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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
Sql Server and dates
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kwadwo Boahene replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi All,         I am  in the process of PB conversion of an legacy application from db2 to sql server. I am having a problem with how sql srver handles dates in a datawindow. The below example in db2 returns the current datetime and saved in the dat...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Kwadwo Boahene Kwadwo Boahene
  1. PowerBuilder
How to detect possible Integer overflow
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  David Peace replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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Hello, I have a simple problem and we get this bug once/twice in a year but the impact of this bug is always huge. The problem is the following. When we create a new function in PowerBuilder, it automatically sets the return value as integer, which...
  1.  Compiler
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerScript (PS)
  4.  Warning
  5.  PowerScript IDE
Ankur Patel Ankur Patel
  1. PowerBuilder
How to connect a SQL Anywhere database (using windows integrated login authentication) with PB17?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  DIPANJAN DUTTA replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi Experts, I am using PB 17.3 and SQL Anywhere 17. I can successfully connect my database using windows integrated login authentication from Interactive SQL. Here is the screenshot,   Now my question is their any process to connect the same d...
DIPANJAN DUTTA DIPANJAN DUTTA
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon workarounds PBL objects need their own workarounds for PowerServer?
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi,   I'm trying to workaround a PowerBuilder/PowerServer migration issue, and I have a general question- Why is the code in the appeon_workarounds.pbl not compatible with PowerServer? For instance, I'm looking at the appeondatastore object, method...
Thomas George Thomas George
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
DLL accesed in runtime, not from PB IDE
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi I had to make some changes to a C# DLL due to urgent modifications fron some security required accesing external APIs, after that, the same DLL when running the application from PB IDE responds with error -3.I also checked for the deployed applic...
  1.  External Functions
  2.  OLE
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
  1. PowerBuilder
Send email with confirmation
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Good morningYou can send an email with delivery confirmation as outlook from powerbuilderSomeone has done it, pleasethank
Juan Gonzalez Juan Gonzalez
  1. PowerBuilder
Built in images
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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I'm wondering if there is a way to use the built in bitmap images on a DataWindow. If not, this would be a great enhancement.
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder version xref to Oracle DB Drivers
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Jim Means replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hey guys, I can't find that handy little cross-reference page of PowerBuilder versions to Oracle database drivers.  Our company is planning upgrades to Oracle v19.  Wanted to make sure I was up to snuff, PB version wise. Thanks,Jim
Jim Means Jim Means
  1. PowerBuilder
Column identity but it's not
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi Guys I've a table "flusso_ccic" and a datastore in PB2019 R2 on it No column identity, just the key from some columns I converted to a Model on Snap Develop R2 and Retrieve works fine, but If I try to Run a Create from a rest Client the query f...
  1.  SQL Server
  2.  SnapDevelop
Giuseppe moglia Giuseppe moglia
  1. SnapDevelop
Mail Hangs Program
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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In testing PB2019 normal users programs hung when sending mail and the task had to be stopped.  This did not happen for admin users.  The mail was sent and the hang occurred on mSes.mailLogoff(). I just commented it out and all works fine. In the pas...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
John Murphy John Murphy
  1. PowerBuilder
eon_mobile_geolocationex Zoom
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Como poder acercar el mapa para que se vea la calle , cuando realizamos el open , lo e intentado con    PowerBuilder 2019 y powerServer 2019 istr_option_appeon.b_allowmove = trueistr_option_appeon.b_allowzoom = trueistr_option_appeon.b_locatetocur...
luis avilan luis avilan
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Hundredths of a second in the DateTime from Oracle
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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PowerBuilder v12.1, build 7055Oracle 12CI'm using the sqlca.of_CurrentDateTime() function to get the date and time from tthe database.What I want is the TIME portion to include hundreths of a second:     String ( sqlca.of_currentdatetime(), "DD-MMM-Y...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Server 2016 Number of Digits?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Sunki Choi replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, how are youWe have a problem. Grid Report DW.You can see all the decimal points in CS when viewing DATA.However, if you distribute it to Apple server 2016, all the decimal back seats will be cut off.It appears to be 3.3 = 3.0.All decimal numbers ...
Sunki Choi Sunki Choi
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
MessageBox Enhancement Suggestion
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
I would dearly love to see the good old MESSAGEBOX function extended to allow user to specify their own values for BUTTON and ICON. This is the standard prototype for MessageBox:                  Message (title, text, icon, button, default) I see t...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Build
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
we build exe on appeon powerbulder 2017 R3. But when we click on PBRTCFileTransform120 ( Application file) nothing happens
selvaraj subramanian selvaraj subramanian
  1. PowerBuilder
RE: transitioning From 2017 Release 2 to release 3
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Bill Asby replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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1 vote
We have many PowerBuilder 2017 Release 2 applications that will need to be migrated to Release 3, as their attendant Oracle Server databases will be transitioning to 19c (12.2.0.3) in the future. Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 Release 3 is stated to suppor...
  1.  32-bit
  2.  IDE
  3.  Oracle
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Don Moore Don Moore
  1. PowerBuilder
DW print duplex - Report with groups (reloaded)
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ludwin Feiten replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi all, I have a report for employees with a group on the employees. This results in different numbers of pages. Some have one, others two or three pages. When I print on a duplex printer I don't get a paper feed after each employee. So a report sta...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Print
Ludwin Feiten Ludwin Feiten
  1. PowerBuilder
Save dw to excel
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hello ,   Doe's anyone have an idea how to save dw to excel with out changing the format ? like : colors , grouped and so on or a 3'rd party tool Thanks
  1.  Excel
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
Repository size using Git and Bitbucket for PowerBuilder 2017 R3
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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I'm having an issue with my repository growing in size on Bitbucket. In the past 22 days it has grown from 1.2 GB to 1.5 GB on Bitbucket. I know I haven't made modifications on the order of 25% of the workspace, but that is my growth. My PBLs all com...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder
Lawrence Anderson Lawrence Anderson
  1. PowerBuilder
GIT, ws_objects and .pbl files
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Last year I made a change in a Powerbuilder 2017 R3 program.  Specifically these were to change the name of a function call to update_last_login_dt to update_last_login_dt2 in the w_login window.  I pushed the changes to the central GIT repository, b...
William Marsh William Marsh
  1. PowerBuilder

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