by Govinda, but .... There seems to be no information of which driver I should use for the sqlser...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. SnapDevelop
PowerBuilder application crashing on stored procedure close
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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We have a PowerBuilder application we are trying to migrate from 11.5 to 2019 R2, and so far it was going great, until we were testing a module that calls a stored procedure and crashes at the CLOSE of the sproc with the message "Appeon PowerBuilder ...
James Hsu James Hsu
  1. PowerBuilder
Application Ribbon Menu - Adding Recent Items
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I am trying to simply add a Recent item to my application menu.  Following is my code but it doesn't work. ... GetApplicationButton(lRBAppButton)lRBAppButton.GetMenu(lRBAppMenu) FOR llNdx = 1 TO llUpper   lsText = lds.Object.Company_Name[llNdx]   l...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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How to fix "There is currently no matching version"
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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PB2019R3Windows 64 bit platform_______________________________________________ UPDATE:I copied ALL of the runtime DLLs into the folder, and it worked.I'm now deleting DLLs one at a time until the error recurs.The issue was the pbvm.dll. The correct ...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
IDatastore Update method - API CRUD Operations
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Dear Sir, We are using Rest API, with PHP , If we want to create / Insert row through controller and IDatastore working fine. But update the values in the table , still it is inserting instead of update.  Is there any easy way to update values in ...
lingaiah T lingaiah T
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PS2021 vs PB2021, what are the differences?
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I'm trying to evaluate PS2021beta and I'm stuck since we don't have an Oracle db higher than 11g (yes ... I know). So meanwhile I'm downloading 18c Express, I was wondering: To me, it looks a lot like there's not much difference anymore between...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Apache E-Charts - Supported Types
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I've been looking at the Demo app and the chart integration is really nice.  I'm trying to implement a Gauge, but I can't get it to work.  I'm using the option code from the Apache gauge example on their site, but it doesn't appear to work.  After Ev...
Dean Helsley Dean Helsley
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