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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 7 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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  2. How-to
  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
Making schema name not show in from of tables and columns
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Daniel Seguin replied 2 weeks ago
6 replies
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Hello,   We are migrating a powerbuilder 2017 using Sybase ASE to powerbuilder 2017 using SQL Server 2022  Currently all datawindows were created with no schema name using Sybase ASE When I connect the same application in PB 2017 with sql server ...
Daniel Seguin Daniel Seguin
  1. PowerBuilder
http://localhost/ is not working
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  sundar vellaiyan replied 2 weeks ago
3 replies
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Hi Support team, I am going through the steps that is provided in the below Appeon Article       https://docs.appeon.com/ps2022r3/Installing_IIS_in_Windows_11.html I followed the step 1, 2 3. But step 4 : Open a Web browser and input "http://loc...
sundar vellaiyan sundar vellaiyan
  1. PowerServer
Problem with resize or redraw MDI windows
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
3 replies
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HI, I need help resolving my problem with rendering my application windows (I'm new to this project).  I have an application that allows the opening of multiple windows inherited from the Window object. Windows open as shown in the figure below: (s...
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
  1. PowerBuilder
machine-code in 64bit
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
2 replies
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1 vote
hi, is there a plan when powerbuilder can compile machine-code in 64bit? we are developing a erp-system and machine-code is faster than p-code on the clients. we are also using some external dll's, odbc, etc. and some of them will be in future only...
  1.  .EXE
  2.  64-bit
  3.  PowerBuilder Compiler
Moritz Nölting Moritz Nölting
  1. PowerBuilder
In PB 2019R2 datawindow is not properly converted to image and instayed displayed as char string
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
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Hi, I'm using Powerbuilder 2019R2 and are currently having an issue to print an notes rtf data-window in a report. Field in SQL-Table:  mainthistorynote.notes (nvarchar(MAX), allow nulls = yes)   The field is working in the applications print pre...
Stefan Zehner Stefan Zehner
  1. PowerBuilder
Oracle Questions for PB 2025
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 2 weeks ago
2 replies
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In PowerBuilder 2025 Beta, the Database Profile offers the ability to connect to Oracle however the only option of connecting is using the TCP. Will the option to connect using the TNS Names file be offered? Also there does not appear to be a way to ...
  1.  Oracle
Jeff Hamilton Jeff Hamilton
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Curved button border
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Tomáš Podzimek replied 2 weeks ago
2 replies
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Hi Team,I am currently using PowerBuilder 2022 R2 where we are adding themes to our application. The buttons look like the below image: How can we change the button border to curve through the theme.json fileThanks,Priyanka
  1.  Button
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Priyanka Yerramsetti Priyanka Yerramsetti
  1. PowerBuilder
Is SnapDevelop being removed from PowerBuilder Client?
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
3 replies
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I was following along with the Elevate sessions using PowerBuilder 2025. In one of the sessions with the Marco Shipping app, Marco said he uses SnapDevelop and accessed it using a link in the Powerbuilder client. When I launch this from PowerBuilder ...
  1.  SnapDevelop
Jeff Hamilton Jeff Hamilton
  1. Beta Testing
How can I make my PowerServer app listen for a return value from an external browser to get an OAUTH token?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 weeks ago
4 replies
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1 vote
I am working on a new PowerServer application.  The desired login behavior is to have the app open an external browser, then the user logs in via our OAuth2.0 Identity Server (placing the token in that browser for other affiliated web-based applicati...
  1.  OAuth
  2.  PowerServer
Mike Sinclair Mike Sinclair
  1. PowerBuilder
Tracing profiler viewer tool
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
1 reply
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Hi, I have gone through the below link and watched the film on YT. But, How can I open and use the Profile Viewer tool from PB IDE?  Catching the Runtime Error in the Act - Tracing and Profiling Your Application at Runtime   Regards, Pawel
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
  1. PowerBuilder
Encrypt Password for Database Cache Programmatically in PowerServer C#
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Shawn Luce replied 3 weeks ago
2 replies
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In the current system architecture, connection strings to different databases are stored in an Azure Key Vault for security. I'm working on a way to have PowerServer API return connection configurations based on the connection strings from the Key Va...
  1.  C#
  2.  PowerServer
  3.  .NET 6.0
Shawn Luce Shawn Luce
  1. PowerServer
Need Dot Net support(Core + Framework) detail for PB 2022 R3 3356
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
2 replies
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Hi  We are using PB 2022 R3 3356, I am trying to implement OIDC Auth and initially I tried using PB inbuilt tools (OAuthClient, HttpClient, RestClient) but all these implementations were not working on every user machine. Seems due to some differenc...
Pushparaj V Pushparaj V
  1. PowerBuilder
How to convert 'Any' datatype for an argument of event of OleCustomControl?
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Vladimir Mylnikov replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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PowerBuilder 2022 R3 on Windows 10. I am trying to use OleCustomControl - 32 bit ActiveX control from nsoftware.com: www.nsoftware.com/platforms/activex/setup?sku=ISAJ-Atype=demo I used the control for many years but the vendor made a change which P...
  1.  Controls
  2.  DataType
  3.  Event
  4.  OLE
  5.  PowerBuilder
Vladimir Mylnikov Vladimir Mylnikov
  1. PowerBuilder
Opening another PB version on the same machine
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
1 reply
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I installed the beta version of PB 2025 on my virtual machine and it works fine. However, when I closed it (using the Exit menu) and tried to open PB 2022 R2, which I am currently using for development, I got an error message (see below). At the same...
George Mikhailovsky George Mikhailovsky
  1. PowerBuilder
Profiling Trace View alternative?
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Paweł Kasperek replied 3 weeks ago
2 replies
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PowerBuilder 2019 2728 I am trying to work out exactly which bit(s) of code are slow for a particular customer. I turned on tracing in code for a particular routine, and after a couple of weeks have lots of PBP files. However when I try to open any ...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
Datetime problem, the last two digits of the year changes automaticly to something else when entering a year
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
2 replies
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Hi, we have a problem with the datetime columns and were hoping someone else has experienced this as well and knows why. It suddenly happens at the costumer and here in house. We just can’t recreate it and are therefore at a loss what’s going on. T...
Michael Doescher Michael Doescher
  1. PowerBuilder
Create column dynamically in a datawindow
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
1 reply
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Hello, Do you know about to create a column dynamically (by code) in a datawindow? I have an special request, and it is needed to add a column to enter a text in the header band of a grid datawindow. I appreciate your support and help. Thanks and...
Jhonns Salas Jhonns Salas
  1. PowerBuilder
Issue print RTF field in a DataWindow
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
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Hi, We are using PowerBuilder 2022 R2 and having issues with printing RTF fields, the report looks good but when we print it, depending of the font used the footer cuts off the bottom of the text of the last row and the header cuts off the top of th...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Claude Blais Claude Blais
  1. PowerBuilder
Webview2 how to clear input history?
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  André Monz replied 3 weeks ago
3 replies
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Hello all,in PB2022 we use the webview2 control to access a website.How can I delete the input history via the webview2 control?At the moment i delete the "Web Data" file in the UserDataFolder every time I use it.      
André Monz André Monz
  1. PowerBuilder
How to implement Copy/Paste for all text fields in application
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
2 replies
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We have a large PowerBuilder 2021 application with many DataWindows. I want to have Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) implemented globally throughout the application.  This does not seem to work out of the box and I think custom code may be required....
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Brian McCarthy Brian McCarthy
  1. PowerBuilder

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