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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
6 replies
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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
PFC Documentation
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Gzim Ramizi replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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I just DLed the 2017 PFC from GitHub. Do we have any documentation of the modifications made to that?  Is that on GitHub somehow?  It looks like the help file hasnt been updated. Im wondering specifically about the pfcmain objects; many of them...
  1.  Documentation
Jeff Casbeer Jeff Casbeer
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to checkout objects from SVN Server Repository to Local Directory
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Madhu Krushnamraju replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, 1. Im successfully connected to SVN Server Repository URL. When I select Local Root Directory and message box prompted and says, "specified directory does not exist", even folder exist in the system.  would you please advise?     ...
  1.  Server
Madhu Krushnamraju Madhu Krushnamraju
  1. PowerBuilder
Fours questions, looking for answers from the experts
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 6 years ago
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I'm have a oleobject that has an overloaded function. For the life of me I've not been able to get the overloaded function to work. Can anyone confirm overloaded ole object functions are supported by PowerBuilder 2017R2. My deployed applicat...
Kevan Smith Kevan Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
PDFs not getting created on User workstations
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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I am using NativePDF! to create PDFs in my application.  It works on my PC (it is Windows 10).However, it does not work on most of my user's PCs running the application.  It works on some, but not others where it does not create the PDF. An example ...
  1.  NativePDF
Jon Stoller Jon Stoller
  1. PowerBuilder
Menu / close - destroy event ?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all,   Lets say i have an overview screen with hundreds of records, which is being refreshed autmatically. Every 5 seconds the retrieve function is done.   Now on the rightclick event of the datawindow , our users can pop a menu with some addi...
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
How to Scan QR Code / Bar Code from PowerBuilder Application?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Udaya Shankar Rao replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, Need help & suggestion on bar code / qr code scanner.   I have PowerBuilder 10.5 application which is running in Windows 10 tablet. Now, I have a requirement to add the Bar code / QR Code scan functionality in built in this application. ...
Udaya Shankar Rao Udaya Shankar Rao
  1. PowerBuilder
Mobile application cannot insert a record to the database via a DataWindow Object
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Si CHEN replied 6 years ago
8 replies
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Hello Everyone, We have deployed a first mobile application with PowerBuilder Universal Edition 2017 R2. After upgrading to the last version 2017 R3, the mobile application cannot insert a new record to the database via a DataWindow Object (but upda...
Si CHEN Si CHEN
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Enumerated Data Type
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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HelloI created a function with the code below. How i replace the last parameter (string as_position)with an enumerated?What Argument Type should I use?  Thansk         Parameters:string as_window_namewn_main_master ao_wn_pointerstring as_posit...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
ToolbarInSheet
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hello guru I'm making an application that has an MDI with windowdockstatedocked!. In the postopen I open a sheet with OpenSheetDocked (ao_wn_pointer, ls_name, mdi, WindowDockLeft!, '0') (This sheet has the ToolbarInSheet flag enabled).   The ...
  1.  Dockable
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow update row by row
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, I have a datawindow where the user can insert, update and delete rows. My problem: If the user clicks the save button I won't use the update function because it updates all the changes in a single transaction. I need to update the datawindow ro...
René Ullrich René Ullrich
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EJB Component in PB2017
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, As before we have some EJB component to be deployed on EA server. Now with PB 2017, how we could handle that part to call the function which EJB provide? Thanks in advance.
Sally D Sally D
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 R2 Orcascript Build
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Pete Yankovich replied 6 years ago
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I'm using orcascr170 to build my PB 2017 R2 app.  It's taking 25-26 minutes to do the build.  With PB 12.6, it took about 4-5 minutes.  Is there anything I can do to improve this?
Pete Yankovich Pete Yankovich
  1. PowerBuilder
Physical data modeler
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  ATK Gimmy Susan replied 6 years ago
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Hi Guru Does anyone have a 'Physical data modeler' to suggest? I have to use it with Oralce and PostgreSQL. Better if free   thanks
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Removing dll / ocx from memory after use?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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I connect to a dll / ocx in PowerBuilder using ConnectToNewObject. That dll is held and locked until I exit from the PowerBuilder IDE (all versions). Is there anything I can do to unload the dll either in code, or when the application is closed but t...
  1.  IDE
  2.  Memory
  3.  PowerBuilder
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
SP Execute generates ? where variable values should be
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Russell Harvey replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Recently switched from native Sybase driver to ODBC. When a stored procedure is executed, sqlPreview in SQLCA shows "?" (question marks) in place of variable values. (I am connecting to database with DisableBind=1,StaticBind=0 in dbParm.) Decla...
Russell Harvey Russell Harvey
  1. PowerBuilder
MDI ChildFrame Border on Windows 10
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Hi,   we are in the process of upgrading our products and migrating them to powerbuilder 2017. In this process we noticed that on Windows 10 Systems the MDI ChildFrames have old XP-style Borders which do not match the remaining UI in either Window...
  1.  MDI
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
  4.  Windows OS
Moritz Venn Moritz Venn
  1. PowerBuilder
window titlebar
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi I am trying to disable the titlebar on a window on the open event - using this.titlebar=false I get the following message - A systemwrite property can be modified only in an event or function in its parent class  what am i doing wrong ?   i ...
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
ExportJson() questions
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hello community, I am exited with new option to export Datawindow to Json format. Could you please help me to figure out how to achieve the following: 1. Exported field names are different from column names. How to specify/map the Json field names w...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Export
  3.  JSON
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
Native PDF started failing suddenly on client system
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Gbenga Owolabi replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Since we started using PB 2017 R3 , pdf save has been working perfectly. This version was subscribed to primarily because of the Native PDF Suddenly at the moment, it stopped working on the client system. Windows 7 and 10. 32 and 64bits dw_1.Save...
Gbenga Owolabi Gbenga Owolabi
  1. PowerBuilder
How to upload pictures using the database blob object?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
6 replies
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Dear all I use the large binary database blob object in a datawindow to show pictures for each row, which works very well. Now, it is required to allow an upload/replace for earch row and I ask myself, if there is a "simple" PowerBuilder-way how to...
Gzim Ramizi Gzim Ramizi
  1. PowerBuilder

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