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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 3 weeks 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 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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
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PowerClient - Failed to download the config file - Offline
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Team,               One of our application is set up in PB - 2021 with PowerClient build. It's successfully downloading and opening without any issues in offline and online. The source we have migrated in PB 2022 with PowerClient build. Below iss...
Rajkumar K S Rajkumar K S
  1. PowerBuilder
Limited the Year in a dropdown box or selection
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hello,   I have a request that is used for auditing. The user would like a dropdown box on a datawindow that will display the  Current year and only display four prior years. Basically show 2023, 2022,2021,2020.  Thanks, Stewart
  1.  PowerBuilder
Stewart MacPherson Stewart MacPherson
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Maximum datawindow expression/computed field length.
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Jones replied 2 years ago
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Does anyone know what are the limitation on size of expressions (e.g. visibility,  computed fields, protect) on datawindows? And, what if you have multiple long expressions on the same datawindow?  I have been fooling around with a very long protect...
Mark Jones Mark Jones
  1. PowerBuilder
Prevent the user from switching between windows via Ctrl-Tab
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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There are situations where I want to prevent the user from switching between sheet windows via Ctrl-Tab.I have tried the following in the datawindow pbm_dwnkey event (without success):   blob{64} lblb_Msg  PeekMessage(lblb_Msg, 0, 256, 264, 1 ) //WM...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  UI
Markus Schröder Markus Schröder
  1. PowerBuilder
Anyway to go back to previous runtime version?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Dennis Little replied 2 years ago
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Hi all, I was updating my PS22 version and accidentally updated the PB22 runtime version from 1878 to 1892 as well. Is there anyway to go back to 1878?
Dennis Little Dennis Little
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Save as Excel5 gives cells with wrong length
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Hi, we've just moved to Appeon from PB 11.2 and we have an issue with Saveas Excel5!. Cells with text content appear to have length +1 than the real size, e.g. cell A1 contains ABCD and len(A1) gives 5 instead of 4. This is a problem because our use...
D Aggelis D Aggelis
  1. PowerBuilder
DataWindow Merge Conflicts and how to solve them
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tomáš Podzimek replied 2 years ago
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Hi, everybody Since the 2022 version, we've been migrating our projects, but we've encountered that resolving conflicts when merging DataWindows is rather complicated. I'd love to learn how are other people doing it and if anyone has found a simple...
David Serrano David Serrano
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerClient app launch failure - incorrect file format
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mora Wang @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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We are working to move from a traditional client / server deployment to PowerClient 2022 Build 1892. We build and deploy a PowerClient application daily as a scheduled event.  Most days the result is fine. Twice this week, when we go to open the Powe...
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  2.  Configuration
  3.  Deployment
  4.  File
  5.  Format
  6.  Server
  7.  Update
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David Wengert David Wengert
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Does PowerServer2020 can running on Azure VMware Solution ?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
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Hi, Appeon Team This question is related my another question.https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/about-powersever-system-requirements An infrastructure engineer at my company has this question. If Azure VMware Solution will be used by m...
Tatsuya Hayama Tatsuya Hayama
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
OLEDB Connection to Azure SQL Database
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miller Rhodes replied 2 years ago
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Hi    We recently migrated our inhouse application to PB2021 all work good we connect to an inhouse sqlserver and all is good. We are looking to move our data base to the cloud Using Azure SQL managed instance. the server name is as 200sqlmi01.xxx...
Malek Taha Malek Taha
  1. PowerBuilder
How to use scanner
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mario Francisco Celleri replied 2 years ago
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Hi guys;   Is there any way to use scanners to digitize documents using Power Builder 2019 R3?. What type of objects or controls we need to use?. Exists own objects or librarys to do that?   Thanks and regards.
Mario Francisco Celleri Mario Francisco Celleri
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How to get the original Width and Height of UserObject
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Christopher Craft replied 2 years ago
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PB 2019 R3 I don't know if this is possible but I am trying to get the width and height of a UserObject as it was designed (in the PBL). When creating a window we insert multipe UserObjects as TabPages and I need them all to size to the tab. When th...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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Validation Expression and Message
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Strano replied 2 years ago
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This is my first time trying to use Regular Expression in the datawindows Validation Expression and Message.  I got help with the Expression , thank you. In my compiled app if I break the rule, I get the pop up with the message.  When I click OK, ...
Jay Hastings Jay Hastings
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请问下tab控件的问题
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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想请问下，下面这样带打开多个窗口的带 X  的功能怎样做的，pb2022 ， 有例子吗和说明文档，谢谢
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Calling .NET Components from PowerBuilder Via COM Wrappers...
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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...without using the Microsoft Interop Forms Toolkit. What we do until now: We use the .NET Framework 4.8.1 to write class libraries in C# and expose them to COM using the Interop Forms Toolkit. We call the COM-Server from PowerBuilder 2021. This wo...
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  2.  C#
  3.  COM
  4.  OLE
  5.  PowerBuilder
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Olaf Bönning Olaf Bönning
  1. PowerBuilder
Can I see the modified window without exiting the application?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hello. I'm Choi Kyungil from Penta System Technology.   I've got a question of deploying powerbuiler apps. I got a white paper named 'Whitepaper_Deploying_PowerBuilder_Apps_to_the_Cloud.pdf' from https://docs.appeon.com/ps2022/Architecture.html. A...
  1.  PowerServer
Kyungil Choi Kyungil Choi
  1. PowerBuilder
dw.Update is giving error, but db is still updated
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
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Hi all, Another strange one.  I've got a window with a dw on it, inherited from PFC u_dw. I've got code for the dw that has 3 user events.  ue_cut_rows, ue_copy_rows, ue_paste_rows. I can cut/copy rows, then paste rows, works fine.  But, when I sav...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PFC
  3.  PowerBuilder
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Why does GetChild keep returning an error?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
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Hi all, I'm trying to share data between 2 datawindows.  The Child datawindow that I'm getting is a nested report in a DW that I use to print. They are both the same datawindow, d_print_estimate_detail. GetChild keeps returning -1.  Here's my code f...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Images not showing in app when run in Amazon Appstream
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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We are trying to run a PB 2019 app in Amazon Appstream.   When loaded to the server and run in the folder it works fine...  However, when in Appstream if you use the Appstream run menu option the PB application (FODES below) starts but no images show...
Buck Woolley Buck Woolley
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C++ Redistributables
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Using Powerbuilder 2022 Build 1892. Does the system/computer deployed to still need the 2010 version of C++ Redistributable or what is the newest version that can be used?
Luke Monson Luke Monson
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