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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  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
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Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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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Using the Microsoft Text Driver ODBC driver to read text files
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  2.  Steen Jakobsen replied 4 years ago
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I need to read some data from tab-separated text files with a row of column headers, where I know that certain column names will always be there, but don't know whether they will always be in the same order, or what other columns might be there. So l...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Text
  4.  DataStore
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
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PS2021 Questions
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  2.  Milton Jiménez replied 4 years ago
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Hi Friends, I am trying PS2021, the lifetime of a session, how could I control it?because the service falls(api) if it is not used in a short time The system connects with the same transact SQLCA to several databases, dynamically, as it would be do...
Milton Jiménez Milton Jiménez
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Powerbuilder and Security
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Christophe Dufourmantelle replied 4 years ago
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Does anyone know of any tools that might be able to analyze a Powerbuilder classic app for potential security vulnerabilities?  Sort of like an HP Fortify for native Powerscript?  I saw an answer to a similar question that it may be possible with cer...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Security
Jeff Nesler Jeff Nesler
  1. PowerBuilder
Check the latest valid version in Server IIS of powerclient from an application
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Is it possible to determine which is the latest valid version supported on the IIS Server of my application installed in powerClient mode? This by means of a query in execution time of the application. Thanks Marcelo
Marcelo Peñailillo Marcelo Peñailillo
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PB2019 R3 2703 PBDOM document has no root element?
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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So I have the following XML string: ResultStatusReplyStatus1/ReplyStatusReplyTextSuccess/ReplyText/StatusData //Result With the following PowerScript I create a PBDOM document from it: PBDOM_Builder idom_Builder //instance variable on nvo // me...
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Matt Balent Matt Balent
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SoapConnection CreateInstance method failing in 2019R3
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Another question on the obsoleted (in 2019R3) SoapConnection object.  Since I migrated to 2019R3 the CreateInstance method is failing with a "Bad runtime function reference" error.  Since I've not worked with this since PB version 11 or so I was wond...
Matt Balent Matt Balent
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PB 2021 and 2019 R3: Reopen workspace on startup.
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  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 4 years ago
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Testing PB 2021 Beta. I noticed that after closing PB 2021, if I launch PB 2019 R3 it attempts to load the most recent workspace that I used in PB 2021. If I select a different one, and then if I close PB 2019 R3 and launch PB 2021 it attempts to lo...
Andreas Mykonios Andreas Mykonios
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Refresh workspace outside PB IDE
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Currently I'm working on a desktop application on PB19 R3, it is connected over GIT. To apply any change made on code to PBL is needed to "refresh", like this attached image. I need to build this application outside IDE, but I still need to perform ...
juliano prado juliano prado
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How to find the object that caused the DBERROR?
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  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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PB2019R3, b2703PostgreSQL database from Enterprise DB, v12.5Windows 64 bit platform32 bit, PFC-based applicationI'd like to grab the name of the object when a database error occurs:   1) Embedded SQL = the name of the current window, tab, or tabpage ...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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how to open password protected word file in ole
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  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 4 years ago
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I tried iole_word.documents.open("filename", true, false, false,"passwordhere") but it fails... Environment PB17r3, office 365 pro plus...
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
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12.6 Issue ( Citrix )
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  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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All - I apologize if this isn't the forum.  Hard finding answers for 12.6 related issues these days. We currently have a 12.6 application running on Citrix box ( 2016 server ). We have ONE user that recently switched to a new windows 10 laptop. W...
  1.  Citrix
  2.  PB Classic
John Brown John Brown
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Unable to display Chart using PBUltimateSuite
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  2.  Brad Wery replied 4 years ago
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We are using PBUltimateSuite.  Creating the graph went fine, however when the application is run we get the following error Unresolvable external w_pbwc_graph_painter when linking at line 1 in ue_init event of object uov_chart_js_datawindow. There ...
Joon Choi Joon Choi
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Calling a stored procedure as source for a datawindow Powerserver
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Hello, I have a stored procedure that populates a datawindow.  Works in Powerbuilder but not in Powerserver.  I'm on 2019 R2.  The message I get is: Failed to Analyse the Stored Procedure Syntax. due to input string was not in correct format. My sp...
William Nevins William Nevins
  1. PowerServer
issue adding rows to a nested report, with multiple master datawindows.
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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I'm working on a nested report which has multiple masters and details. By using a datastore I can insert rows into the datastore (which uses the same datawindow as the nested report). I can copy the data from the datastore to the first nested repor...
Mike Trainor Mike Trainor
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PB 2019 R3 DW print error: "Error printing on . The printer couldn't print"
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 4 years ago
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A strange new issue has come up since I migrated to PB 2019 R3. Unfortunately for me, two customers discovered this in production after I upgraded their applications. It seems that the DataWindow Print() method fails with certain printer/driver comb...
Ronnie Po Ronnie Po
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Error opening an Excel file with Windows Script
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  2.  Raymond Longoria replied 4 years ago
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I migrated an application from 8.0 to 2019 R3. I found a windows script command that is supposed to open an Excel file but it is not working. Does this need a syntax fix or is there a better way to open the file? The following is the code:   wsh = ...
Raymond Longoria Raymond Longoria
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Scrolling with the mouse while on the script panel
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Updated to PB 2017 R3 1951.  Now my scroll does not work using the mouse when on the script panel.  Has anyone run into this?
John Purugganan John Purugganan
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RestClient Submit method - does syntax 1 send all the dw buffers?
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  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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I'm relatively new to using the RestClient and SnapDevelop, but things were going fine in converting our app's DB access to asp.net core web api's until I encountered an issue with the RestClient.Submit method...in particular Syntax 1,  objectname...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  REST
  3.  .NET DataStore
Glenn Scamman Glenn Scamman
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Handling Invalid Password
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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Our app uses SQL Server, SNC connection, PB 2019 GA.   One of our customers added a trigger that emails an admin person when someone enters an invalid password. They were getting three emails at a time so they did a dbtrace and sure enough there w...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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PB 11.5 crashing
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  2.  Ashutosh Varshney replied 4 years ago
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Hello everyone. I am working with PB 11.5. The IDE crashes whenever I open the datawindow painter. I did a reinstall as well but that did not help. Any ideas how to get it working again? Here is the entry from the application event log:  Log Name: ...
Ashutosh Varshney Ashutosh Varshney
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