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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
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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
PowerServer WebAPI - trial license expired, now developer license won't work
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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[UPDATED: resolved. Needed to check the "Overwrite server settings" box on the project's Web APIs tab.]   Hello all, I was testing a PowerServer 2021 deployment with a trial license (needing more than 5 sessions). That license has expired, and now...
Ronnie Po Ronnie Po
  1. PowerServer
Configuring PowerBuilder 2021 with Oracle X64 in a Dev Environment
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi everyone, I have a question in regards to PowerBuilder 2021 in X64 Dev Environment . As part as I know we cannot connect PB2019 with Oracle X64 running the GUI in the x64 Dev environment. Was this issue resolved in the new PB version 2021.   I re...
Erick Siliezar Erick Siliezar
  1. PowerBuilder
RTE right margin setting doesn't save
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Entering text into an RTE field in a Response type window. The right margin is set to 7 1/2 inches. We have a client who opens this response window, and finds their right margin is set to 3 inches - too small for them. When they move the right margin...
Scott Gorke Scott Gorke
  1. PowerBuilder
6-digit milliseconds on insert: quick fix on the server side?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Scott Gorke replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi,   Powerbuilder 2019 R3 MS SQL Server INI file excerpt: [SQLServer]LogID=SQLuserLogpass=SQLpassword[Database]DBMS=SNC SQL Native Client(OLE DB)Database=DBnameServerName=SQL server instanceDBParm=Provider='SQLNCLI10',Database='DBname',DBTextLi...
Scott Gorke Scott Gorke
  1. PowerBuilder
Does any online formatter works for PowerScript?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
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Sometimes script is divided into multiple events because of script length exceeds the limit which is i guess 1500 or 1000 lines. Having proper indentation is big problem with even smaller than 500 lines. I have no idea if any PowerBuilder version hav...
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Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
Winsock error 10035 in pbm_custom02
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
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This winsock code runs for 2 or 3 times and after that i keep getting same error line: MSG.text = "Error 10035: sock not ready or nothing was sent to server". Could not find exact reason, look like multiple request handling is the problem because thi...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
Run Powershell commands from Powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 2 years ago
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I don't know how to call powershell script from powerbuilder. Some one please help   Thanks    
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  2.  PowerBuilder
RamanaRao Nandigam RamanaRao Nandigam
  1. PowerBuilder
Object browser window
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  SHAMEEM KAKKAD replied 2 years ago
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Hai, I am using Pwerbuilder - 2021 - 1509 To search any object from browser, eact time we need to select all pbls. This selection not fixing if once we select all.  
SHAMEEM KAKKAD SHAMEEM KAKKAD
  1. PowerBuilder
Theme datawindow edit / style edit
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
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Hi How can change to "drawing:false" only in dw/edit/style edit   filed  in them file I can't fount that property for this field type   thank Luis
Luis Pesaressi Luis Pesaressi
  1. PowerBuilder
PS2022 signtool not working?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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PS 2022 BUILD 1845 i setup PS 2022 to sign my application using signtool.  Everything is setup like i have it setup for regular PB to get signed (done in command line call, which is different than PS2022).   the exe does not get signed. There is n...
mike S mike S
  1. Beta Testing
Powerclient FTP settings - Active mode
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  2.  Tomas Beran replied 2 years ago
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Hi Is it possible to force active mode for deploying to the web server? I've a router between me and the webserver which I don't manage and the only working way is active mode (PORT). Is there a config file or a registry key which controls PB inter...
Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
  1. PowerBuilder
Hard-coded string vs constructed string as Sqlca.DBPARM
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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PB2019R3With much help I was able to hardcode a DBPARM string to get a DNS-less connection to a PostgreSQL database.// hard coded DBPARM"ConnectString='Driver=PostgreSQL Unicode;Database=nttest;Server=10.51.78.544;Port=5444;UID=oknight;PWD=oknight;',...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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PBAutoBuild With Git
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Régis Schmitz replied 2 years ago
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Hello everyone!   I am trying to use PBAUTOBUILD with our application. I have exported the build file using build plan with GIT. Our application is big, the repository got over 43000 files.  Using pbautobuild, the GIT source code never finish suc...
Régis Schmitz Régis Schmitz
  1. PowerBuilder
How to handle errors when creating 'abb' package in Android Studio
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello? Register the app developed by APPEON in the Google Play Store. I'm going to try. In the past, it was possible to register as an APK file, but now it is possible to register as an abb package. It is made. When creating an abb package in Android...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Shin Jungi Shin Jungi
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
ignoreservercertificate
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Help says that the DEFAULT is 0 which means to ignore all certificate errors.  Does that mean it does not check the certificate at all by default?   how do you have these clients validate the client cert?   Do you set the value to null?     I ...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerBuilder
Are there libraries available to restrict specific password in power builder?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
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Hello, Are there any libraries available in PowerBuilder/PowerClient to restrict specific passwords like Names/Surnames/company id’s/ dictionary words/guessable words from being used in used? Thanks.
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tejaswini Gubba Tejaswini Gubba
  1. PowerBuilder
How does everyone include Help Topics in their App?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
8 replies
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Hi all, Just curious how everyone is incorporating Help Topic in their app.  About 20 years ago, we used RoboHelp, but I haven't maintained it since then... and don't even know where the Help file we created is.   Embarrassing.  Creating and maintai...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 12.5 Database Trace dbtace filename location is stored where?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
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I am looking for the pbtrace  log location. I turn pbtrace ON and a dialog box title:  Database Trace Output will be written to:  c:\dawn logs\mytrace.log Configuration OptionsLog File Name:  c:\dawn logs\mytrace.log  I change name to:    c:\dawn l...
Dawn Browneyes Dawn Browneyes
  1. PowerBuilder
Font Resize
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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I have an application were I use PFC Resizing Service in every window, dw and any object. Everything is working perfect. When User make any window bigger or smaller all columns resize accordingly as position and percentages declared in the construct...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerBuilder
SQLSPY - capture executed SQL into a variable
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
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Can anyone assist me with the code to capture executed datawindow SQL into a string variable using sqlspy? My intention is to save the captured code in an audit table to record database changes effected by Users. I'm using PowerBuilder ver 2019R3
William Beale William Beale
  1. PowerBuilder

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