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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
PB Demo DB install
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I have installed PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1858, however since the databases I am using are SQL Server, I do not have SQL Anywhere installed.  I would now like to review the sample app installed with PowerBuilder, but I also need the sample ...
Ted Fruchtl Ted Fruchtl
  1. PowerBuilder
EA server component migration
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Hi All,   As before we use some component on EA server, then client could using contextkeyword getcontextservice to call the from server. But as EA server is demised on the new version. Do you have any suggestions about how to handle those componen...
Dong Le Dong Le
  1. PowerBuilder
One Data Source for Multiple Mobile App
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Like I always start. I am new to Mobile technology. Always asking for advise. What would you recommend in the following case: if I have 4 apps connecting to the same database (dynamic connection is on in PowerServer). Should I create a different da...
  1.  PowerServer
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Webservice with enhanced version vs standard
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello Rex here, I am contracting at a company that has two full time PB developers.  The full time developers are using 2017 enhanced and I am using the 2017 standard edition (all on R2).  One of the developers with the enhanced version has created a...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  SOAP
Rex Chivers Rex Chivers
  1. PowerBuilder
STD_FC_Active_Directory
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Currently using STD_FC_Active_Directory web service to validate id and password against Active Directory.  I have that working for both standard Power Builder C/S and Power Server web applications and it works great! One of the other functions in th...
  1.  .NET Std Framework
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerServer Web
Ron Calder Ron Calder
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
n_cst_string of_globalreplace() function slow
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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  For unknown reasons, at some point, this function has become very slow.  Specifically, if you are doing a globalreplace on a large file--such as adding linefeeds to an EDI file for example--then the results are extremely slow.  For example, a 1 me...
Derek Hammonds Derek Hammonds
  1. PowerBuilder
Graph Legend/Plotted data line controls
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Neil Prichard replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hello,  is there a way to change the symbols of a legend and or the plotted line data on a infomaker line graph, currently they are automatically assigned symbols when creating a graph. If its possible to change this through the edit data through po...
  1.  Graph
Neil Prichard Neil Prichard
  1. InfoMaker
Richtext datawindow not merging data to RTF template
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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We migrated a very large PB application to 2017 R3 Build 1858 from PB 12.5. The migration went surprising well except for one small but critical part of the application. We use a Richtext Datawindow that simply does an INSERTDOCUMENT() of a MS WORD R...
al Torchetti al Torchetti
  1. PowerBuilder
Mobile app writing to INI file
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Sorry I am still learning this mobile technology. Here a couple of question: Is there a way to write and read from and to the mobile device INI file? What will be the path in the Movile device to the ini file location? Regards, Clarence
  1.  PowerServer
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
DwSpy integrated in Powerbuilder 2017?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Kenny Verhoye replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, We're currently using DwSpy in our Powerbuilder Applications, for insights in Datawindows @runtime for developers, currently we've integrated the feature as an extra pbl in our applications.  I thought I heard in a PB webinar that this would be...
Kenny Verhoye Kenny Verhoye
  1. PowerBuilder
Call Skype
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
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Hello Tom! Do you use Skype?
Thales Toledo Thales Toledo
  1. PowerBuilder
What improvements will be powerbuilder multi thread in next version
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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What improvements will be powerbuilder multi thread in next version? like .net
youping ouyang youping ouyang
  1. PowerBuilder
Inserting Blob into MS SQL database from Appeon Mobile?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, How are people copying files (images or other files) from Appeon Mobile apps to their server? I am trying trying to use UPDATEBLOB to store the image in the database but the below code is throwing the following error: "Error Code: 10999. Object...
  1.  BLOB
  2.  Database
  3.  Mobile
  4.  PowerServer Mobile
  5.  SQL Server
Alan Rice Alan Rice
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Unable to load Appeon WorkSpace on newer android phones
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Monica Petersen replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, I've downloaded a trial version of PowerBuilder 2017 R3.  I've created a mobile app and tested it on my phone and it works great.  However, when I get friends to try it, two of them haven't been able to load Appeon Workspace on their android pho...
  1.  Appeon Workspace
Monica Petersen Monica Petersen
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Issue with Git
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Christopher Moran replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Gurus  I am using Git (Bitbucket) for source control and configured the Git in PB 2017 R3 as per the steps provided in the help file. The connection works fine and mapping is also fine (able to do the SCM activities using GIT).  There are random...
  1.  Git
Ramendra Singh Ramendra Singh
  1. PowerBuilder
How to use fonction SendMail from a group mailbox ?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Cedric Frehis replied 6 years ago
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Hello, From PB2017 using OUTLOOK, I need to program the sending of email from a group mailbox. By exemple : Instead of having the mail sender = the address mail of the person who has clikked on the button [send mail] (ex: firstname.lastname@compan...
Frédérique Berael Frédérique Berael
  1. PowerBuilder
Forum Issue
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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If you come to the forum and you are not logged in, you get a blue banner at the bottom with the cookie policy statement that pretty much every website is displaying nowadays. If I am logged in, the blue banner appears briefly on every page I go to....
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow from Json
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bjarne Anker replied 6 years ago
6 replies
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Hi.   One of our customers has provided a web service (Restful API) which returns Json data. They want us to integrate with it to get these data into our application. Is there a way to generate a datawindow from the Json? I guess i need to have ...
  1.  JSON
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  REST
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
Does GetForegroundWindow work differently in 64 Bit EXE?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hello All! I implemented GetForegroundWindow in my PB 2017 R3 application as follows: Function ulong GetForegroundWindow( ) Library "USER32.DLL" I call it, capturing the return into an unsignedlong. This all works fine in the IDE (32 bit), but wh...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tom Peters Tom Peters
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Web For PB 2017 R3, Developer Edition License
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Mariano Collado @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Last friday I've downloaded and installed PB 2017 R3. A PowerBuilder Universal Online license has been assigned to me on July 4th'. Now PowerServer has to be activated, using AEM, but a valid license cannot be found. From what I've understood ...
  1.  AEM
  2.  License
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  PowerServer Web
  5.  User Center
Jan Hoogweg Jan Hoogweg
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)

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