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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 3 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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Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Library List / Build options / Library list different
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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This issue is found in Version 2019 R2 Build 2353. There is a difference between the pbt library list and the build option library list. I get the warning: The current library list is different from the library list contained within this project. T...
  1.  Build
  2.  Library
Olaf Brungot Olaf Brungot
  1. PowerBuilder
.ini file value encryption and decryption
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Suhas Shravagi replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hello All, I am trying to pull the encrypted value from the .ini file (Configuration file) file and decrypt it using Base64Encode and Base64Decode. I successfully captured the encrypted value, but when I am trying to Decrypt it, I am not getting the...
Bala Kotha Bala Kotha
  1. PowerBuilder
Buttons with different background color are not been display correctly
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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I have a DW with 5 or 6 buttons with different background color. In the dw object the buttons display the way they were intended. When I create a window and insert a DW control with the DW object in it the background color in the buttons become grey....
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerBuilder
Best Approaches for Comparing Sets of Data
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 5 years ago
8 replies
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Last week I illustrated a snapshot technique to capture copies of data sets in the database associated with a specific transaction.  Once we sorted out the stored procedure issue (needed to be closed) we have found that it works pretty well for captu...
Glenn Barber Glenn Barber
  1. PowerBuilder
Open trace file .pbp created by build .exe
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I've built application which create Trace file with code TraceOpen( ls_trace_path, Clock! ) TraceEnableActivity(ActProfile!) TraceBegin ( "app" ) When this code runs in PowerBuilder enviroment with checked "Enabled Tracing" in "System Option" the...
  1.  .EXE
Andrey Kozeletskiy Andrey Kozeletskiy
  1. PowerBuilder
silent install of powerserver web application
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tim McGill replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Is there a command line switch for a "silent install" (setup.exe) that accepts the settings in config.xml to allow for unattended/automated deployments (want to deploy to multiple servers). I've tried running with switches and it basically does noth...
Tim McGill Tim McGill
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Inquire about the .NET DLL IMPORTER.
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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  TO I ask for help from seniors who use Power Builder. I am so beginner I am ashamed to ask questions here. The question is;1. I imported the DLL I want to use through the .NET DLL IMPORTER.2. And the imported DLL was reflected in NVO on th...
JANG JASON JANG JASON
  1. PowerBuilder
Application is not qualifying the DLLs
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
7 replies
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Hi, we have a desktop application developed in PowerBuilder 2017 R2. This application does not use any external functions or DLL calls. But when it is launched, it has been observed that the application is internally searching for some Windows DLLs o...
  1.  DLL
Suhas Shravagi Suhas Shravagi
  1. PowerBuilder
is it possible to stop a shared powerbuilder login on a server from retaining the userid and password last used?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
We have a shared development server that requires users to log in and build a release version from the source control library. as the powerbuilder login requires the user's id and password to build we have to log in on the server. when the next user ...
kevin Rowe kevin Rowe
  1. PowerBuilder
Refresh fails after Git pull on compile for for added objects.
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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1 vote
Refresh is failing to add new Git object to .pbl. Object is present in ws_objects subfolder. Modified objects are imported without issue. Re-installed both Power Builder, build 1858 and Git V2.22 but issue remains. Need to know what could be causing ...
  1.  Git
  2.  PULL
John Greiner John Greiner
  1. PowerBuilder
Beta 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ricardo Jasso replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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1 vote
Hello, all Are there any enhancements in DotNetAssembly and DotNetObject classes and functions in this release? They are not usable in R2, because of lack of support for nested .NET classes. I.e., if I have 2 .NET classes, which are fully imported ...
Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
  1. Beta Testing
.NET DLL importer and .NET assembly problem or limitation
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  TOMAZ KRALJ replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hello everyone! Our company use NiceLabel product for printing labels. Product has option for integration with .NET API.  I just try to access .NET assembly SDK.NET.dll . I tried with .NET DLL importer but makes to many errors, so result is not usa...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  .NET Std Framework
TOMAZ KRALJ TOMAZ KRALJ
  1. PowerBuilder
Save datawindow as html
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lundell replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I have a data window which I am saving as html.  In making some revisions to the application I have noticed a difference in the output html file.  The pre change version of the html has the title tag as titleOrder Inspectionstitle The post change v...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  HTML/5
Mark Lundell Mark Lundell
  1. PowerBuilder
Not able to launch webapplication(IE), after Middle Tier upgrade
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
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Hello Team,   We are using Appeon 2019 R1.  We were invoking the web application(IE) from powerbuilder and it is working fine, recently we have upgraded our Middle Tier(java) environment. After up-gradation IE is opening but its not launching the r...
sekhar sai sekhar sai
  1. PowerBuilder
Unincrypted data transfer between Client and Server
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Suhas Shravagi replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi, I have a desktop application developed in PowerBuilder 2017 R3 with Sybase as a backend. Recently a vulnerability issue has been reported in the application where "the application does not implement encryption during transmission of data. This ex...
Suhas Shravagi Suhas Shravagi
  1. PowerBuilder
DLL Redirection Throwing Error
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Suhas Shravagi replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I am trying to implement DLL Redirection for my 32-bit PowerBuilder desktop application (developed in R3) in below way: - Created a application.exe.local file - Created a new DWORD key called DevOverrideEnable at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\...
Suhas Shravagi Suhas Shravagi
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019 R3 beta - C/S Deployment
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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2 votes
Hi, I downloaded the new PB2019 R3 beta and have been trying out the new C/S deployment: 1 - How do I configure a remote Server"? I think I have to add FTP protocol/role, but some instructions for noobs would be nice. (or even better, powerbuilder ...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. Beta Testing
using Office Interop .NET Assembly
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
I am trying to use Powerbuilder 2019 R2 to load the Office Interop .NET assembly so that I can format an existing Excel spreadsheet.   I have found some C# code that opens Excel and then instantiates the Excel Workbook by opening a file using the Exc...
Peter Currier Peter Currier
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to successfully generate PBL's from source (in the ws_objects folder) using ORCA scripts
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Below is the script I am using (in a offline mode). I have all the source filse in the 'ws_object' folder correctly and I can see it IDE too. But when I close the IDE and run the following script the PBL gets corrupted and not objects are imported in...
Satish Pawashe Satish Pawashe
  1. PowerBuilder
Is it possible to download an install of PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2082
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I need to make some changes using PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2082 but cannot find anyway on the Appeon site to download an installer.  Our licence is up to date so that should not be an issue.  Does anyone know how I can go about downloading an installe...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Aubrey Eichel Aubrey Eichel
  1. PowerBuilder

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