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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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Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Transaction connect Sybase failed
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Team, We have met an issue about  using the Transaction connecting to Sybase database. It shows below error when connect failed: Error Code:-1Error Text:ct_connect(): user api layer: external error: The maximum number of connections have alread...
  1.  Transaction
Tony Jia Tony Jia
  1. PowerBuilder
Theme - Set datawindow column checkbox style image
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Colin Cruikshank replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Is there a way using the Themes json file to dynamically set the box images for a protected datawindow column checkbox style control? Looks like it can be done for a Checkbox control by setting:          "disabled-state":             {             ...
Colin Cruikshank Colin Cruikshank
  1. PowerBuilder
special characters search and filter
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Andrew Davis replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Morning I hope you can help, I am trying to search / lookup records in a name field on a database. But i am having a problem with special letters  for example below - i want to be able to search 'Caus' and have the below show up ? so the special ch...
  1.  DataWindow
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
Problems with controlling OpenOffice via OLE
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Using PB 2019, I'm trying to use OpenOffice through OLE to open an Excel doc and save it as CSV. (Yes, I can do that Excel, but this is for a situation where OpenOffice is available but Excel isn't.) I'm running into two problems: the SaveAsURL (or ...
  1.  OLE
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Not a question-obseration about Edge and plug-in
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tim McGill replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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1 vote
Just noticed today the Appeon multi-browser plug-in is now working with Chromium Edge (85.0.564.51) - we're using Appeon powerserver 2017 with the mb plugin installer dated 10/27/2017.
Tim McGill Tim McGill
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
whatsup app
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi all   Does someone have a sample code using whatsup with pb ?   Thanks
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
Informix connection failing on Powerserver
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 4 years ago
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I am stuck trying to set up an Informix Connection in AEM and am failing with message: Unable to find an entry point named 'InterlockedIncrement' in DLL 'kernel32.dll' I receive this error on both my workstation and our test ser...
Mark Lundell Mark Lundell
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Pictures Not Showing on Datawindow Buttons in Win 2008
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Jeff Nesler replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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PB 2019 R2 Build 2353 OS with problems: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Service Pack 1 OS's that work fine: Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows Server 2012 Standard I recently upgraded an app from PB 12.5 to 2019 R2 and am seeing an issue with data...
  1.  Button
  2.  DataWindow
  3.  Icon
  4.  Picture
  5.  Windows OS
Jeff Nesler Jeff Nesler
  1. PowerBuilder
How to create a web service data window via using HTTPS Protocol ?
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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, Currently we are using web service data windows which is using http Protocol but now requirement has been changed and we need to use https Protocol instead of http. Any one Please Advise me how can I create web service data windows which is usi...
Shweta Jain Shweta Jain
  1. PowerBuilder
Unix Timestamp
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Marcin Jurkowski replied 4 years ago
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Hi, Would anyone know how to convert Unix Timestamp to DateTime in PowerBuilder?This needs to be done on an object without database connection. P.S. Appeon, it think it would be nice to have this functionality (Timestamp to DateTime and DateTime to...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  TIME
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerBuilder
SVN Error 165001
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello All I am getting the error 165001 when try to commit changes to the SVN server SVN log, SVN Diff are working with no problems only the SVN commit cause the error :   ---------- Source ControlSVN commitSVN client is finding files. Please wa...
  1.  SVN
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerBuilder
Can you create a GIT repository when adding to source control
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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1 vote
I am in the process of figuring out how GIT will work for our custom department.  Without going into all the details I need a repository for every customer that has custom code. I am wondering if there is a way when adding all the objects to source c...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
  1. PowerBuilder
Ocx issues in 2016 Windows Server
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I posted this same question a month back.  We have ocx which is very old and the ocx works well in few 2016 servers, but it is not working when we run as the batch program. We uses the same code while running as an App and running as a Batch server. ...
  1.  32-bit
Vijay Gopalakrishnan Vijay Gopalakrishnan
  1. PowerBuilder
Consuming a published Web API
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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1 vote
Hi all. I have followed all the steps outlined in the SnapDevelop 2019 R2 documentation to implement a Web API and have successfully consumed the API from PowerBuilder 2019 R2 using the localhost URL (https://localhost:5001/api/sample/load). Then I...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. SnapDevelop
Richtext Control - Font Colours
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I am interested in using the RichText control in PB2019. The menu allows me change the font, size, weight, italics, etc - but am I am unable to change the text colour (or background colour)? Has anyone else had such a requirement and what was ...
Peter Moran Peter Moran
  1. PowerBuilder
SQL Error (SQLSTATE=23502) - Assignment of a Null value to a Not Null Column
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I am facing an issue as shown in the attached screenshot. The issue occurs when generating an Excel Report. The same functionality is working in PB 8.0 but only in PB 2019R2 I am seeing this error. Requesting you to provide a solution to fix this iss...
PremKumar Mani PremKumar Mani
  1. PowerBuilder
Help Files for PowerServer Web application
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello All, in the older version in our PB10.5 Client/Server application we use HLP files in order to have help files using microsoft help workshop. any advice on how to use the help files on the PowerServer Web (under PB2017) maybe using this :: ...
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PBVersion as condition for conditional compilation
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Is there a way to have the PBVERSION as a condition for conditional compilation?This would be a very helpful feature. #if defined PB2019R3  Powerbuilder 2019R3 specific code #else    code for older versions #END IF   Thanks a lot.   Best re...
Andreas Keiser Andreas Keiser
  1. PowerBuilder
DirectoryExists, FileExists, & FileOpen - fails on UNC
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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PB2019R2, b2353Window 10, 64 bit platformOracle 12CSummaryQ:  Is there a fix or a workaround for this?DetailsWhen I call DirectoryExists() or FileExists() and pass a path or a path file defined as a UNC path, both functions lock up. When passing a p...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
PBL Removal Plan in upcoming Release?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello Appeon Team, What are your plans for PBL dependency removal? It was being said after 2017 Release that PowerBuilder will get rid off PBL. What's the plan?
Vipin Dwivedi Vipin Dwivedi
  1. PowerBuilder

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