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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
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
External Function call ends in Invalid Stack Pointer
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  André Monz replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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Hello all, i'm have some trouble with the implementation of a third party DLL.According to the Author of the DLL,it is a 'C shared library'.I'm not familiar with c/c#.Every call to a function witch have parameters ends with the runtime error'Specifi...
André Monz André Monz
  1. PowerBuilder
How Do we Get Around Positioning Problems
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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We have a powerbuilder application where we use forms which display text fields which have autosize height. These fields are stacked on the form vertically one above the other. An average sized height is provided in the form, but if more text or da...
  1.  DataWindow
Glenn Barber Glenn Barber
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 12.6 and PB2017 WebService in the same server
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello All, can i install the runtime of PB2017 for a WebService in a server where PB12.6 Runtime (WebService) is installed?or it can cause a problem cause they have the same DLLs Name?I need to create a new web service and put in produccion in the s...
  1.  Web Service
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerBuilder
Bug 1785 - Differences between Native & GS PDF
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I wasn't able to comment on the bug, so I figured I'd ask here. Are there any updates to this Native PDF issue?  In the ticket it says it may be targeted for 2019 R2 or R3, but that's the last info posted there.It's causing us a lot of grief as we m...
John Niespodzianski John Niespodzianski
  1. PowerBuilder
Application failed to start - PB2019
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Gordon Weil replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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because i have PB 2019 installed on my PC, the executable runs as expected. build is 64 bit platform. i'm doing this for testing only. i created PBCLTRT190.msi using the runtime packager. got this warning file was created here's the file ...
Tom Mangano Tom Mangano
  1. Beta Testing
Powerbuilder 2017/R3 SQL-Server NVARCHAR(max) cut after 32766 characters
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Andreas Steinhauser replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, currently we are using Powerbuilder 2017/R3 Build 1858 in connection with SQL-Server (2005 - 2017)! We defined a field with NVARCHAR(MAX) in a table. We try to select this field. SQLNCLI9/10/11: Regarding parameter PBMaxTextSize: field NVARCHA...
  1.  ADO.NET
  2.  OLEDB
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  SQL Server
Andreas Steinhauser Andreas Steinhauser
  1. PowerBuilder
How to fire "debug project" in PB 12 and 2019?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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We are familiar with the debug tool in PB to use debug stops in code. But what if we did a build in PB and wanted to use "debug project"? My counterpart is using an eval copy of  PB 2019 and when he builds our app, the "debug project" button is disa...
Scott Gorke Scott Gorke
  1. PowerBuilder
WorkAround for Column Alignment = Justify!
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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Hello All, We need to print a legar contract using our PB 2017 / PowerServer application in order to have the formar required in client server we use the Justify Aligment in columns and text and it is not supported in PowerServer Any workaround?
  1.  PowerServer
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
2 A5 sized pages in single A4 sized Sheet
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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Is it possible to print 2 A5 sized reports on 1 A4 Size page? If yes then how? To better understand my concern I'd like to give the example of Microsoft office landscape where 2 A5 sized pages are printed in a single A4  sheet
ritesh desai ritesh desai
  1. PowerBuilder
Converting Blob to String makes the text appear in Chinese in PB17. It was good in PB9!!
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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After converting my application from PowerBuilder 9 to PowerBuilder 17 all of a sudden certain comments are appearing in Chinese.  I have used SELECTBLOB to fetch the data and converted it to string.  The column "comnt" is declared as a BLOB in O...
Swarnendu Das Swarnendu Das
  1. PowerBuilder
Post with Restclient return -15
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello With PB 2019 and a RestClient object, I use the SendPostRequest function with -15 return (Unsupported character set). No problem wtih the SendGetRequest function witch use the same token acces. I had follow the PB example :  RestClient_Yvid...
Olivier LEROY Olivier LEROY
  1. PowerBuilder
Security Warning Message does not appear using OLEActivate
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Gregory Rusak replied 5 years ago
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Hello Community, PowerBuilder 2019 R All Versions of Word Does anyone have any feedback on why it is that if you open a Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm) from Windows File Explorer, that you get the expected Security Warning message ...
Gregory Rusak Gregory Rusak
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with reading large text columns in Postgresql from PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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PB 2019  Build 2082   using PostgreSQL 10.8  We have a problem reading values from column that is text data type with a length over 32768 characters. If the length of text is bigger we get only first 32768 characters We configure ODBC for database ...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  PostgreSQL
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Vladislav Cale Vladislav Cale
  1. PowerBuilder
Patching PowerBuilder application?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
11 replies
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Hello everyone, we are currently in the process of evaluating, if patching is a viable way of updating our product (PowerBuilder application). Recently I found a way to create and apply patches using the "diffUtils" and "patch" tool from the "GnuWi...
  1.  Compiler
  2.  Patch
  3.  PBD
  4.  PowerBuilder
Constantin Bergatt Constantin Bergatt
  1. PowerBuilder
Read from Excel and Inserting into Oracle DB
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Géza Bartha replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I have an Excel workbook with 24 columns by 25,203 rows that are in a tree structure. I'm using PB 2019 to open the Excel workbook read each row. Right now I'm just inserting the rows into the Oracle table and then reading the next row in a loop.  I...
Ron Calder Ron Calder
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow embedded report and print page range not work
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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Hi!   I would like to print a datawindow. The result is multiple pages, and I can set page range. dw.Object.DataWindow.Print.Page.Range = "2-3" but, if the datawindow is composite with inner reports then the page range property doesn't work. No p...
Géza Bartha Géza Bartha
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 -R3 Install Toolkit Failing
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  David Vasconcelos replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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We pretty much tried everything we can think of but no matter what happens one of our PC's cannot load the toolkit.  Keep getting.   (PB2017 r3, Win10)     We have uninstall the entire PB, reinstall, reinstall using admin priv, uninstall and man...
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed to save with no error
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Sim Joo Pee replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Sir or Madam,   I had setup the PowerServer web, with proper AEM configuration. HOwever, it failed/didnt  save to the table/database after i click save. There is no error return. I believe the connection to server/database is succeeded, because i...
Sim Joo Pee Sim Joo Pee
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Generating Real World JSON
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Everyone, I've got a question about how people are creating complex JSON for real world applications.  I'm updating an application to use a third party's REST API and some of the API calls require reasonably complex JSON to be sent. The JSON may ...
  1.  JSON
  2.  JSONGenerator
  3.  REST
Daryl Foster Daryl Foster
  1. PowerBuilder
Can't Ctrl+V into SLE control
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hey guys, I've got a nagging little issue that's drivin' me nuts! PB2017 R2 Build 1769 Created a little window with only a single line edit field in it.  I'm not diving into what I'm using it for. It is what it is. The issue is that I can't paste ...
Jim Means Jim Means
  1. PowerBuilder

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