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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
Oracle Procedure Call with Array Parameters
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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We are using PB2017R2, running against an Oracle database. We have a local external procedure call that uses array parameters, both in and out. We began testing Oracle 18c recently, and post-upgrade we found that this procedure started failing with a...
  1.  Array
  2.  Oracle
Clint Maxwell Clint Maxwell
  1. PowerBuilder
Copying datawindows
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi.   We have a function in our application which takes any datawindow, finds all visible columns and copies them to another datawindow for export til Excel using dw_excel.saveas(). This is done because we only want to export the visible columns t...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Maritech Admin Maritech Admin
  1. PowerBuilder
ORA-12154
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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Hi Community,   Just installed Appeon PB2017.  export the DB profile from current PB12.5 and import to Appeon PB2017. ( on the same machine ) Encounter the ORA-12154: TNS: Could not resolve the connect identifier specified. i have no p...
  1.  Oracle
Chee Boon Ang Chee Boon Ang
  1. PowerBuilder
Browser object (ie explorer) - how to disable rightmouse
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Created a custom ole control as Microsoft Web Browser, how do you disable the right mouse menu.  I don't want any menus to popup in the ole?   PB2017 r3, Powerserver 2017, win10 Dave V.
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Code debugging, powerserver movile
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I have a question, how can I do code debugging for mobile applications? I've seen that on the web if you can. Regards!
Arturo Jasso Arturo Jasso
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Doubleclicked even on iPhone
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, i'm not very familiar with the iOS environment but i'm experiencing a strange behaviour when i try to trigger the doubleclicked event on a dw field.On an ANdroid device everything is working as expected, when i double click on that field the e...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
New Windows 10 icons?
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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, I have read that in the new PB 2019 there is a Windows 10 icons pack. I cannot locate it. Under the icons list I can find only the classic PB icons. Also, does the max icon dimension remain at the mere 16*16? Thank you
Panos Platanas Panos Platanas
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017R3 .NET Assembly Target passing structure by reference in public function causes C# error CS0051
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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I'm trying to create a library to reference some Powerscript from within a C# application. I'm able to successfully compile within PowerBuilder, but when I try to deploy this target and create a dll, I get the following error.   [LIBRARY_NAME]_[NON...
Drew Buchanan Drew Buchanan
  1. PowerBuilder
Unnecessary using directive...
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Dale Fuller replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, Trying to create a simple ASP.Net Core Web API following the steps Bruce laid out in his Demo.  However, after creating the Sample Web API, nearly all of the using directives are invalid.   Example, editing SampleControler.cs, System, Microsoft...
Dale Fuller Dale Fuller
  1. SnapObjects
sql right truncation
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi I am trying to insert some data to my database and I am getting a right truncation error - so i turned of the error checking for the erros . The data has many international characters in it. I now get a primary key exists because the data is tru...
  1.  Database
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
Release User License
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I'm seeking advice on how to resolve 'Your are already logged in' issue for PB17.  I appreciate that you have to go to the User Center and select the licence manager -> PowerBuilder IDE ->Release User.  But for the hell of it I can't find the User Ce...
William Beale William Beale
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerserver Data Source (MSSQL) Disablebind
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, We have numerous SQL Server Data Sources defined in our Appeon Powerserver AEM, to connect to various SQL Server Database. In our Mobile App, we use the Cachename to connect our SQLCA object to the DB. We now have a requirement to display ...
  1.  AEM
  2.  Mobile
  3.  Parameter
  4.  PowerServer Mobile
  5.  SQL Server
Michael Hartnett Michael Hartnett
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Detect if Web App already Running
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
9 replies
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0 votes
How can you detect a Powerserver Web Application running in a browser  (or any app, I need to see if our HELP files are already running in a browser)?  If I have a web app running and a user try's to open a second instance in the same or different br...
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
CloseWithReturn when string is empty
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I have modal window with OK and Cancel buttons.  On OK button the modal closes and returns some string value: CloseWithReturn(Parent, ls_string) On Cancel it just closes the modal:Close(Parent) How to distinguish on  parent window that user clicke...
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with NULL Values using Datawindow Dot Notation assigning row data to nonvisual object in .NET Web Service Target
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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We deploy WebServices to IIS via PowerBuilder. This is a migration project (EA Server (PB 12.5) => IIS (PB2017 R2 Build 1769). In the application framework the usage of assigning the row data to a nonvisual object is quite often used. During the mi...
Arnd Schmidt Arnd Schmidt
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 R3 Git Merge conflict
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Steven Turner replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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My question arises due to encountering a merge conflict while testing. When committing an object within PB it will only commit in the ws_objects folder. If you go to Windows explorer, you will see a visual representation indicating that the sub-folde...
Steven Turner Steven Turner
  1. PowerBuilder
Base64 in PowerServer Toolkit
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All,   did anyone has alertnative to use base64 conversion to make it work with powerServer 2019 as PB feature of coderobject is not supported in PowerServer ?   regards Pinkesh 
  1.  PowerServer Toolkit
Pinkesh Gupta Pinkesh Gupta
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Theme and datawindow grid style and last column line
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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This new theme option is great feature. Found 1 issue with datawindow grid style that seems a little bit strange. If datawindow object is smaller then the datawindow control the last column line is missing, is this is on purpose, or is it a bug ? ...
Jonas Blomgren Jonas Blomgren
  1. PowerBuilder
SHA 512 hash
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  László Ferenc Horváth replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi Bruce! Pls help I need the SHA512 hash value of the password. Example password = '12AA34ox1742'. Any online hash generator return: 8F7780D9A703C5D989417BEC4C0FBC5371A7BD2F0765205BC6395DCF7D596FD51DE0F404AA65CE60F05FAFE014B6BB2C72A4FE1E1F4EB52E5...
László Ferenc Horváth László Ferenc Horváth
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder writes "UTF - 8" in GIT Commit - Ref Bug 2478
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi, I am in the process of trying to switch from using PushOK to native PB GIT in 2017 R3 but am having Team City build issues due to Bug 2478 - Powerbuilder writes "UTF - 8" encoding to Git commits. I find that once I have any commit in my branch ...
  1.  64-bit
  2.  Git
  3.  PowerBuilder
Gordon Leishman Gordon Leishman
  1. PowerBuilder

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