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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
Problems with PFC_PRINT()
  1. Resolved
  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, We have recently upgraded our powerbuilder app to PB2019 and upgraded out PFC libraries to PFC2019. One change in the PFC libraries is hindering our ability to print when using File\Print from the menu bar. With the upgrade to PFC2019 the pfc...
Mike Kochevar Mike Kochevar
  1. PowerBuilder
RestClient error -16
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi. We're currently developing a service for fetching realtime currency from a online broker. The result is a JSON, like this: [ { "symbol": "USD/NOK", "timestamp": "2022-03-22T06:58:35.690285Z", "rate": 1.566015 }, { "symbol": "SEK/NOK", "timesta...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  REST
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
How Decimal works...
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi all I came across a script at work and am a bit confused by how the data type of Decimal works. Here is what I understand - If a variable, say ldec_test, is declared as Decimal (7, 2), it would have a value like 12345.67 (for example).  Is that...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerBuilder
http client timeout
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
what is the timeout setting of the http client?  and is it different for powerbuilder vs powerserver (2020)? windows api has 4 timeout setttings: BOOL WinHttpSetTimeouts( int nResolveTimeout, int nConnectTimeout,  int nSendTimeout, int nReceiveTime...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Powerbuilder CPU usage is very high
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi All, All on a sudden my powerbuilder became very slow for development. Since yesterday it worked fine on my same workstation. I am using powebuilder 2017 R3 build #1858 on windows 10. The CPU usage is more than 35% and I have to wait for a long t...
Daniel Richard Daniel Richard
  1. PowerBuilder
Convert JSON to usable data
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Matt Balent replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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I hope someone can help I need to store the return from my GET statement into a database table This is the format of the return, what method would you recommend. I am currently using 2019 but can easily move to 2021 if the new features help. regar...
  1.  JSON
  2.  REST
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
PFC split-bar isn't resizing all objects
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi Friends, I'm migrating to PB 2021, and the most recent PFC.  My old PFC files are over 20 years old!  We have several windows that use something like "home made" split bar in conjunction with the linking service.  We had written code to do our ow...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
dbms value error
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
7 replies
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0 votes
Hi team,   we are using powerbuilder 2019R3 version and we are migrating from sybase to mssql.  In which after connecting to sql server we did add sql server in db profile. ;Autocommit defaults to false if no entry here - can be overridden in use...
Prasad Neelapala Prasad Neelapala
  1. PowerBuilder
Get app version
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hello I want to show the version of my application in About box. Is there a more "PB-way" how to read these values from a project than C# FileVersionInfo.FileVersion()? I mean an environment variable, contextinformation etc.
  1.  .EXE
  2.  Build
  3.  Deployment
  4.  PB Classic
  5.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  6.  PowerClient
Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
  1. PowerBuilder
DataWindow SaveAs Choices
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
0 replies
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This is a two parter. Part 1: If NativePDF is the default at the application or DataWindow level, will choosing PDF from the SaveAs function use NativePDF or Ghostscript? If not, I think it should. Part 2: I think that a bunch of the choices on t...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Assign the content to Text Control of PSR report using Data Window of Power Builder
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Dear Support Team, I have created the PSR report in Info Maker. PSR file having the Column, Text, Image, etc. controls. I have linked the database field name for the Column controls. Now I have created the Sample Application in Power Builder in whi...
Vishrut Dave Vishrut Dave
  1. PowerBuilder
Smaller PDFs
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Konstantin Goldobin replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows how to make PDF files generated by the datawindow SaveAs() method smaller. The following are the settings I'm using: idw_to_save.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.UsePrintSpec = 'Yes' idw_to_save.Object....
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder
Konstantin Goldobin Konstantin Goldobin
  1. PowerBuilder
powerServer commandline process from scheduler
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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powerServer 2020   I can send a commandline to start a process in my powerserver application:    something like this: https://mywebserver.com/?/U myuuser /P mypwrd /R exportfile {"rptl_cd":"xyz","format":"CSV","file":"c:\temp\myfile[MMDDhhmmssss0...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Is Splitting PBD to separate folder from exe file possible
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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I wonder if it is possible to use RuntimePath   in  application.xml    to put the pbd's in a different folder? Does the application have ability to look elsewhere for pbd's without using OS PATH? Companies are becoming strickter on users ability to...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Håvard Heide Håvard Heide
  1. PowerBuilder
How do you copy texts from multiple columns in Excel to a datawindow with multiple columns?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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How do you copy texts from multiple columns in Excel to a datawindow with multiple columns?
Winnie Ross Winnie Ross
  1. PowerBuilder
orcascr210.exe - Git - Unable to process map file
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Using Git hosted by DevOps. PowerBuilder 2021 There are no *.PBG files present, of course. From the command line... orcascr210.exe XxXxxx21_Build_Script_PRODUCTION_v04.orca ...there are no explicit errors displayed in the console. However, the ...
  1.  Git
  2.  OrcaScript
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
John Strano John Strano
  1. PowerBuilder
GIT with PB 2019 R3 and Azure Devops
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Connie Dove replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi I've currently got a PB application which already has GIT setup locally for it. I've created an Azure DevOps repo to host the master and configured the PB application with the source control options on the workspace. My Git commit to master and...
Allan Seagrott Allan Seagrott
  1. PowerBuilder
Using web browser control with report server
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
I am maintaining an application in Powerbuilder 2021. The application previously constructed a script that was sent to the report server via IE to retrieve a report in pdf format. IE would prompt the user to either save or open the pdf file. We are g...
  1.  Internet Explorer
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  WebBrowser
Raymond Longoria Raymond Longoria
  1. PowerBuilder
Application is Crashing When MModal is installed in the same server.
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Team,   few our customers are facing an issue related to application crashing. The application is crashing when MModal(a Third party dictation tool) in the same system. The below is the error details details captured from event viewer. I had con...
Shafeer Mohamedali Shafeer Mohamedali
  1. PowerBuilder
ADO.net connect
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
我的內容如下 : SQLCA.DBMS = "ADO.Net"SQLCA.LogId = "xxxx"SQLCA.LogPass = "xxxxxxxx"SQLCA.AutoCommit = Falsesqlca.dbparm = "Namespace='System.Data.SqlClient',DataSource='192.168.20.3',Database='saphana'"connect using sqlca;return sqlca.sqlcode 在開發環境 return...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Chang chihyuan Chang chihyuan
  1. PowerBuilder

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