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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 2 weeks 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 4 years ago
3 replies
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10 votes
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 Print The Clipboard?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Update:   Reading one of the other questions from today from Ivan Aase led me to try the following....        this.Print (ll_job, 0, 0)    ....where "this" is the current window. That successfully printed the window, which is what I was going for wi...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot run appeon debugger on Powerbuilder 2017
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi everyone, We are experiencing the error "Appeon Debugger cannot correctly load the JS file since it is over 500KB" since June 2019. David made https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/appeon-debugger-cannot-load-js this question since there...
Oscar Naranjo Oscar Naranjo
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Account Locked
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Skinner replied 5 years ago
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Good Afternoon, I need assistance with my PB account. It says I am using it already and I can’t log in again. The application crashed while I was using it so it most likely did not log out properly.Is there a contact person for this situation? Than...
Michael Skinner Michael Skinner
  1. PowerBuilder
Google Firebase Database
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Has anyone ever had experience with Googles Firebase, and know if they can connect to the database on a server or like an ODBC connection?
Marc James Marc James
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Screen losing focus
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Good afternoon!How do I bring a PowerBuilder screen into focus even if the user clicks off the screen? Thanks
marco gaspar marco gaspar
  1. PowerBuilder
Print PDF 417 BarCode from appeonmobile application in Android
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I use IdAutomation for print QR Codes for an Powerbuilder Application in Windows. This application was migrated using Powerbuilder Enterprise to mobile. When I try to print the PDF 417 Bar Code this doesn't appear because I don't have this font i...
Shirley Sanjuan Shirley Sanjuan
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Sql Server and dates
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kwadwo Boahene replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi All,         I am  in the process of PB conversion of an legacy application from db2 to sql server. I am having a problem with how sql srver handles dates in a datawindow. The below example in db2 returns the current datetime and saved in the dat...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Kwadwo Boahene Kwadwo Boahene
  1. PowerBuilder
How to detect possible Integer overflow
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  David Peace replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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Hello, I have a simple problem and we get this bug once/twice in a year but the impact of this bug is always huge. The problem is the following. When we create a new function in PowerBuilder, it automatically sets the return value as integer, which...
  1.  Compiler
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerScript (PS)
  4.  Warning
  5.  PowerScript IDE
Ankur Patel Ankur Patel
  1. PowerBuilder
How to connect a SQL Anywhere database (using windows integrated login authentication) with PB17?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  DIPANJAN DUTTA replied 5 years ago
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Hi Experts, I am using PB 17.3 and SQL Anywhere 17. I can successfully connect my database using windows integrated login authentication from Interactive SQL. Here is the screenshot,   Now my question is their any process to connect the same d...
DIPANJAN DUTTA DIPANJAN DUTTA
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon workarounds PBL objects need their own workarounds for PowerServer?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hi,   I'm trying to workaround a PowerBuilder/PowerServer migration issue, and I have a general question- Why is the code in the appeon_workarounds.pbl not compatible with PowerServer? For instance, I'm looking at the appeondatastore object, method...
Thomas George Thomas George
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
DLL accesed in runtime, not from PB IDE
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi I had to make some changes to a C# DLL due to urgent modifications fron some security required accesing external APIs, after that, the same DLL when running the application from PB IDE responds with error -3.I also checked for the deployed applic...
  1.  External Functions
  2.  OLE
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
  1. PowerBuilder
Send email with confirmation
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Good morningYou can send an email with delivery confirmation as outlook from powerbuilderSomeone has done it, pleasethank
Juan Gonzalez Juan Gonzalez
  1. PowerBuilder
Built in images
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I'm wondering if there is a way to use the built in bitmap images on a DataWindow. If not, this would be a great enhancement.
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder version xref to Oracle DB Drivers
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Jim Means replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hey guys, I can't find that handy little cross-reference page of PowerBuilder versions to Oracle database drivers.  Our company is planning upgrades to Oracle v19.  Wanted to make sure I was up to snuff, PB version wise. Thanks,Jim
Jim Means Jim Means
  1. PowerBuilder
Column identity but it's not
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Guys I've a table "flusso_ccic" and a datastore in PB2019 R2 on it No column identity, just the key from some columns I converted to a Model on Snap Develop R2 and Retrieve works fine, but If I try to Run a Create from a rest Client the query f...
  1.  SQL Server
  2.  SnapDevelop
Giuseppe moglia Giuseppe moglia
  1. SnapDevelop
Mail Hangs Program
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
In testing PB2019 normal users programs hung when sending mail and the task had to be stopped.  This did not happen for admin users.  The mail was sent and the hang occurred on mSes.mailLogoff(). I just commented it out and all works fine. In the pas...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
John Murphy John Murphy
  1. PowerBuilder
eon_mobile_geolocationex Zoom
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Como poder acercar el mapa para que se vea la calle , cuando realizamos el open , lo e intentado con    PowerBuilder 2019 y powerServer 2019 istr_option_appeon.b_allowmove = trueistr_option_appeon.b_allowzoom = trueistr_option_appeon.b_locatetocur...
luis avilan luis avilan
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Hundredths of a second in the DateTime from Oracle
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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PowerBuilder v12.1, build 7055Oracle 12CI'm using the sqlca.of_CurrentDateTime() function to get the date and time from tthe database.What I want is the TIME portion to include hundreths of a second:     String ( sqlca.of_currentdatetime(), "DD-MMM-Y...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Server 2016 Number of Digits?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Sunki Choi replied 5 years ago
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Hi, how are youWe have a problem. Grid Report DW.You can see all the decimal points in CS when viewing DATA.However, if you distribute it to Apple server 2016, all the decimal back seats will be cut off.It appears to be 3.3 = 3.0.All decimal numbers ...
Sunki Choi Sunki Choi
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
MessageBox Enhancement Suggestion
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
I would dearly love to see the good old MESSAGEBOX function extended to allow user to specify their own values for BUTTON and ICON. This is the standard prototype for MessageBox:                  Message (title, text, icon, button, default) I see t...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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