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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
Full Support for Oracle 18c
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Erin Guillen @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Dear Appeon Team and PB Experts, We know there is a workaround for Appeon PB2019 to support Oracle 18c by installing Oracle 12c Client, Thanks to Chris Pollach and Olan Knight for your replies :) Do you know when Appeon Powerbuilder will fully supp...
  1.  Database
  2.  Oracle
Jing Huang Jing Huang
  1. PowerBuilder
Drag & resize from corner, almost impossible!
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Running the latest sales demo application, and to try drag and resize from the corners is almost impossible to pin point and do it, takes you so many attempts! Anyway of making the response area of the borders bigger?
Marc James Marc James
  1. Beta Testing
GIF images on the mobile don't have movment
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi: When we put a GIF-like image on PB it looks OK, with movement, but when we deploy it to the mobile we don't ... Do not work GIF images on the mobile or we have to do something special to make it look?   Thanks,    Oihana  
Oihana Goikoetxea Oihana Goikoetxea
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Suggestions
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
1 reply
2017 views
4 votes
Suggestion: Evolve the Community website so that we can give ideas for the evolution of PowerBuilder and vote for the best ones. Today in the "Type Of Question" we don't have the option "Suggestion" as an option. Something similar to what Microsoft...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Armando Rogerio Brandão Guimarães Junior Armando Rogerio Brandão Guimarães Junior
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerscript vs C#
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ricardo Jasso replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Will powerscript die and be replaced by C#? 
  1.  C#
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerScript (PS)
Armando Rogerio Brandão Guimarães Junior Armando Rogerio Brandão Guimarães Junior
  1. PowerBuilder
TFS Driver?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello All We are contemplating updating from TFS 2010 to the latest 2018 release.  The latest MSSCCI is for TFS 2015 I seem to recall hearing plans for a native TFS driver.    Were/Are there plans to release such a driver? Is the 2015 version MS...
  1.  IDE
  2.  Source Code
yakov werde yakov werde
  1. Beta Testing
Make Simple SQL Dropdown Without DataWindow Like C# ?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Can you make a simple drop down menu using data from an SQL source without having to make multiple datawindows and retrieving them all the time? Below is how you would do it with a few lines of code in C#, can it be done quickly like this in PB? ...
Marc James Marc James
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 license switch to trial and does not go back
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mariano Collado @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello, all There seems to be an issue with a licensing on my computer. I recently tried to get a trial license for PB 2019 R2 UNI (for a different testing machine) and now my main machine shows a trial license for PB 2017. I seem to be unable to sw...
Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
  1. PowerBuilder
HTTPClient POST - Missing required part 'form'
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
 PB 12.6  Here's the part of the code: Thanks.     String ls_BOUNDARY, ls_mimetype_A = 'application/pdf', ls_mimetype_B = 'text/xml'Blob blb_multipart Blob blb_boundary, blb_terminus, blb_filename_A, blb_mimetype_A, blb_file_ABlob blb_filename_B...
Reyzin Quero Reyzin Quero
  1. PowerBuilder
Oracle Compatibility Alert for PowerBuilder Users
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi, Today I received the following information via email:   Oracle Compatibility Alert for PowerBuilder Users Existing versions of PowerBuilder are not compatible with Oracle 18c or 19c. If you are using PowerBuilder 2019, please apply MR # 2170 ...
Rodolfo Reyes Rodolfo Reyes
  1. PowerBuilder
Strange issue when moving PB app from WIN7 to WIN10
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all! In an app I have on WIN7,  I call the following to update a datetime stamp in an INI file and it works fine.       SetProfileString('monitor_ini', "computername", "lastrun", ls_str_datetime) The INI file is located in the same directory as...
David Haas David Haas
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 12.6, Sybase 16, Windows 10, Windows 2012 R2
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Greetings, Our applications are running PB12.6 with a Sybase 16 database, Windows 2012 R2 server, Windows 10 desktop.  Citrix is in the mix also.  When our PB applications run in the field, users get 'No Response' message in the title bar of the win...
Thomas Leach Thomas Leach
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer migration - unsupported feature analysis report question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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0 votes
Hi,   I'm using a trial version of PowerBuilder Universal with PB 2019, and I'm trying to work through my list of unsupported features. There is one category of unsupported features I don't understand:  "Identifier not found". In my report, I'm get...
Thomas George Thomas George
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Power builder 2017 R2 build will support Oracle database 12C?
  1. Resolved
  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Team, I have few clarification questions regarding to our new upgrade project for our power builder application. Currently we are using Power builder 2017 R2 build version for our application and Oracle database 11g. we have planned to upgrade t...
Ashok kumar Parthiban Ashok kumar Parthiban
  1. PowerBuilder
Application builds with 2019R2 Beta
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
1 reply
1771 views
1 vote
My application test builds have been boring.  I had to change orcascr170 to orcascr190 in my build script, and then run the build script.  There have been no PB bugs to search for in the build process. My build process is to create all my pbls from ...
mike S mike S
  1. Beta Testing
PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Web service Consuming Error
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 4 years ago
7 replies
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0 votes
 please see my attachment for details and suggest. Using Powerbuilder 2017 R2  Build 1769 Created .Netwebservice My WSDL (http://ppccchhhh:8089/webservice/GetProviders.asmx?WSDL) is output is … ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? wsdl:definiti...
Mangutha Mangutha
  1. PowerBuilder
Annoying Phishing Attempts - Don't click the links!
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All, Phishing attempts from several brand new user accounts flood especially the "PowerServer Web" forum today. I have reported all such attempts that I discovered. I know others also report suspicious behavior. Please be careful and don't click...
Michael Kramer Michael Kramer
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
RibbonBar ComboBox Alignment
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Marc James replied 4 years ago
2 replies
1783 views
1 vote
Hello, I want my drop downs to line up on the right and the labels to line up to the left, how do I do this? Both drop down boxes should start at the same spot, not just after the label
Marc James Marc James
  1. Beta Testing
Powerbuilder 2017 connecting to "MSS Microsoft SQL Server" issues
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Jessie Cesar replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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0 votes
Hi All, I just converted a power builder 9 app that connects to an "MSS Microsoft SQL Server" DB to power builder 2017 and now when i go to run the app it throws an error "DBMS MSS Microsoft SQL Server is not supported in your current installat...
  1.  Build
  2.  Server
  3.  SQL
David Beltz David Beltz
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder with Oracle 18c using ODBC
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Larry Peters replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi. The Appeon Newsletter 2020 in January made the following comment: Oracle Compatibility Alert for PowerBuilder UsersExisting versions of PowerBuilder are not compatible with Oracle 18c or 19c. If you are using PowerBuilder 2019, please apply MR #...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  Oracle
Larry Peters Larry Peters
  1. PowerBuilder

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