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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
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
Dynamic connections with SnapObjects.
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Dan Harrel replied 2 years ago
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Hi all.I have a server with more than 500 databases with the same structure and I would like to know how I can implement a connection factory with SnapObjects. And how to connect dynamically to each one these.   Regards
Juan Alejandro Lam López Juan Alejandro Lam López
  1. SnapObjects
Error accessing a stored procedure after migrating to MySql 8.0
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello  I recently migrated to Mysql 8.0 (from 5.6) and I am having an issue with my reporting application, when accessing a report that calls a stored procedure, i am receiving this error: I searched about it, and it seems that Mysql 8.0 does not...
Tatiana Blanco Tatiana Blanco
  1. PowerServer
Searching in this forum on more than one word
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Does anyone know if it's possible to search on more than one word on this QA? I know I can type more than one word in the search box, but that does an OR. What I need is an AND, so I'll only get search results that contain both (or more) words. ...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
old .PBR path in new project?
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Stephan Schröpel replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi all scary behaviour... I added some new .png files in my \resource directory and added resource\picture.png to my pbr file. The .pbr is defined in my project painter resource file name.   In IDE the new picture is shown, but not by executing ...
Stephan Schröpel Stephan Schröpel
  1. PowerBuilder
STD Framework - PB2019R3 and PB2021 Beta
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
7 replies
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1 vote
Hi Everyone;   For those who would like to help me test the following STD Framework Beta versions or even just download these sample applications to learn how to do PowerClient and/or PowerServer 2021 applications deployment, you can download the f...
Chris Pollach Chris Pollach
  1. Beta Testing
Problem with language pack?
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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 all there I just wanted to change the themes path in Additional Properties of my application in PB 2022. But all three tabs Themes, PDF Export and Power Server were missing in PB 2021 - without language pack - all tabs are visible. Is it possi...
Stephan Schröpel Stephan Schröpel
  1. PowerBuilder
Autoheight looks great on screen, but won't print at correct height.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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I have a subreport on a report with a user-set message field. If the user adds a really long message, the message looks fine on the screen. The message field and bands, reports, etc. are all set to auto-height, and adjust to the size of the message w...
Richard Donagrandi Richard Donagrandi
  1. PowerBuilder
Suspend window (or controls ) layout
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi,   I look for the similar solution of SuspendLayout() method in Windows Forms (link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.control.suspendlayout?view=windowsdesktop-7.0) in PowerBuilder.  I have got a window with mult...
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
  1. PowerBuilder
"Create of executable file failed" error
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Philip Tong replied 2 years ago
11 replies
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Hi, we are in the process of upgrading from Powerbuilder 12.5 to Powerbuilder 2021. I have found that when I attempt to build a 32-bit Pcode build from the IDE or the Compiler, the build succeeds, but then I'm left with a "Create of executable file f...
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  2.  32-bit
  3.  64-bit
  4.  Build
  5.  Compiler
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  7.  IDE
  8.  PBD
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Troy Harward Troy Harward
  1. PowerBuilder
Integration with CI/CD
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello, I look for a solution on how I can integrate my PB projects with CI/CD (Gitlab). I have a separate server (VM) with Gitlab runner for building and deploying my application. Now I will install PowerBuilder on this server, but I don't know if I...
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2022 richtextedit displays differently on Windows Server 2019 vs Windows 10
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Peter Middlestorb replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, have searched the forums for "richtextedit", but found nothing relevant to this, so... For PB2022 build 1892 creating a 32-bit executable. Using a richtextedit control into which is loaded a multi-page word document. The same executable displa...
  1.  Rich Text
Peter Middlestorb Peter Middlestorb
  1. PowerBuilder
Working with the Properties "AccessibleName" and "AccessibleDescription"
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 years ago
6 replies
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Hi, I have a question regarding the new features in PB R3. When working with Windows Screenreader, it currently seems impossible to make Screenreader read values from the properties "AccessibleName" and "AccessibleDescription" of columns. The same p...
Frithjof Schmidchen Frithjof Schmidchen
  1. PowerBuilder
About PowerSever system requirements
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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, Appeon Team Can you teach me about this page?https://docs.appeon.com/ps2020/release_bulletin_for_ps/system_requirements.html Are the PowerSever system requirements the same for cloud environments? (e.g. Azure, AWS IaaS) Also, is this Software ...
Tatsuya Hayama Tatsuya Hayama
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
The Int64 type is not compatible with the data type of the mapped property
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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PowerBuilder 2022 / PowerServer  Build 1892, Oracle 19 back end The column is defined as:   key_id number (10)  in the table When selecting a column in a table, I sometimes get the following error in PowerServer: The Int64 type is not compatible w...
  1.  PowerServer
Bryant Burnard Bryant Burnard
  1. PowerServer
How to tell InfoMaker to always use NativePDF
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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I found the option in the Library painter where you tell it to always use NativePDF. In PowerBuilder, the setting is in the application object. In InfoMaker, where is it? I know there is a hidden application object, does that mean users have to cha...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. InfoMaker
Outlook via OLE only works once
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, are there any windows restrictions about calling applications out of a powerbuilder app? We have two problems: 1. Sending an email via OLE to Outlook works only once. When calling a second time, our app crashes. This behavior exists depending ...
Martin Mueller Martin Mueller
  1. PowerBuilder
ghost directory after RemoveDirectory until IDE is shutdown
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Matt Kleweno replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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After calling RemoveDirectory() from an application the directory remains until I close the PB IDE.  The directory is empty and not the current directory when the remove is called.  The directory does delete but only when the IDE is shutdown. The di...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Matt Kleweno Matt Kleweno
  1. PowerBuilder
How to rename a registry HKCU Subkey
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Frank Zettanucci replied 2 years ago
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Does PowerBuilder have a baked in function to rename a registry key? MS API has a RegRenameKey  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winreg/nf-winreg-regrenamekey I am trying to create the external declaration for Powerbuilder to us...
Frank Zettanucci Frank Zettanucci
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2019 - Running a Mssql function with INT parameter
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Hi I am integrating my application with MS SQL server. When I execute a sql function passing a LONG parameter, the function fails with the code SQLSTATE = 22003 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Numerical value out of range.if I use an integer var...
Orazio Adamo Orazio Adamo
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to read *.PBP file
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bose Samuel replied 2 years ago
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Hello everyone, I am currently in the process of hunting memory leaks in one special functionality of our 32-bit product. Unfortunately it is a very complex and long running process. Doing some research on the internet, I found an old tool CDMatch ...
  1.  32-bit
  2.  Memory
  3.  Memory Leak
  4.  PowerBuilder
Constantin Bergatt Constantin Bergatt
  1. PowerBuilder

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