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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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- Last updated 3 years ago
- Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 1 year ago
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...
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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- Last updated 3 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4. :)
ConnectToNewObject("Excel.Application") without MS
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- Last updated 20 hours ago
- Daryl Foster replied 1 hour ago
Hello everyone,
Is it possible to process or create Excel XLSX files without using Microsoft Excel or any other Microsoft Office applications?
We are looking to stop installing or using Microsoft products on our PCs. However, our existing code snip...
We have recently migrated from PowerBuilder 2022 R3 to PowerBuilder 2025 Build 3683. Additionally, our applications have been migrated to the new "Solution" structure. Since the migration, we are experiencing critical stability issues: PowerBuilder c...
Hi All,
After building and deploying for months I started getting this odd error that doesn't let me deploy anymore and I have no idea why. Below is the PowerBuilder "default" output log.
Executing the "dotnet publish" command...1Project "C:\Users\...
Export to Excel of data window using Native Excel coming out with merged cells which is creating a big problem for end user it is getting missed with computation field also ,so please any one help to export excel in a proper format without cell mergi...
How can I reset my password when workflow keeps taking me to change password screen?
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- Last updated 17 hours ago
- Jim Nesbitt replied 3 hours ago
How can I reset my password? Powerbuilder is asking for my login and password, but when I click on reset password, it opens a change password screen. I'm getting problems with PB2022, but I am also running with PB2017 and PB2025 where I am logged in ...
PowerServer deployment with .exe "license has not started error"
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- Logan Liu @Appeon replied 5 hours ago
Hello,
I am trying to install a PowerServer deployment with an executable. The launch page shows up fine but when I try to launch I get the following error.
This error is not mentioned on any of Appeons troubleshooting documents. All other depl...
Inquiry Regarding External DataWindow Column Limit
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 day ago
- Shubham Dhameliya replied 7 hours ago
Dear Team,I am currently working with an external-type DataWindow in PowerBuilder and have encountered a limitation. External-type DataWindows are restricted to a maximum of 1000 columns, and I am facing an issue as my DataWindow exceeds this limit w...
PB 2025 - Compile of Solution fails with no error message
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- Last updated 14 hours ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 8 hours ago
Hi All,
Trying to convert our application from workspace to solution. I copied our application to a new folder and opened it into PB 2025. It imported with no errors. I then copied that folder to a new folder and converted the workspace to a solutio...
Insert a blob variable into a table
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- Last updated 1 day ago
- Sivaprakash BKR replied 9 hours ago
INSERT INTO certificate_en(en) VALUES(:b_blob);
The code does not work, there were no rows in the table before.
The b_blob variable size is 16, and the blob column en in the table only has 2 bytes after inserting.
Does anyone know the reason or ha...
how to set retrieval arguments values in data window without calling retrieving function (in PowerBuilder 2017 R3)
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- Last updated 12 hours ago
in PowerBuilder 2017 RS
how to set retrieval arguments values in data window without calling retrieving function.Ex: I am importing the data into data window and need to set specific value in the Datawind after importing the values
PBM_DWCLOSEDROPDOWN event not firing
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- Issue
- Last updated 16 hours ago
- John Fauss replied 13 hours ago
The PBM_DWCLOSEDROPDOWN event does not fire when the drop down list box closes. The PBM_DWNDROPDOWN is working fine as it fires when the drop down is opened. Please advise.
Thank you
Hi all,
We have a MDI application. Our users would like to use it on multiple screensso they can see more forms at once, etc.
I was able to move a form to a new MDI window - so far so good.
But there's a problem with shortcuts. Every MDI window ha...
When I scroll the data window, the column other than the one under the cursor scrolls.
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- Advice
- Last updated 5 days ago
- John Fauss replied 16 hours ago
I'm using a translation to ask the question, so I apologize if the meaning is incorrect.
Hello, I'm using powerbuilder 2017 R3 for development, but I'm having trouble with the following phenomenon.
About window and data window settings
The windo...
Issue: PowerBuilder IDE Error – "OCI.DLL could not be loaded"
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- How-to
- Last updated 20 hours ago
- John Fauss replied 16 hours ago
Issue: PowerBuilder IDE Error "OCI.DLL could not be loaded"
Environment:
PowerBuilder Version:PB 2022 R3 (using PB Foundation Class)
Oracle Client:19c 32-bit
OS:Windows Server 2019 Standard
Background:
The PowerBuilder IDE was functioning ...
Use Trusted Connection
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- How-to
- Last updated 19 hours ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 17 hours ago
Previously, when a user has been asked to repeatedly sign into a database in Infomaker, instead of Infomaker just connecting when you open it, we were able to mark a checkbox labeled "Use Trusted Connection". We are currently using Infomaker 2022 and...
Powerbuilder 10.2 exe closes unexpectedly after 5 or 10 minutes of use in Windows 11 PC
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- Issue
- Last updated 6 days ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 20 hours ago
Powerbuilder 10.2 exe closes unexpectedly after 5 or 10 minutes of use in Windows 11 PC. Tried compatibility mode, but did not help. Any suggestion? This do not happen in all Windows 11 PC
Good day,
I am trying to deploy may project using powerclient in PB2025... I encounter a problem when validating the connection... However if I test connection in PB2022 it is ok...
attached is the screen shot error.
Thank you very much!
Which files need to be added to revision control?
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- Misc
- Last updated 4 days ago
- Benjamin Gaesslein replied 1 day ago
I recently had reason to check in changes on one system, and check them out on another. When I got to the other system the changes I had made were not evident.
First, a couple if definitions:
Source files have extensions like .srd, .sru (and othe...
powerserver app and IIS client certificate authentication
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- Issue
- Last updated 2 days ago
- Logan Liu @Appeon replied 1 day ago
Dear All,
I developed PowerServer app which is hosted on IIS (remote server), SSL is enabled.
Everything works fine, until I implemented IIS client certificate authentication (enabled SSL for the site, and chose Client certificate: Required).
Afte...
PB 25 Solution compilation failed
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- Issue
- Last updated 2 days ago
- Tóth Dávid replied 1 day ago
Hi!
We've started using PB25 and tried to migrate our code to a solution, but we got an error:
Syntax error: '-'.
Some code details:
....
if (b 0 and g = 0) then r++ b-- end if
...
formula=index-1
....
If i put a space between '-' then...
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