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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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- Last updated 4 years ago
- Manuel Rivera replied 2 weeks ago
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...
            Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :) 
            PB 2022 | DLL crashes while running
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Roland Smith replied 2 months ago
Hello ,
We are migrating from Sybase PowerBuilder 12.5 to Appeon PowerBuilder 2022 (64-bit). We have a Tuxedo DLL built using Oracle Tuxedo version 22.1.0.0.0.
Previously, we had the following external function definition:
FUNCTION long Fchgstr3...
            Datawindow (.srd) changed in repo, but change is not reflected in painter.
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- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- kitty he @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Pretty much what the subject says: someone changed a datawindow and checked it in to the repo, I get it from the repo, start Powerbuilder, open the painter for that datawindow and the change is not reflected there. If I exit the painter it apparent...
                    
            datawindow identity column not retrieving value after update
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- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Richard Hartman replied 2 months ago
The datawindow identity column documentation says this:
By specifying an identity column in the Specify Update Properties dialog box, you tell PowerBuilder to bring back the value of a new row's identity column after an insert in the DataWindow ob...
                    
            Guidance Needed: Load Testing for PowerBuilder 2022 Application
- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi Everyone,
We are using PowerBuilder 2022 for our application development. Could someone please guide me on how we can implement effective load testing for our application?
Specifically, I'm looking for:
Recommended tools compatible with Power...
            Hi Everyone,
I'm currently working on modernizing a PowerBuilder application that uses LDAP authentication via VBScript. As part of our upgrade strategy, we're planning to move away from LDAP and integrate Microsoft Entra ID for authentication.
I c...
            Demo App without a database?
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- Advice
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi all,
is there a PowerBuilder Demo app from Appeon or the community that works without a database? There are several features that don't work on Fedora (with the Citrix client), and before I create a demo app by myself, I wanted to see if somethin...
            PowerBuilder 2019 R3 Build 2728 - Application Crash
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi,
Our clients are using iPharmacy application which is developed in PowerBuilder 2019 R3 Build 2728 (Runtime 19.2.0.2728).It has been deployed in Citrix Server and clients are accessing it. sometime iPharmacy application got crashed (in randomly) ...
            Inquiry: PowerBuilder 2022 Import Function Handling of Large Integer Amounts
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hello Appeon Support Team,
We are currently experiencing an issue in earlier versions of PowerBuilder where the import function can corrupt amount values once they exceed $130,000, likely due to how large integers are handled during import. Before p...
            Looking for a possible workaround to align RibbonBar RightToLeft
- Advice
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Greetings!
I would really appreciate if anyone has any suggestions for how we could workaround the RightToLeft limitation on RibbonBar in PB 2025. Our applications are Arabic/RTL and the RibbonBar looks very awkward when it renders LeftToRight on ...
                    
            Hi,
Were working with PowerBuilder 2025 using Git source control.
Whenever we make changes to the source code and run the application for testing, or when we switch between branches, PowerBuilder triggers an incremental build. Since our project con...
            MessageBox wrapping text at 55 characters per line
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Krishna Mohan Gullap replied 2 months ago
Looks like the MessageBox function in PowerBuilder has been changed to be able to display only upto 55 characters per line even without using carriage returns or spaces? We have a small glitch in the application where we need to display an email addr...
            For PowerClient OCX/DLL registration, is PreLoad event any better wrt UAC?
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Glenn Scamman replied 2 months ago
This may be a silly question, but does the PowerClient project preload event have any advantage over the DLL/OCX Registration option when it comes to the user's access level to make changes on the computer?
We have customers that are more often than...
            How to enter multiple commands in the PowerClient preload event box?
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Glenn Scamman replied 2 months ago
Is there a specific delimiter to separate commands in this box? Semicolon? space? other?
Some of the Appeon documentation show multiple commands, one per line, but I can't figure out the keystroke to drop down to the next line. Enter doesn't do it. ...
                    
            PowerServer Server-Side Caching
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Jeyakumar Chinnapillai replied 2 months ago
We have recently migrated hundreds of PowerBuilder applications to PowerServer and deployed them in AKS using Linux containers. After deployment in the customer environment, we observed slow performance.
To address this, we implemented several optim...
            PB2025 - Win10 client - Datawindow SaveAs Xlsx always prompts .Net Desktop Runtime required
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- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Ian Ho replied 2 months ago
Hi,
After migrated to PB2025 (currently build 3711), Windows 10 clients are reporting issues trying to export datawindows to Excel xlsx.
They will get error:
"The feature you are currently using requires the .NET Desktop Runtime to be installed on...
                    
            Prompted to full build with different runtime even after rebuilding (build 3711)
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- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- John Fauss replied 2 months ago
I just updated my Powerbuilder 2025 build 3683 to 3711. I have two applications, both in solution mode (not workspace mode). One is a traditional client/server app, the other is a PowerClient app. Each time I switch workspaces/solutions to the PowerC...
            Installer for the client side of a PowerServer 2022 R3 solution
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi everyone, I'm interested in creating an installer for the client side of a PowerServer 2022 R3 solution. The idea is for the user to run the installer, or for someone from IT to do so, only the first time. Once installed, updates are available thr...
            QR code generator does not work on a domain
- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- YuSeok Kim replied 2 months ago
Greetings, gentlemen. I have this example, which I downloaded from the internet to generate QR codes. It works perfectly on many machines, but today, I uploaded my app within a domain with Windows Server 2019, and my application no longer works. In f...
            Application crashes in citrix while using the GetFileOpenName function
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Our application is running on the PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3356 32bit version.
Windows version Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 OSBuild 26100.4652.
CITRIX version of the application crashes, when we call the GetFileOpenName function. Desktop and VDI ve...
            Need help dynamically creating datawindow from sql command
- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- John Fauss replied 2 months ago
Happy Saturday everyone,
Can someone help me adding to header and footer in the code below
String ls_sql
long ll_pagecount
STRING ls_dw_syntax, ls_error
ls_sql = "select trans_gl, sum(trans_amt) from expenses_details group by trans_gl"
// "...
            
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