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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
How to get the query string in PowerSript
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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Hi All,    Is it possible in PB to get the query string I'm going to execute from PowerScript with the bind variables replaced like in sqlpreview() event of datawindow? How? Exemple. Insert into table_test (columA, columnB) Values (:colA, :colB);...
Mihai Apostol Mihai Apostol
  1. PowerBuilder
Recovering PBL objects from PBDs
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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Is there a way to recover some of the objects that are in a PBD file and get them back into a PBL? My company keeps the developer's checked out files on the C drive of each person's computer. They took my computer to upgrade to Windows 10 and when th...
  1.  PBD
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  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Cheri Hutchinson Cheri Hutchinson
  1. PowerBuilder
Access Json Array
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I need to access the json array, but I can't find a way to do that. Array: {    "department_array":[       {          "name":"Website",         "col1":"AAA",         "col2":"AEI"      },      {          "name":"PowerBuilder",         "col1":"B...
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Rodrigo Rosa Rodrigo Rosa
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 12.5 vs 2017 not the same behavior on working windows ("not responding" message)
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hello PB users, With Pb 2017 the busy windows' UI behavior is so different that the process seems to be crashing. It's something quite disturbing for our customers. With PB 12.5 when a busy window can't respond, nothing appends, so it seems evident...
Pierre DETE Pierre DETE
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there a way to find out why, specifically, a data source is not found?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
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We have two very similar programs, that are both running on Windows Server 2016.   They are PowerBuilder 12.6 programs.   Let’s call them A and B. A runs very well, just like it did on the old Windows Server 2008 R2 system we copied it from.   B can...
Rick Hedin Rick Hedin
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there a PowerBuilder DeCompiler available?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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We have some PowerBuilder (PB) code that we may have lost the source.  We would like to know if anyone knows of a PB Decompiler that would help us reconstruct the code.  The only PB Decompiler we have found so far on the Internet has been from a deve...
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Ronald Powalisz Ronald Powalisz
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Docker Linux and ODBC connection
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olivier PAVLIN replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I am following this tutorial and I was abble to publish my web service to Docker. https://docs.appeon.com/appeon_online_help/snapdevelop2019r2beta/Publishing_a_Project_with_Docker.html   But I have a question about database driver, I am using...
Olivier PAVLIN Olivier PAVLIN
  1. SnapDevelop
Migration from 8 to 19 - data type errors
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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New to PB 19. Migrating an app from PB 8 to PB 19. I have a short list of errors. Two at least appear to be PB related and not coding issues -  pfcmain.pbl(pfc_n_trp).2: Error C0001: Illegal data type: transportpfemain.pbl(n_trp).2: Error C0001: Il...
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  2.  Migration
  3.  PFC
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Kelly Amott Kelly Amott
  1. PowerBuilder
SQLCA connection
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  James Pendarvis replied 5 years ago
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Okay - I am not sure why this is happening, but I need to understand. When I execute the application via the IDE the SQLCA.dbparm = "DataSource='**************',TrustedConnection=1,Namespace='System.Data.SqlClient',Database='*******',CommandTimeout=...
James Pendarvis James Pendarvis
  1. PowerBuilder
Generate XML from Structured Data
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Since the support of webservice component had end in the PowerBuilder we have to change the strategy to transform and generate the xml.I have been reading about the PBDOM for the XML parsing and this works well, But how about the generation of the XM...
shaila panwar shaila panwar
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Thumbnail Viewer for Images?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Dennis Little replied 5 years ago
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I am developing an application where I need to show the user all the images associated to a particular inspection. I want these images to be grouped and displayed from left to right just like File Explorer does.  I would have thought PB would have t...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
  1. PowerBuilder
Setting up an Oracle 9i connection in PB 2019
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kelly Amott replied 5 years ago
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New to PowerBuilder 2019. I have two PB 8 apps that I will be migrating. Found the hard way that I have to have a DB connection for a full migration. I am attempting to set up a database profile but need guidance on the server connection parameters. ...
Kelly Amott Kelly Amott
  1. PowerBuilder
How to read mails from a specific folder in outlook
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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Hi Team, How to read mails from specific user created folder in outlook? Using the below logic to connect outlook from PowerBuilder: nvo_outlook.connecttonewobject("outlook.application")  nvo_outlook.Activeexplorer()    
Balasubramaniam N Balasubramaniam N
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Upload documents in Powerbuilder web app
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mathews rutto replied 5 years ago
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Hi There, I need help on how do i upload a document into my powerbuilder web app running on powerserver. The document can be any format e.g pdf, word, jpf, png etc User can also retrieve. Thank you in advance.
mathews rutto mathews rutto
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
ConnectToObject problem
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I have the following code lines.    iole_OLE = CREATE OleObject result = iole_OLE.ConnectToObject(filename,"excel.chart")   it has been working correctly but since a few days the ConnectToObhect returns a -2, Class name not found.   The a...
Cornelis Lijzenga Cornelis Lijzenga
  1. PowerBuilder
pbdwe170.dll failing after Windows upgrade
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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We are currently experiencing a dll failure issue after upgrading from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2012 R2 with the pbdwe170.dll. Looking at some docs, it appears this dll is related to database access.  Below is the screenshot from the event log. C...
David Watson David Watson
  1. PowerBuilder
PBDOM bug?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Has anyone been able to use the PBDOM_Element.GetChildElement method successfully in PB2017?  I'm using PB2017 R2 currently, won't be migrating to 2019 until R2 is GA.  Anyway, I have an element with 5 sub elements.  I'm able to get all of the sub el...
Kevin Ridley Kevin Ridley
  1. PowerBuilder
Do I have to replace my SOAP Connection webservice in PB2019?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
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We are having a SOAP Connection build in PB12.5 for a webservice but in PB2019 its not getting connected giving error, what should I need to do? 
Kalpana Snehi Kalpana Snehi
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Increase in column size of datawindow
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
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Hello, Using PB 2017 R3, Postgresql 11.6 By using the query Select a.itemcode as code, a.value as value, a.itemname as name, a.version as versionFrom  tablex aUnion All Select '' as codem, 0 as value, b.name as name, '001' as versionFrom  tabley ...
  1.  PostgreSQL
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
2 Separate PB apps talking to each other
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I am trying to connect two separate PB Classic applications. One is installed locally on my computer and the other is on a remote web based server. I want to call a function from the local PB application in the Remote PB Application and pass argume...
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Richard Shakour Richard Shakour
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