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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 1 year 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 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
IWA Desktop Icon Missing
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  CJ Lai replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi I compiled my application in CloudPro with PowerServer as Web only and configured the setting to run as IWA. It all worked fine but I just didn't see the desktop icon I was told that would be created for the app. Please advise.   Thanks! CJ
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Does Appeon do Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) or Something Similar
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Payton replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Can you create PWAs with Appeon tools or do you accomplish similar outcome with Appeon differently? What are the Pros and Cons of using a PWA?   We are planning a basic application to collect data and save to an SAP ASE database.  The application wo...
Ronnie Payton Ronnie Payton
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to login - getting "Cannot find a valid license"
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi guys: My team mate is getting an error message while trying to log in when started PowerBuilder 2017 R3 for the first time. He is not able to login - getting "Cannot find a valid license". https://account.appeon.com/license-management/pb sho...
Leonid Shchervinsky Leonid Shchervinsky
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Send (SendMessage) String
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
7 replies
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Hello, I am struggling with an apparently simple process. Need to pass a String from one application in Powerbuilder to another Application in Powerbuilder. As I'm doing: APP1: "Send (gl_handle, 1024, 0, 'Hello World')" APP2: event pbm_custom01 ...
GUSTAVO MARCELINO GUSTAVO MARCELINO
  1. PowerBuilder
application gets closed while calling a function
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Andrew Barnes replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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hi  i am using powerbuilder 8 version. suddenly my application gets closed in a particular screen in which whenever i click ok button.In ok button it calls the function updaterightstree(root); in that line app gets closed.Its an existing screen only...
backya ayyappan backya ayyappan
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How to change location of TFS source control server in PowerBuilder?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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We are using PowerBuilder 12.5 with Team Foundation Server MSSCCI provider as source control. Now we installed the Team Foundation Server on another server computer. In Team Explorer I added the new location, but in PowerBuilder still see the old( fo...
  1.  TFS
Mikhael Botvinik Mikhael Botvinik
  1. PowerBuilder
Resize Event at PB 2019 does not fire
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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1 vote
Hi All, We are facing an astonishing issue with PB2019 32bit due to missing resizing see correctlayout.png and wronglayout.png . At Windows Server 2016 (via RDP) and under Citrix Xen/xp 6.5 (independent from OS) the resize event is not fired for a ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Resize
Uwe Rexroth Uwe Rexroth
  1. PowerBuilder
Orca script to refresh .pbls
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Carla Moretta replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Created a orca script to refresh my .pbl from the updated objects in ws_objects.  My target has 23 .pbls.  It gives me an error "Unable to process map file: c:\development2\git\powerbuilder\cs_land.pbg"  My libraries are shared with two other targets...
Carla Moretta Carla Moretta
  1. PowerBuilder
AEM Backup/Restore question
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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If I restore the data sources from a backup created via AEM,  will I lose data sources which were added after the backup?   Thanks
Mark Lundell Mark Lundell
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
RibbonBar Panels in dropdown-mode
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, can I set the aspect of panels in a RibbonBar to be in dropdown-mode? This is happening automatically when the window is resized and the Ribbon width needs to be reduced, see picture attached. I would like to set some Panels with the drop-d...
Marco Meoni Marco Meoni
  1. PowerBuilder
Error al presentar valores con decimales, los presenta todo entero.
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Jvlas419 Velasquez replied 8 months ago
2 replies
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Cordiales Saludos....   Tengo el siguiente inconveniente con PB2019 r2 2328, cuando corro un script en el plsql de oracle los valores me recupera con el punto decimal, es decir para el ejemplo de este valor se ve de la siguiente manera, 234456.98 y...
  1.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
Jorge Humberto Peralta Molina Jorge Humberto Peralta Molina
  1. PowerBuilder
Generate QR Code in datawindow
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  O E replied 1 year ago
2 replies
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Hello, I want to generate a QR code in a datawindow. I have design a freeform dataobject in form of a report so i want to add QR code at the footer of my report. How can i achieve this?
mathews rutto mathews rutto
  1. PowerBuilder
How to "hot reload" PBD of a running Windows application?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ian Ho replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Currently deploying a Windows application with an EXE together with some PBD files.   If I managed to update the PBD when the users is running the application, is there a way to force the application to reload the updated PBD without restarting the...
Ian Ho Ian Ho
  1. PowerBuilder
problem changing printer by setting registry device in PB2017, PB2019
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, a problem occurred while migrating application to PB2017 R3 Build 1915 from PB12_5. This is the scenario: the application needs to set a specific printer before printing document. There could be many documents printing and everyone could have ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Print
  3.  Windows OS
Luca Militello Luca Militello
  1. PowerBuilder
Error uploading app to Google Play
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Oihana Goikoetxea replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi: I'm triying to distribute the app through the Google Play and  if I upload the APK generated from the package created in PB I have the message: APK without optimizationWarning: This APK has unused codes and resources that are being sent t...
Oihana Goikoetxea Oihana Goikoetxea
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
pick a local file from android app
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Simone Olianti replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, is there a simple way to emulate a getfileopenname on a mobile application? in particular i would like to show a system dialog box to let the user select a local image file (for example a screenshot) and get in return the path where it is loca...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Power builder migration from PB5 to 2019
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi tea, I am having an application that is developed in PB5 using PB7 libraries. I am trying to convert this applications to 2019. As of now I am using trail version to check the feasibility. Could you please help me understand how feasible this con...
Pranav Thekkan Pranav Thekkan
  1. PowerBuilder
Performance problems in mobile powerserver apps
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hello: We had Web Server in IIS (Machine A) and AppServer in IIS (Machine B). Communications between users and machine A are via https and Communications between machine A and machine B are via https too. We tested Web applications and they were f...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Juan Pedro Sanz Diez Juan Pedro Sanz Diez
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
JSON string of an array?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
I am studding the JSON support in PowerBuilder 2019 (R2) and I am a bit confused on how can I obtain the JSON string of a key in an array. Let's suppose that you have the following JSON: { "Sales":[ { "DiscountType":{ "Id":1, "Label":"667 trig", "C...
  1.  JSON
  2.  JSONParser
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Yiannis Papadomichelakis Yiannis Papadomichelakis
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder library list has PBLs in 2 different GIT repositories
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miller Rhodes replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I have a Powerbuilder 2017 R2 application where the workspace and the application PBLs are in GIT Repo1. The pfc, pfe, and business layer PBLs are in Repo2. When I want to change anything in the application, I just commit and push to Repo1 which is...
Miller Rhodes Miller Rhodes
  1. PowerBuilder

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