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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
Enable initalization erorr
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Hello ,   We are using PB 2021 and Enable 2019 for translations. Today we start getting erorr -18, Enable initalization failed  with code -18. We could not get answer from Enable company, so I am asking here if anyone knows what could be reason f...
  1.  Error
TOMAZ KRALJ TOMAZ KRALJ
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Define VSS section on JSON (or is it environment issue?)
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Amit De Picciotto replied 2 years ago
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Dear all, As part of the enhancements that PB 2021 have to offer, I'm tiring to deploy using pbautobuild210.exe   Since I'm using team foundation (or TFVC, as appear on the dev azure pipeline) I try to use the VSS option on the JSON definition fi...
Amit De Picciotto Amit De Picciotto
  1. PowerBuilder
Error Severity (21)Bad runtime function reference at line 12 in pfc_retrive event of object dw_main of object w_auditdummy
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
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Please let us know how to resolve the issue. // Profile PRC SQL SQLCA.DBMS = "SNC SQL Native Client(OLE DB)" SQLCA.LogPass = ******** SQLCA.ServerName = "***************" SQLCA.LogId = "prcmsdev" SQLCA.AutoCommit = False SQLCA.DBParm = "Provid...
Prasad Neelapala Prasad Neelapala
  1. PowerBuilder
Error Severity (21)Bad runtime function reference at line 3 in pfc_retrive event of object dw_main of object w_dly_poo_lsum
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
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CODE FOR w_dly_pool_sum SetPointer(HourGlass!) return retrieve(is_filters_toolbox.l_date, is_UserId, is_NetAddress, is_filters_toolbox.s_mode)   i am running the exe within powerbuilder and i got this error in some of the menus in my application ...
Prasad Neelapala Prasad Neelapala
  1. PowerBuilder
Does PB 2021 currently support Snowflake
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
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Howdy, I need to find out if PB 2021 supports access to Snowflake and if so, what driver can I use?  And 32 -or-64 bit driver? Thanks!  
Richard Murray Richard Murray
  1. PowerBuilder
Database Painter: ODBC Connection does not allow insert, et al.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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PowerBuilder 2019R3, b2703Windows 10 64 bit platformDatabase PainterConnected to an ODBC databaseWhen I use the DB Painter to connect to an Oracle database, I can insert rows, delet rows, select rows, tab from column to column on a single row - and i...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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Registering a new license server on the Appeon website for Power Builder
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
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Hi All, We have setup a new license server for power builder. Can someone help in suggesting how can I register my new license server on the Appeon website? I already have a license on the server. Thanks, Saurabh    
Yamuna Damodarasamy Yamuna Damodarasamy
  1. PowerBuilder
compile error on reference arguments to eternal function.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  kevin kevin rowe replied 2 years ago
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I'm trying to call a simple dll function to measure a piece of text, to see if it will fit in a confined space without being clipped. I have defined an external DLL in C# and have linked it into the PB source using external function.   In my first...
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kevin kevin rowe kevin kevin rowe
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Select copied runtime
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
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I copied a co-worker's runtimes to my computer but they do not appear in the "System Options" window so that I can select one of them. How can I solve this? Thank you.  
Eduardo G. Eduardo G.
  1. PowerBuilder
Fetch Global Ip and Number of instances
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Jinu Nair replied 2 years ago
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Hi, Can someone share the power script code for the below? 1. Fetch the global and local IP of the application used by the user during the runtime of Appeon web applicaiton. 2. Find the number of instances of the application in the Appeon server. ...
Jinu Nair Jinu Nair
  1. PowerBuilder
Automated testing for PowerBuilder2019 needs a deleted flag existing in PB12.5
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Ilia Gurevich replied 2 years ago
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Hello, we have updated from PowerBuilder 12.5 to PowerBuilder 2019R3 and have now an issue with automated testing, because the DropDown-Datawindow and Edit field elements do not have the property 'IsEnabled' anymore. In PowerBuilder 12.5 those two e...
  1.  Automated Testing
  2.  PowerBuilder
Ilia Gurevich Ilia Gurevich
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Incremental Build using PowerBuilder in 2017R3
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
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Hello Appeon Team, Is there any change in Incremental build process in PB2017R3. I am trying to run the Incremental build by putting some objects into PBL. After build, It is crashing the application. Is it ok to build PBD using Incremental build op...
Vipin Dwivedi Vipin Dwivedi
  1. PowerBuilder
license for install powerbuilder on server
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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about license. we are plan to install powerbuilder on a server to automate the build (by using CLI) and deploy. what kind of license to i need to install and use power builder on the build server? Regards,
  1.  License
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qingyang kong qingyang kong
  1. PowerBuilder
QuickBooks Desktop API
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Has anyone successfully integrated a PowerBuilder app with the QuickBooks Desktop API, preferably using the QBFC (QuickBooks Foundation Classes)? It's all done through COM, which ought to be relatively easy in PB. The place I'm stuck is in finding o...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer 2021 Build Error - Duplicate Objects
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Thomas Rolseth replied 2 years ago
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I’m getting errors when building a PowerServer 2021 project for a client application – see attached.  Apparently, you can’t have duplicate objects in different libraries.  It looks like PowerServer doesn’t know which one to parse when that is the cas...
  1.  Build
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerServer
  4.  Web API
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. PowerServer
How to get Microsoft Word Spell and Grammar Check to Show on Top of Everything
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  karimi Manizhe replied 2 years ago
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Hi all,   I am currently on PB 2021 Build 1506, and am trying to add Microsoft Word Spell and Grammar check into our Application. I am able to get the SpellCheck to work, however most of the time the window popups behind everything and make it ofte...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Kevin Thai Kevin Thai
  1. PowerBuilder
Resizing a BLOB?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  rsneha rani replied 2 years ago
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Hi I have an InkPicture control which saves the content by the InkPicture_1.Save(lblob_blob, 0, True) call, which generates a blob that's stored in the lblob_blob variable. Now, is it possible to resize said blob? If so, please advise how. It'd be...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerBuilder
ImportFile for XML file returning -4
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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PowerBuilder 2019 R3 build 2728 Windows 10   I am having a silly isue that is probably all my fault, but I can't seem to work it out. I am exporting four datastores to an XML file using this command      ads.SaveAs(as_file, XML!, true, EncodingU...
  1.  Import
  2.  XML
  3.  DataStore
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
Regarding Powerbuilder License
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Hai, Appeon team My Appeon license (Powerbuilder + PowerServer) will expire within 2 weeks. If not renew the license what will happen my current installed powerbuilder ?.
SHAMEEM KAKKAD SHAMEEM KAKKAD
  1. PowerBuilder
New Database Connection using API Key
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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We are in the process of migrating from an on-premises database server, to cloud-based. I believe it is MS Azure. I was given the following information to connect Infomaker 2021 to the cloud-based database. I am assuming it will be an ODBC connection...
Jason Wood Jason Wood
  1. InfoMaker

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