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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
6 replies
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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
5375 views
12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Client Certificate in HTTPClient
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
4280 views
2 votes
I have trying to connect to our external party using the HTTPClient but it requires a Client Certificate to be included. How do I go about setting the certificate in the HTTPClient?
  1.  Certificate
  2.  HTTPClient
Joshua Woon Joshua Woon
  1. PowerBuilder
of_appeondownload fails with error "File is half-baked"
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 5 years ago
2 replies
2308 views
0 votes
In my mobile application the upload of image to the server takes place successfully but the download fails. Using AppeonFileservice function of_appeonupload and of_appeondownload. The log file shows "download failed. File is half-baked". The same fil...
  1.  File
DK BATRA DK BATRA
  1. PowerBuilder
How to get list of columns from a query?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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A PowerBuilder datawindow has some parameters and those parameters are obviously matched with columns in query of the datawindow. The query is too complex. In my script i get the query syntax in a string variable. Also i get parameters list defined i...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Query
Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
SQLCA.Database v/s SQLCA.DBParm Database
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hi,   Is SQLCA.Database = "DatabaseName" not supported by "SNC SQL Native Client(OLE DB)" driver?   The connection object fails to connect to the database unless it's passed as SQLCA.DBParm = "Database='databasename',Provider='SQLNCLI11'"   I ...
  1.  Database
  2.  Database Driver
  3.  DB2
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sanjay Shivade Sanjay Shivade
  1. PowerBuilder
What if I want to continue using DBMS=MSSQL and not DBMS=SNC
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi,   Is there a way I can avoid changing database provider/driver from Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL NTWDBLIB - I now this will not be supported by MS) to MS SQL Native Client (SQLNCLI11) ?    Thanks!  
  1.  Database Driver
  2.  PB Native
Sanjay Shivade Sanjay Shivade
  1. PowerBuilder
Multiple monitor support?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hello everyone, Our end users use two monitors and they open two copies of the same application which they slide one copy over to their second monitor.  When the system opens a dialog it always opens up on the primary monitor not the one that it's f...
Kyle Griffis Kyle Griffis
  1. PowerBuilder
Connection Caches
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
1982 views
0 votes
Hi all,   Now we are using the pb2017 r3 webservice function to replace the funtions in EA server before as .net webservice interface.   But we set the DB connection in the EA server in connection caches, then the PB just get the CacheName to con...
Sally D Sally D
  1. PowerBuilder
Editing theme datawindow style
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
2162 views
0 votes
Hello All, i'm edditing the jsom of the theme under the "datawindow": tag if found : "grid-style": and "cross-style": i like to know the other style values for the json file  i like to change the value of the selected-row-background-color in a...
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. Beta Testing
Migration assistant reporting issues with "try catch"
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 6 years ago
7 replies
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0 votes
Hi, I am in the process of evaluating migration of our PB 9.0.2 code to PB 2017 version of yours. My 4K lines of code have weird issue with Try and Catch. As per Migration assistant the details are as follows. Could you review the code and point us ...
Sanjay Shivade Sanjay Shivade
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 R3 ... registered runtimes list?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hello folks, Is there a list of the runtime files that are registered by the runtime packager?  We normally drop a application folder containing all the runtimes to prevent from having to register runtimes.  Thank you, Kyle 
Kyle Griffis Kyle Griffis
  1. PowerBuilder
Running Pb2017 and 2019 (Beta) at the same time
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hello All, it is posible to open PB2017 and PB2019 (Beta) at the same time in the same machine time and in the future during the migration that will be needed to make the changes in both versions at the same time. (i know there is a trick but seem...
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. Beta Testing
Applcation is crashing if i use Non-Visual userobject functions with HALT CLOSE.
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hello experts,   My application using emulator to get fectch the result and it was shown in powerbuilder windows. Now we have written code to decommission the existing emulator and enable new emulator. connect to new emulator we have used OLEObje...
jagadeeshwar g jagadeeshwar g
  1. PowerBuilder
Profdiff 2.0.2
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Is anyone using ProfDiff with PowerBuilder 2017? We just purchased a copy and it appears to only have Workspaces for PowerBuilder 10.5 and 12.6.  Now I understand we can still browse to the PB2017 workspaces, but doesn't this product also work direc...
Gregory Rusak Gregory Rusak
  1. PowerBuilder
Describe or Modify (Datawindow.Selected) does not work in Appeon web
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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  Hi, We are working in a migration web project with PowerBuilder 2017 R3, the following commands work perfectly fine in classic version but not in the web: ssetting = this.Describe("DataWindow.Selected=''") // Return ! ssetting = this.Modify("Da...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerServer Web
Oscar Naranjo Oscar Naranjo
  1. PowerBuilder
Barcode is generating (can see on screen) but not scanning by barcode reader
  1. Resolved
  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Antony Xavier replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Dears, I have a problem related to Barcode printing , from PowerBuilder Barcode is printing and scaning with barcode reader very well, but after converting to Web, barcode is generating (can see on screen) but not scanning by barcode reader, by the ...
Antony Xavier Antony Xavier
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
How does the Git Refresh command work?
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi all, we are migrate our Powerbuilder Projects to GIT with success. All works fine if you do not commit the pbl files. But we are a little bit confused about the Git Refresh command.   How does it work in detail? When knows Powerbuilder which s...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Source Code
Daniel Maak Daniel Maak
  1. PowerBuilder
Using Triple DES Encryption
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Jeff Gilpin replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
I am having issues using the new CrypterObject.  I am unable to get SymmetricEncrypt to work with Triple DES (TDES!).  It keeps raising an error with the key size being invalid.  I have tried using keys (BLOB) with both 128 characters and 192 charact...
Jeff Gilpin Jeff Gilpin
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017R3 - Issue with appeon RichText datawindow multiple pages
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  RAJESH POOJARI replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Gurus, Migrating PB12.6 to PB2017R3 (windows 10 os) - Issue with appeon RichText datawindow multiple pages After PASTERTF() to RICHTEXT datawindow. its visible having two pages.  But datawindow function returns pagecount = 1 - which is wrong. ...
RAJESH POOJARI RAJESH POOJARI
  1. PowerBuilder
DB2 RPC call error
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hi , We are trying to convert our legacy application build on Powerbuilder 12.5 /DB2 database to Appeon web. We downloaded the Powerbuilder2017 trial version with powerserver. all works okay except the RPC call. when we are trying to call the Store...
  1.  DB2
  2.  PowerServer
  3.  RPC
Joseph John Joseph John
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
POWERBUILDER 2017 r3 paper Book in English
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
I want to buy POWERBUILDER 2017 R3 book in english edition ASAP. Please send me link . Thanks I want to buy POWERBUILDER 2017 R3 book in english edition ASAP. Please send me link . Thanks I want to buy POWERBUILDER 2017 R3 book in english edition A...
Ranjit datta Ranjit datta
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