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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 7 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
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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
Powerbuilder 2017 testing
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Matthew Balent replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All,   We have been testing our application manually for a very long time which is in Powerbuilder but just wanted to know if you can perform Automated testing on our powerbuilder aplplication, please let me know the name of the tools and th...
siddharth agashe siddharth agashe
  1. PowerBuilder
Email and pb
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello all I want to enable the user to take a file attached to an email and join it to a record in a data window ( the link to it ) or the whole message . Does any one did or have an idea how to have it done ? I saw once a vendor that adds a...
  1.  Email
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder MR Build 1681 and PDF size
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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I have just installed the maintenance release build 1681, my main issue being the native PDF quality. The quality, I am happy to say, is now excellent, but.. At the moment, I create PDFs using the PDFCreator (version 1.7) API which works perfectly. T...
  1.  Build
Gerry Whitmarsh Gerry Whitmarsh
  1. PowerBuilder
License level required to switch back to old RTE control?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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A suggestion for our current problems with the new RTE control is that it is possible to utilize the old control by switching a setting in the Application Painter. However, I do not see the mentioned setting when I go to look for it. I feel like I...
  1.  License
  2.  TE Control
Randolph Berry Randolph Berry
  1. PowerBuilder
Spec for RTF in new RTE Control?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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Is there a specification somewhere to the particular RTF format that is used by the new RTE Control internally? The control appears to be the TE (tecf) control from SubSystems. Is this correct? If so, does Appeon (or SubSystems via Appeon) have an...
  1.  TE Control
Randolph Berry Randolph Berry
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 RichText - Missing Fields?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Ive seen some of the other various questions and issues regarding the new Rich Text control, and were experiencing most of these issues even with build 1681 (the CPU/load spike is by far the worst, we cant migrate our clients up when were going from ...
  1.  TE Control
Richard Lynskey Richard Lynskey
  1. PowerBuilder
Export a DataWindow content to Excel without using a third party solution
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hello dear members of the Community ! My issue is the following : I need to be able to save the content of a DW in a .xlsx format. We are using Excel 2013 and Excel 2016. I’m working with a version 12.1 of PowerBuilder and migrating it to Power...
  1.  Excel
Jean-Christophe Crettenand Jean-Christophe Crettenand
  1. PowerBuilder
WS problem
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 7 years ago
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Hi al I have created a ws in pb 2017 and its looks great - no error . calling one of its functions return the message : http 401 - un Authorized . I spoke with the system admin and he told me that he sees my call but the call gets with no user ...
  1.  Proxy
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
Http 401
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 7 years ago
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hi all   I am running a WS client ( the wizard + deceleration are fine builds in pb 2017  ) , but when  I am calling one of its functions i am getting : http 401 - Unauthorized . the thing is , running from IE works great . calling the funct...
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
RESOLUTION: Installation error: >SetupNew\setup.cpp (143)
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  George Mikhailovsky replied 7 years ago
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Windows 7 64 bit platform IE version 11.0.9600.18792 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George & Roland -    You were right.    I did the following:         1)  downloaded a trial copy of Winzip         2)  decompressed the original ...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
MonthCalendar Rendering Problem?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Im in PB 12.6, Windows 8, looking at the MonthCalendar control.  Setting properties such as MonthBackColor, TextColor, TitleBackColor, etc. have no effect.  I found this from Dave Fish, Sybase, 2009: The Vista operating system does not support sev...
  1.  UI
Mark Hulser Mark Hulser
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to activate the AEM with trial license of Power server Mobile 2017 Universal
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, Im facing an issue I’va already read about some weeks ago : unable to active the PowerServer Mobile Trial License. Im on an enterprise network and have no other choice but connecting thru a proxy server. All machines are the same so its ...
  1.  Mobile
Pierre Couvreur Pierre Couvreur
  1. PowerBuilder
User Control as a Command Button
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Like many other developers, I have created a user control to be a command button.  Yes, its because of that whole look-and-feel thing. Has anyone figured out how to implement the "Default Button" behavior that the system command button allows? ...
  1.  Button
Mark Hulser Mark Hulser
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Cordova Demo Question
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Gary Privette replied 7 years ago
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Im trying to find a good demo mobile app as a starting point for developing some mobile apps with various functionality.  I installed the CordovaDemo app and it runs on my Android phone but I only get -1 return codes, which seems in indicate an error...
  1.  Cordova
Gary Privette Gary Privette
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Cannot call C# function in PowerBuilder 2017 64bit
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  François Rossignol replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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I am using the trial version of PowerBuilder 2017.  In PowerBuilder 12.5 and PowerBuilder 2017 32bit I am able to call a C# function that has the Robert Giesecke “Unmanaged Exports” package.  In PowerBuilder 2017 64bit I am not able to call the C# fu...
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  2.  C#
  3.  External Functions
Rod Hudgins Rod Hudgins
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2017 and SQL server OUTPUT Parameters
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Luiz Ribeiro replied 7 years ago
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Just converted from PowerBuilder 6.5 and the OUTPUT parameter is not working with SQL. I get the following error and any help would be appreciated: SQLSTATE = 42000 Microsoft SQL Native Client Cannot use the OUTPUT option when passing a constant to a...
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  2.  SQL Server
Paul Dzuba Paul Dzuba
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder executable with Window Server 2012
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, We used to build the executable using Windows Server 2008 in our older version of PB. Since we are upgrading PB version to PB 2017. Is it ok if we use "Windows Server 2012". Are there any issues if we create a Powerbuilder executable using...
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Ankush Rai Ankush Rai
  1. PowerBuilder
Elevate 2017 Code Samples
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Matthew Balent replied 7 years ago
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Are we going to get access to to the code samples/examples from the conference? Mark Hulser
Mark Hulser Mark Hulser
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 9 PostScript only printers?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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We are running PB9 on Win7 computers.  We have installed new printers (HPs, with PCL drivers), but PB wont print to the new printers unless a postscript driver is installed. Is that a requirement of PowerBuilder to only print to postscript printer...
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  2.  POST
  3.  Print
Mitchell Ryan Mitchell Ryan
  1. PowerBuilder
Conference Session Downloads not working
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Michael Hartnett replied 7 years ago
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When I go to see the conference documents, all I get is a rotating busy image that never goes away. https://www.appeon.com/user/center/index#mydocuments  
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder

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