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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 2 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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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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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
Date in global function call in compute expression
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  François Rossignol replied 6 years ago
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Hi,   I'm using PB 2017 R3   I have a global function string f_global_function (date ad_date) return(g_global_object.date_functions_object.of_method(ad_date))   If I use that global function in a computed field in a datawindow the function is ...
François Rossignol François Rossignol
  1. PowerBuilder
Android API Play Store
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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  About the next beta update for PB 2019, What Android API will be included with PowerServer Mobile? Right now, the API version used by PS is the API 18, but API 26 is needed for app uploading to the Play Store.
arturo garza gonzalez arturo garza gonzalez
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Voice Recognition function on IOS by PowerServer Mobile
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  arturo garza gonzalez replied 6 years ago
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  Hello, I want to know about the implementation of Voice Recognition function on IOS by PowerServer Mobile, because I developed an application with this function, and it works perfect on Android devices, it only lacks IOS compatibilit...
arturo garza gonzalez arturo garza gonzalez
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64 bit Build
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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I have build my PB project using 64 bit and it is not working where I have build the same code with 32 bit it is working. Can some one will help in the regard. Do we need to import any files for 64 bit complaint. 
MOHAN KRISHNA DEVARAPU MOHAN KRISHNA DEVARAPU
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Querymode pb2017 r2
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 6 years ago
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Hi ( happy new year !!)   I think i must be doing something wrong. I have a datawindow - which is just a single simple table - with no retrieval arguements I want to use querymode against it. So in the open event i set the transaction object dw...
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
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Inbuilt RTF control in 2017
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 years ago
6 replies
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I have migrated my app from PB 11.5 to PB 2017. I am using PBs internal RTF control to edit text and save to database. To save text I use copyrtf method and save the text to the db. In PB 2017 when I retrieve the text and display the RTF text usin...
Ravi Nath Ravi Nath
  1. PowerBuilder
Window key event [pbm_keydown] is no more triggered after migration from 12.5 to 2017
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  · DETE replied 6 years ago
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Window key event [pbm_keydown] is no more triggered after migration from 12.5 to 2017?  
· DETE · DETE
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CreateJavaVM issue
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Pacito Nefulda replied 6 years ago
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Guys, We are trying to convert our current PB 12.5 application to PB 2017 R3. We managed to convert our application to 32Bit and currently testing it and at the same time we are trying the 64Bit version. Unfortunately one feature of our system seems...
Pacito Nefulda Pacito Nefulda
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Any alternate/workaround for Classdefinition Object
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 6 years ago
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  Converting a huge client/Server app to web and mobile app, module by module, I know I have to through a lot.   in our code, frequently required to know the ancestor class name.. ie   /// ClassDefinition cd_windef do cd_windef = FindClassDefi...
shoaib siddiqui shoaib siddiqui
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
How to use branch in git,whether there is suggestion on the detail steps
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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As powerbuilder 2017 r3 has integrated GitLab plugin, it is convinent for source control, but how can we manage Git branch as there is long last change parallel with master change, is there any suggestion, so far we have to use tortoisegit clone firs...
Song Tom Song Tom
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Plans for support for docking windows in powerserver
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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Any Plans to support docking Windows in PowerServer?Will be nice to have the feature
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Theme in opensheetasdocument issue
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hello all, some properties of the theme are not working if you open the windows as a document usiing the docking windows style app. for example the listview when i open the sheet as document looks like this: and with a opensheet looks like:  ...
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
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How to connect PowerBuilder 17 to SSAS tabular database? is there any way?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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I want to connect PowerBuilder 17 R3 to SSAS Services, I even don't know it is possible or not. Is there any connection driver or something I can use to achieve it? Thanks in advance..
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HARSHIT RATHORE HARSHIT RATHORE
  1. PowerBuilder
Having issues parsing JSON data
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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Hi team, This question is a follow-up from my previous question about how to make a API calls, which is now possible. I received following API string, and assigning it to a string variable. ls_stringbody = '{"addresses":[{"id":2521795,"name":"John...
Kiat Chun Kiat Chun
  1. PowerBuilder
GetFileSaveName and MDI
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ivan Aase replied 6 years ago
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Hi, We are using GetFileSaveName to get file store to disk. As this is a Windows session it get its one windows session an is not listed as an prosess under our MDI. When running program that use some time before asking for the filename, then the ...
Ivan Aase Ivan Aase
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Webservice + base64 decode + write function
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  John Vanleeuwe replied 6 years ago
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HI all,   I am consuming a rest webservice api which gives me a back an XML reply message , with one of the XML elements a base64 encoded string.   This base64 encoded string is a PDF file , which i need to decode and then write as a PDF file in ...
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
TLS 1.2 when connecting to a SOAP webservice in PB2017
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Sverre Tvedt replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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My company recently updated from PowerBuilder 12.1 to 2017 R2, so we have a lot of legacy code. I have a working connection to a SOAP webservice using the SoapConnection object. I now need to implement TLS 1.2 when connecting to that webservice, but ...
  1.  SOAP
  2.  TLS/SSL
Joseph Neville Joseph Neville
  1. PowerBuilder
Connecting and populating an Excel template
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 6 years ago
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Hello,   I was wondering if there is another way to connect to and populate an Excel spreadsheet other than the way below...   OLEObject lole_xlapp // Create the oleobject variable xlapp lole_xlApp = Create OLEObject // Connect to Excel and che...
  1.  Excel
  2.  PowerBuilder
Michael Kochevar Michael Kochevar
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Powerbuilder 11 upgrade installation
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Michael Kench replied 6 years ago
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Hi Guys, My machine is dying on me so need to put PB11 on a new machine. I have an upgrade license and generated a new key. I'm not having luck when loading a new license key.  Maybe because I generated an alternate license or do I need to install P...
Michael Kench Michael Kench
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2018 BETA not displaying icons
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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Hi, After installing 2018 Beta, I do as I always have done, I place all my images in a resource folder and add this path to the PB180.EXE path in the registry. The problem is that none of the images are displayed. There are no hard-coded paths for t...
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  2.  UI
Gerry Whitmarsh Gerry Whitmarsh
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