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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 2 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
  1. PowerBuilder
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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
Powerserver error on date of datawindow
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi all I have a app on power builder 2017R2, i have a column date when i test on desktop it works but when i deployed to poderserver the column date give me error No Pass Validation, Any suggest?
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  DATETIME
  3.  PowerServer
David Castillo David Castillo
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there a Datawindow expression to get actual row ID
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Lars Mosegaard replied 7 years ago
5 replies
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Is there a datawindow expression that can be used to get the actual row id of a row.  Similar to GetRowIDFromRow function.   Follow-up, thanks for every ones ideas.  I was trying to avoid adding a column just to keep track of a specific row.  R...
  1.  Data
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow Release in Export after Migrating
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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After migrating my source to PB2017, the exports for the datawindows still say "Release 8" (Migrating from PB8). The only way I see to change that line is to open EVERY datawindow and save them...even without making any actual changes. Does thi...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Export
  3.  Migration
  4.  Release
Kevin Teynor Kevin Teynor
  1. PowerBuilder
How to activate/deactivate the keyboard functions with the PFC
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Kim Berghall replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hello Developers. Could you Help Me with a problem I have with the PFC, in my current Job I have an application that what makes use of PFC and I have a problem because the previous developer disabled the delete key and to use it I have to press  th...
  1.  Build
Martin H Rmz Martin H Rmz
  1. PowerBuilder
Set The Cursor Position
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
4067 views
1 vote
Helo all   How do i set the cursor at the end of the text in a specific field in dw ? using pb 2017 r2   thanks  
  1.  Cursor
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Error connecting using ODBC
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
using AppeonServer 2016 Under .net i must use ODBC cause is a INGRES database and the only way we found to do it. if we can not succed all our project will fail. When i define a DataSource in the AEM the results are    ...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  PowerServer
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
MS SQL Server 2016 Timestamp and PowerServer Web
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
I have my application upgraded to PB 17 Build 1756.  Works great so far as a desktop application connecting to MS SQL Server 2016 using the SNC SQL Native Client driver.  I deployed it to the PowerServer Web successfully and am able to retrieve da...
  1.  PowerServer
  2.  TIME
Anna Uden Anna Uden
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Can't deploy due to library list
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Kim Berghall replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Just migrated our application from 11.5, with no errors.  During the migrate, I changed the pbdom115 library entry to pbdom170 and thats fine.   The problem I now have is that when I try to deploy the applications I get an error due to the project li...
  1.  Library
Adrian Parker Adrian Parker
  1. PowerBuilder
Postgresql ODBC database profile in PB 2017
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwee replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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I was trying to setup the ODBC database profile in PB2017 for Postgresql but gotten the error: SQLSTATE: IM014 The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application. Pls advise how to resolve this error. p...
  1.  POST
Joshua Woon Joshua Woon
  1. PowerBuilder
Generar Ejecutable en power builder 2017
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Erica Conde replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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BUenos dias  a todos   Estoy Generando ONU ejecutable para poder constructor de 2017 Pero me pide de los Archivos DLL  Como PBMV2017.dll, Donde los puedo encontar los Archivos  de Recursos , no los encuentro   Gracias
  1.  Build
carlos efrain carlos efrain
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to upload a file with HttpClient
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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We are trying to upload a file to a Web Server using new PB HttpClient object. So far no luck. Here is java code that we trying to migrate to PB:             connection.setRequestMethod("POST");             connection.setRequestProperty("Connecti...
  1.  HTTPClient
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer .ini files
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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I am testing PowerServer and the .ini file works fine for getting static info that I have set. I also user GetProfile and SetProfile for data the client selects and this does not seem to keep values.  Ho can I let the user set and keep values?
  1.  PowerServer
John Murphy John Murphy
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
TIP: Open each post in this forum with "Open link in new tab"
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Im sure that everybody that uses this forum, and quite possibly their dog as well, have figured this out, but JUST IN CASE.... The best way to read the posts in this forum is to open each post in a new tab. Right-click the mouses and select "Open ...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Does anyone had issue with longlong datatype in PB170?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Hung Doan replied 7 years ago
5 replies
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Does anyone had issue with longlong datatype in PB170?  This codes work with PB125 but now I find out it does not work with PB170 R2. I defined a variable longlong al_unos_race, read in a longlong as you can see from the first screenshot below.  B...
  1.  LONGLONG
Hung Doan Hung Doan
  1. PowerBuilder
How to Dynamically Change Currency Column Format
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Glenn Barber replied 7 years ago
7 replies
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We have reports where the currency value needs to be displayed with the appropriate currency symbol.  We can provide each row with the currency code and the currency symbol. How do we construct a dynamic format  The Base format is #,##0 ;[RED](...
  1.  Data
Glenn Barber Glenn Barber
  1. PowerBuilder
MSSQL State Error 42S02 "native client invalid object name
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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I am currently using the 30 free trial of Powerbuilder 2017 R2 I just migrated some old pbl files and testing the intial connection to MS SQL server I changed my DB parameters from MSS to SNC (i have the native clients installed successfully) when...
  1.  Client
Samir Patel Samir Patel
  1. PowerBuilder
Can we install 2017 PBVM on Windows Server Core 2008
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Experts, We are in such a situation and have to install 2017 PBVM s in order to compile/regenerate the PB object to pbl hence, we need to install both PBVM and PowerGen on windows core server Can anybody share their experience or is this fea...
  1.  Build
  2.  Server
Ibrahim Syed Ibrahim Syed
  1. PowerBuilder
Error using PB .Net Assembly in Server
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Mariano Recuero replied 7 years ago
4 replies
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Powerbuilder 12.5 Classic hi, i got a PB classinc .Net Assenbly that generate a pdf file from a dataStore. This Assembly is added as reference in a ASP.NET MVC 4 web application. In my PC with IIS Express (from VS 2012) it works perfectly...
  1.  .NET Assembly
Mariano Recuero Mariano Recuero
  1. PowerBuilder
TX Textcontrol X14 - RTE trouble
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Richard Shakour replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Is there anybody who uses the 3rd party RTE control in Powerbuilder 2017? We got a trial version of this control from the manufacturer and we are currently evaluating the control. Now we see some oddities: * Modifications to the content of the ...
  1.  Text
Martin Eberle Martin Eberle
  1. PowerBuilder
error in db
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
hi Everyone, I am having database error in the below piece of code. IF SQLCA.SQLCODE <> 0 THEN    //If an error: notify the user    MessageBox("Database Error!", "Error while saving data to the database. Error message: [" +STRING(SQLCA.SQ...
  1.  Build
radha rani radha rani
  1. PowerBuilder

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