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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
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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
C# Datawindows with multiples Parameters
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ramón San Félix Ramón replied 4 years ago
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Hi. What is the most elegant way of sending many parameters to WebApi to do Datawindow's retrieve ? In PowerBuilder I have a datawindow like this:: String ls_companyInteger li_yearDatetime ldt_dateFromDatetime ldt_dateToString ls_CustomerFromStr...
Ramón San Félix Ramón Ramón San Félix Ramón
  1. SnapDevelop
Open windows / PrintSetup() same screen
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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I've opened up my application, moved it to my secondary screen, then run PrintSetup() and it pops up on the original screen, what's the simplest way to make sure it pops up on the same screen as my application?? It does this for other windows I open...
Marc James Marc James
  1. PowerBuilder
Window executes Open Event after Close Event
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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Hello,   I'm working on a window that inherits from another that has a close on the Open event, when the condition is false I trigger this close event, but the child window keeps executing his open event and throws a null object error.    Regards
Pau Haro Pau Haro
  1. PowerBuilder
InputFieldChangeData/InputFieldGetData Issue in RTE
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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We have migrated our application from PB 10 to PB 2019 R2 and facing an issue in the RTE control.I have selected the 'Built in TX Text Control' in the application properties. When we change the Input Field data in the runtime before saving the recor...
Danish Ahamed LiakathAli Danish Ahamed LiakathAli
  1. PowerBuilder
powerscript migration to C#
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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HI Guru    I  migrated powerbuilder script to C#, It seems only pure C# and no visual window image. It that is correct ?  
eric chan eric chan
  1. PowerBuilder
ImportJson not working.
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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I have a problem with the ImportJson function on HP ProDesk 800SFF using Windows 10 Professional.  When it tries to perform an  ImportJson, (rowcnt = dw_source.ImportJson(ls_SimpleJson,  Primary!, 1, 5), it stops and exits the app. It operates on win...
Kevin Thompson Kevin Thompson
  1. PowerBuilder
Access DW Group's ResetPageCount value in code?
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  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
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We have some code in our report-viewing window to determine whether VCR-like paging controls (for First, Previous, Next or Last Page) are enabled based on whether there are multiple pages. However, one of our reports has grouping, with Group 1 havin...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
SMS ClickaTell App
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
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I tried dowloading and using the TopWiz App for sending SMS through PB.  I'm having some trouble and getting a "ERR: 901, Internal error - please retry", regardless.  I do have a working Clickatell acount and can send SMS through my browser. Has any...
James Medick James Medick
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot Open Any Datawindows
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Dear Sir, Whatever datawindows I try to open, powerbuilder auto closed. It works normally yesterday. PB version: Appeon POwerBuilder Universal Edition Version 2017 R3 Build 1880. OS version: Windows 10 Pro Please help. Best Regards, Edward   ...
Edward Chan Edward Chan
  1. PowerBuilder
Open profiling file
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Hi.   I've gathered profiling information at runtime for one of our customers. I have a PBP file at my computer and want to open it in "Profiling Trace View" in PowerBuilder 2019 to analyze it. First I need to choose a target (.pbt) file, and the...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Debug
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
2019R2, using theme, closing window with controlmenu, Message.Processed = TRUE no longer works ...
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Vladimir K. replied 4 years ago
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Hi all. Please see attached. Code works perfectly fine from pb 4.0 up to 2019R1 using theme In R2, instead of going into ue_cancel, it goes into "other" event (pbm_other) for datawindow object in the this window. Running R2 without theme works fi...
Vladimir K. Vladimir K.
  1. PowerBuilder
64-bit debugging IDE
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  2.  Angelo Gervasoni replied 4 years ago
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Is there a release date for 64-bit debugging IDE? I have problems with the new 10 version of sap business one which is only 64 bit   Angelo
  1.  64-bit
  2.  Debugger
  3.  IDE
  4.  Release
  5.  UI
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Angelo Gervasoni Angelo Gervasoni
  1. PowerBuilder
crash when select Icon
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Angelo Gervasoni replied 4 years ago
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PB 2019 R2  IDE Crash when i Try to select an icon/bmp in menu or any object   Angelo  
  1.  Icon
  2.  IDE
  3.  Menu
Angelo Gervasoni Angelo Gervasoni
  1. PowerBuilder
Need help with connecting to .Net dll in PB2017
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Trying to use a inhouse built .Net dll in PB 2017 , that was successfully working in PB12.5 It gives an error "Cannot create object" We are trying to connect to it with OleObject. Used REGASM to register that dll. Anyone has a solution for this?
Pallavi Karnati Pallavi Karnati
  1. PowerBuilder
Runtime Error "Invalid 'privKey' in AsymmetricDecrypt." while using Private and Public keys from different source
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Hi All, I am trying to create JWT using PowerBuilder, using CrypterObject Object when I am doing the Encryption, Decryption and Sign using public and private keys which are generated using AsymmetricGenerateKey is working fine. Whereas my requiremen...
  1.  Encryption
  2.  PowerBuilder
Pushparaj Viswanathan Pushparaj Viswanathan
  1. PowerBuilder
Required files for saveas Excel12
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 4 years ago
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PB 2019 GA I have a question about the file Sybase.PowerBuilder.DataWindow.Excel12.dll. Customers have reported that SaveAs Excel12 result in an abort. It appears that the file needs to be installed into the .Net GAC and we didn't do that in our in...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Mobile app issue displaying images with a tableblob object in a datawindow
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
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Hello everybody, I have a mobile application for Android and I have a problem displaying images in a datawindow object with a tableblob object, when I'm designing the datawindow object in the preview, the images show fine, but when I deploy the app a...
  1.  BLOB
  2.  DataWindow
  3.  Mobile
  4.  PowerServer Mobile
Arturo Quiroga Arturo Quiroga
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StyleRaised border makes picture bigger
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
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Hello guys,   Im doing a look like action bar menu to control my windows, but I need to set border on a "menu item", this border is a (StyleRaised!) border and it does this to the image.   As you guys can see the image is normal size but when I...
Pau Haro Pau Haro
  1. PowerBuilder
Retrieval in FOR Loop Locks Up At Random
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
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UPDATE:   31-JUL-2020   I want to thank Chris, John, and Mike for their suggestions!   Using most of Jon's suggestions, I added a YIELD() and a GarbageCollect() into the FOR loop - and the next run did not get locked up. After making a few more chang...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
How to use the PFC Caching Service (pfc_n_cst_dwcache)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Gregory Rusak replied 4 years ago
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I must be missing something with the PFC caching service (pfc_n_cst_dwcache). There's very little documentation on the service, so I'm hoping someone has used it before and explain how it is to be used. What I don't understand is if you destroy a d...
Gregory Rusak Gregory Rusak
  1. PowerBuilder

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