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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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  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
PB2019 MAPI crashes
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
3106 views
0 votes
Some Infos: Machine : Windows Server 2012 R2 StandardPowerbuilder: Version 2019 Build 2082Email Client: Mozilla Thunderbird 60.8.0 (32-Bit)   Hello,   im trying to migrate one of our projects from PB2017 to PB2019. But in PB2019 the  programm ke...
  1.  Crash
  2.  Email
  3.  MAPI
  4.  PowerBuilder
Stefan Malkwitz Stefan Malkwitz
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow, block all rows and unblock one on button
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I have a DW, and right now I am able to edit every row and column.I would like to block all rows when DW opens, and be able to edit row only, if I choose it first and press f.e. button EDIT.Is there a property which i have to set on open event?
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Michał Misijuk Michał Misijuk
  1. PowerBuilder
SHA1 encryption of string in PowerBuilder
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kiat Chun replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi team, Need some advice how to encrypt text to SHA1 using PowerBuilder. I have a PHP code below that SHA1-encrypts a string: $password = "2ctobeR2018";$password = sha1($password);echo $password;?> yields: f49182154133c2a2d9b4098cede92642b01311...
Kiat Chun Kiat Chun
  1. PowerBuilder
Consuming a Long Running Web Service
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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We have an application that is executing web-service functions on an external web-service host. Each invocation of these functions can be slow to respond - they can take 5 to 30 seconds. What we observe for our calling Powerbuilder application, is t...
  1.  SOAP
Stuart Macandrew Stuart Macandrew
  1. PowerBuilder
Expressions with user define functions in a DataWindow object DO NOT WORK at runtime
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Si CHEN replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello Everyone Before opening a support ticket, I would like to check if you have some advices for my deployment issue: When I use conditional expressions with user define functions to highlight information in a DataWindow object, for example, to c...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Runtime Packager
Si CHEN Si CHEN
  1. PowerBuilder
DataWindow, Update properties problem
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi.I have a datawindow. One of columns is DropDownDW - in display column is symbol, and data column - id. Works perfectly. problem is that i have to update foreign keys (composite) to another table which looks like:table_A.method_id = table_B.id AND...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Michał Misijuk Michał Misijuk
  1. PowerBuilder
sending big string over 32k from powerbuilder to PL/SQL(Oracle)
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Is it possible to send big string over 32k from powerbuilder to PL/SQL(Oracle) stored procedure? If yes, Please let us know how to do that?
Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham
  1. PowerBuilder
TimeOut for MSXML SEND Function
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Praveen Rajarao replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hello, I am looking to set a TimeOut for my REST calls from PB12.5.2. Below is my code:   loo_xmlhttp = CREATE oleobject loo_xmlhttp.ConnectToNewObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0") loo_xmlhttp.setTimeouts(100,100,100,100) // invoke POST method fo...
  1.  REST
  2.  TIME
Praveen Rajarao Praveen Rajarao
  1. PowerBuilder
Add Theme Folder To Git Repository
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I just added themes to a workspace that was already in a git repository. Is there a way through the IDE to add the themes subfolder?   Thank you, Joe Hess  
Joe Hess Joe Hess
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 email functionality not working in Outlook 365 MSO(16.0.10730.20155)
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Pierre Couvreur replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Our PB code in 2017 R3 was migrated to windows 10 environment. mail functionality which was working on Win7 no longer works on Outlook 365 (Outlook for Office 365 MSO (16.0.10730.20155)). We get Microsoft Outlook Error  "Either there is no default ...
Reema Kurane Reema Kurane
  1. PowerBuilder
Unexpected crashes sometime
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Géza Bartha replied 5 years ago
8 replies
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Dear Support! Sometimes, my program crashes. How to find where is the issue? There is no error message, but the program was shutdown. Please help to us! Offer some debugger, or any kind of solution.  Bye, Geza.      
Géza Bartha Géza Bartha
  1. PowerBuilder
SnapDevelop and xUnit
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 5 years ago
7 replies
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Has anyone created unit tests for a service in SnapDevelop using xUnit?  I have a simple test shown below which builds fine.  When I run the test I get the attached error.  Would love to see a working example from someone.  Given that the service met...
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. SnapObjects
DBError question
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hi, My powerbuilder code calls a stored procedure that call many stored procedures; something like this proc1->proc2->proc3->...... when there is an error on one of the stored procedures, dberror event is giving me the error code and syntax but no...
Enrique Perez Enrique Perez
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 doesnot render data on Win10
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Reema Kurane replied 5 years ago
7 replies
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Hello, We recently migrated PB 12 to PB 2017  on Win 7. We then deployed PB 2017 package onto Windows 10 and the application opens up but we don't see any data. But, when we try to open the exe with "Elevated rights" we can see the data and the app...
  1.  .EXE
Reema Kurane Reema Kurane
  1. PowerBuilder
Call C# Assembly methods from PowerBuilder Object
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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In PowerBuilder I have a workspace that includes an Application Target as well as a C# Assembly Target.  Within our Application Target I have a window.  In the C# Assembly Target i have a class with methods.  How do I call/access the methods found in...
  1.  C#
Greg Bergbower Greg Bergbower
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder Application distributed onto Microsoft app-v
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
0 replies
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Our software is developed using PowerBuilder 2017 Build 1666. It works fine in many distribution environments, except in the Microsoft app-v. The performance is greatly degraded when deploying the app on the Microsoft app-v. Appeon bug 3120 has repor...
  1.  Performance
Jing Huang Jing Huang
  1. PowerBuilder
Protected Column Background Theme Color
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Joe Hess replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Is there a way to control the background color of a protected datawindow column using themes, similar to the disabled-state of an SLE object?   Thanks Joe
Joe Hess Joe Hess
  1. PowerBuilder
DLLs for PB 2017 Executable
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi all I am using Powerbuilder 2017 R3 on a Windows 10 I have built and exe for an application along with supporting files such as PBDs and icons, images in one single folder (that's how my employer wants to do. Let's call it 'app' folder). I am a...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerBuilder
How to trace file (.pbp) in WEB
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi,   I'm using Power Builder Version 2017 R3 Build 1858.   There is a window in our application and it takes around 11 seconds to open from desktop version. The same window is taking around 30 seconds to open in web version. From PB, I have ta...
Saravanakumar Thangapandian Saravanakumar Thangapandian
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PBNI - SDK & watcom 1.9 or visual studio 2017
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Nathalie Meurant replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hi,  I have a PB 12.0 application that needs to be migrated to PB2017.This application has a non-visual object that calls functions of a DLL.This DLL was built in C ++ with the watcom compiler version 1.0.I would like to recompile this DLL so that i...
  1.  DLL
  2.  SDK
  3.  Visual Studio
Nathalie Meurant Nathalie Meurant
  1. PowerBuilder

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