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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
Ribbonbar control : Find a menu by tag
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi With the new ribbonbar control of PowerBuiler 2019 r2, I use the getitembytag function to search objects in the ribbonbar and access their properties. I also have menus associated with button (LargeButton). The getItemByTag function does not wor...
  1.  RibbonBar
Thierry Garrigues Thierry Garrigues
  1. PowerBuilder
Mouse Wheel causes PB to abort
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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PowerBuilder 2019 GA 2082. One of our devs discovered that on a particular DataWindow, using the scroll wheel can cause the application to just disappear. I tried it in the IDE and nothing happens. In the exe, the mouse shows busy for a second or tw...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
generate PDF from C# Datastore
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, as from the title: since the C# Model Generator builds the POCO but also stores the .srd file (i.e. the entire DW layout) would it be possible to enhance the C# datastore API and add PDF generation (even in memory) ? Something like the Nati...
Marco Meoni Marco Meoni
  1. SnapObjects
PB Catalog on Production Systems
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Do you have to have the PowerBuilder catalog tables created in Prod databases where just built applications are going to be run? How do you keep PB from trying to access catalog tables from compiled applications?   WARNING: too many parse errors, ...
Lee Quinn Lee Quinn
  1. PowerBuilder
Virus Detected After PB 2019 R2 Installation
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Late last night I installed PB 2019 R2 on a desktop running Windows 10 Pro that is current with all Windows updates which had PB 2019 R1 installed. I use Bitdefender Total Security for my anti-virus and firewall (which is also current with software u...
  1.  Installation
  2.  PowerBuilder
John Fauss John Fauss
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019R2 runtime installation error & question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hello everyone, we are currently testing the new PB2019R2 version and features. For this i also created a new runtime. If I now want to install this runtime at the customer the following error occurs. Picture 1 - runtime packager settings Picture ...
  1.  Error
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Runtime Packager
Stefan Malkwitz Stefan Malkwitz
  1. PowerBuilder
Deployment PowerServer 2016 ERROR
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Use Powerbuilder 2017R3 Deployment PowerServer 2016 Excuse me, how to deal with this problem Thank you
KAO-SHENG CHANG KAO-SHENG CHANG
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Write a file in Appenon 2019
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Write a file in Appenon 2019.I am generating a file and the same one from the application generates 290 rows but when I execute the function outside the normal system circuit it generates 540 rows.I can't find the reason why this function in a way ge...
Fernando Leal Fernando Leal
  1. PowerBuilder
Offline Installer Download Speed Issue
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I am having to use the offline installer for PB 2019 IDE, as one of our build servers does not have internet access. I am seeing 50Kb/s download speeds.  Is this normal?  The offline installer says it will be roughly a GB in total.  At this rate (cu...
David Watson David Watson
  1. PowerBuilder
Project Painter & PBC with 3pass option?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi All ORCA and ORCAScript both support a "3pass" option, which is "performs a full rebuild of the application. It should be used instead of full when there are complex inherited relationships."   But the IDE and PBC don't offer this option.  In o...
  1.  Compiler
  2.  PowerScript IDE
yakov werde yakov werde
  1. PowerBuilder
Non SQL Error: Could not load class oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclDriver
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Hi, hope someone can help me with this issue. I'm trying to create a JDBC db profile connection to an Oracle 12c or 19c database, but have not been successful.  This is what I specified in the DB Profile: I use the JDB JDBC Database Interface GUI ...
  1.  JDBC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Binh Pham Binh Pham
  1. PowerBuilder
MDI application on Windows 10 : old look for sheet...
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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Hi We have an MDI application. On Windows 10, the appearance of the MDI frame is different from the sheet window (title bar, window control menu, etc.). The MDI frame looks like all Windows 10 windows, but windows sheet look old. Is there a way to...
  1.  MDI
  2.  Window
  3.  Windows OS
Thierry Garrigues Thierry Garrigues
  1. PowerBuilder
MySQL VPN connection keeps dropping
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Guys   Hopefully you can help. I have been accessing a MySQL database for years. While in the office everything works beautifully. Now that I am working from home and using a VPN connection I get terminated often, every few minutes in fact. It ...
Tom McArdle Tom McArdle
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 - memory
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
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Good Morning! We have an automation application using PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1880 and the OS is Win10 . This application has been had a memory leak .  Could you someone let me know How I do "unhandled exception" for memory leak in the coding (...
Kieu Parrish Kieu Parrish
  1. PowerBuilder
IDE wont' display except as maximized. off screen or something
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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PB 2017R3 - windows 10 Was in the debugger, it got messed up and so i had to kill PB. Restarted PB but now the IDE is not viewable.  seems to be offscreen possibly low left.  Tried to cascade all windows in windows 10, did not help.  tried to move...
  1.  IDE
mike S mike S
  1. PowerBuilder
PB19 SaveAs over print PDF - drags with size
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tobias Roth replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi All  - we are changing this one app to use the SaveAs() function for generating PDF's out of an .sbi + .psr combo, replacing the previous print +3rd party drivers approach. This is much desired as the previously used drivers are no longer availabl...
  1.  PDF
JOHN THOMAS JOHN THOMAS
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 R2 cannot create user event on application object
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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I'm testing PB 2019 R2 #2203 vs. PB 2017 R3 #1880. I create methods on application object and see below similarity + difference Test Cases Create a function Open app object Create function with return statement Save app object Create a...
Michael Kramer Michael Kramer
  1. Beta Testing
C# Model Generator Parse Error
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Robert Martyn replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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I'm getting a parsing error when trying to port a datawindow to our Web API using the C# Model Generator.  The database is Oracle and the error is  Error: ORA-00952: missing GROUP keyword.  Below is the select statement being used.  It seems like the...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  C# Model generator
  3.  SnapDevelop
  4.  Web API
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. SnapDevelop
Powerebuilder 2019r2 runtime packager
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
1 reply
1811 views
1 vote
Good morning community.   I created my first powerebuilder 2019r2 runtime packager.     When I installed, a mystery folder appeared. What is it for? Why do I have to distribute it?   This is the content.     Thank you early for the...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Build problems
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ruth Spradlin replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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I am having 2 problems when trying to build my app migrated from 12.6 First, while building I get messages that it can't find my resource files.  I have the resource .pbr listed in the project.  All of the files are in my current directory, but it c...
Ruth Spradlin Ruth Spradlin
  1. PowerBuilder

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