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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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  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
Set application version
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
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I have an application build orinally in PB4 and then migrated through PB11.5 and now developed further in PB2017. The file version of the application deployed with PB2017 is 11.5.1.4011 and the product version is 11.5.1.4011 Is is possible to set th...
Cornelis Lijzenga Cornelis Lijzenga
  1. PowerBuilder
Date field gets cleared with Selected Text when keyevent called
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 5 years ago
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Hello, PB 2017 R3.  Sample project attached in a zip file. We do not have the facility of 'AUTO SELECTION' for Date Field with Edit Mask, as available for String fields.  So in Itemfocuschanged event we write code to make AUTO SELECTION. When a sh...
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Does Powerbuilder 2017 support EMS resumption
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Does Powerbuilder 2017 support EMS resumption? EMS resumption as defined by:  https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7627   Thanks!
Kelly Leinen Kelly Leinen
  1. PowerBuilder
Native PDF Metadata - Security Issue
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Adrian Parker replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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We've just had a security review and one thing that has been highlighted as important is that the PDFs generated by Powerbuilder PDFLib contain metadata.. which in of itself is okay, but one of the elements is the name of the windows user who created...
  1.  PDF
  2.  Security
Adrian Parker Adrian Parker
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 R2 Beta
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi,  is it possible to test the beta? Regards, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Fischer Ferdinand Fischer
  1. Beta Testing
Issues with global variables and a common PBL/PBD
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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We have a common PBL (common.pbl) that is used by three different applications. Each application declares some global variables of types of user objects in the common PBL.  Objects in the common PBL need access to some of those same global variables...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Rows As Needed
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I'm wondering if there is a way to tell when the user has scrolled down to the bottom of the resultset.  
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Need script for U.are.U4500 Fingerprint
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 years ago
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I using PowerBuilder 12, and now I have fingerprint are Model : U.are.U4500 brand : digitalpersonal.   I don't have the SDK or exsample for Powerbuilder 12 .  How to Connect this fingerprint.I want Sourcecode or exsample. Best Regards olenetit@ho...
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monton klinmontha monton klinmontha
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Create loading animation on image upload
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I am uploading an image to my server from a mobile, I would like to display a loading gif while it uploads the file, then hide the gif when it is done..  For some reason a gif worked on desktop/internet, but it did not animate when on my mobile ...
Marc James Marc James
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
SqlPreview event for .NET DataStore
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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 all, the .NET Datastore only has a couple of events, namely RetrieveStart, RetrieveEnd, UpdateStart, UpdateEnd, RowDeleting, RowDeleted. There does not seem to be an event "SqlPreview". In PowerBuilder one can see the issued SQL of every single ...
  1.  SnapDevelop
  2.  .NET DataStore
Roland Mühlberger Roland Mühlberger
  1. SnapDevelop
Process JsonPackage in SnapDevelop Controller
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Thomas Rolseth replied 5 years ago
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In my PowerBuilder Client, I want to use the JsonPackage object to send the result sets of two datastores to our Web API that was created with SnapDevelop.  Here is my PB code: //set values of JSONPackage with API datastores ljpk_submit.setvalue( "...
  1.  C#
  2.  JSON
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  REST
  5.  SnapDevelop
  6.  Web API
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. SnapDevelop
Display & capture live rear camera image
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Marc James replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hiya there! My first time posting here, am hoping someone can point me in the right direction I have a live mobile application running which is successfully deployed online. It has been developed in the latest PB2019 Build 2082. I am running it th...
Marc James Marc James
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Catching OLE Errors
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ashutosh Varshney replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello everyone. I have a PB application which calls Outlook to send messages. I want to trap and log errors if any. Here is my code: ole_Item = ole_Outlook.CreateItem(0) ole_Item.HTMLBody = ls_Body ole_Item.Subject = 'Test message from PowerBuild...
  1.  Exception
  2.  OLE
  3.  PowerBuilder
Ashutosh Varshney Ashutosh Varshney
  1. PowerBuilder
Different binding for Oracle and SQL Server number columns
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Mühlberger replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, we are in the process of building a Web API with SnapObjects. In PowerBuilder, we support either Sql Server or Oracle with the same table structure. For number columns we use "int" in Sql Server and "number(38)" in Oracle. Unfortunately that le...
  1.  Database
  2.  SnapDevelop
Roland Mühlberger Roland Mühlberger
  1. SnapObjects
know the url
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
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Hi is it possible to know the url that the user has gone to, to run the powerserver web application. I am currently testing an app for a customer, it is one company but 2 products, i want to keep the single app but so a different logon screen / dif...
  1.  Log In
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
azuredevops, git, PB2019' orcascr19
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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I use PB 2019 with azuredevops.  I want to an automatic build with my code on GIT.  When i use pull my code of git on my computer and i run my script, all is ok.   But when i do it whit azuredevops on the build machine, i got this error : PBORCA...
Marc-André Despins Marc-André Despins
  1. PowerBuilder
Modern UI
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  zulmach . replied 5 years ago
10 replies
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4 votes
here is an example of graphical interface entirely built in native powerbuilder.The set works as a heavy client and appeon web app.Do you have sugestions to improve the interface. I propose to pool our components.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
frederic roggemans frederic roggemans
  1. PowerBuilder
PB.NET webservice
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello! I have built a web service using PB.NET. The URL is started with "http://" . My local URL : http://localhost/processwebservice/n_webservice.asmx When I deploy the app , the URL is also http://  How can I make it "https://" ?   Thank you...
Kieu Parrish Kieu Parrish
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2017 support for ODBC
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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We are having several issues accessing a MSSQL Server 2016 database using "ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server".  My question is simple:  Is "ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server" supported for applications built using PowerBuilder 2017?
  1.  DataSource
  2.  ODBC
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Christian Desloges Christian Desloges
  1. PowerBuilder
How can I close a Power Builder logon on another machine ( at home ) from work?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Paul Mathieu replied 5 years ago
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I think i left power builder logon on at home and am unable to logon on at work. Is there a way to override or disable the logon on the other computer?  
Paul Mathieu Paul Mathieu
  1. PowerBuilder

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