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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
How to incorporate Crystal Report Viewer
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 6 months ago
8 replies
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Hi Guys and Girls, I've made a (pretty chaotic, but maybe useful) presentation on how to get Crystal Reports working with powerbuilder: 1. Download the zip file and uncompress it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12dCqtlXQZIJyyJ_sIWpfM4jHduvpu82z/vi...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
How to configure the firewall?
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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Hi all We have installed powerbuilder/powerserver on a virtual windows server and everything works fine so far. The app can also be deployed and accessed there. However, when I call up the http link from outside (in the related network zone), I get ...
Gzim Ramizi Gzim Ramizi
  1. PowerServer
Close a remote application from a PowerBuilder application
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 6 months ago
4 replies
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Good morning,In a TSE (Terminal Server Edition) environment I have an application developed in PowerBuilder 19R3 that must launch another application. To do this I use the ShellExecuteEx function with the struc_shellexecuteinfo structure. I thus rec...
jean-louis cantin jean-louis cantin
  1. PowerBuilder
Why application ICON is not getting updated?
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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Hello, Using PB 2022 R3 build 3356 We created one exe with one particular ICON [ set at Application - Additional Properties - Icon ] and copied the exe, pbds, PB runtimes into clients 'computers.  When we created a shortcut for the application, the...
  1.  Icon
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
MicrosoftWebBrowser vs WebBrowser
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 6 months ago
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Hello, We go from MicrosoftWebBrowser (PB17) to WebBrowser (PB22).What will this code look like with new objects? 1. ls_value = ole_1.Object.Document.getElementByID('mmm').value 2. ole_ilink = ole_1.Object.Document.ActiveElement 3. ole_1.Object.D...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  WebBrowser
Michael Krul Michael Krul
  1. PowerBuilder
Select Error: ERROR [07006] [Sybase][ODBC Driver][SQL Anywhere]Cannot convert string to a integer
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Ravi Kumar replied 6 months ago
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Hi Team,   We just used PB2022 R3 to deploy one of our products on PowerServer. We are seeing odd problems with datatype conversion on one of the application's screens. I am only receiving the error in the Powerserver deployed app, even though it d...
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  2.  Database
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  4.  PowerServer
  5.  C# Model generator
  6.  .NET DataStore
  7.  .NET 6.0
Ravi Kumar Ravi Kumar
  1. PowerServer
Any plan to support NOSQL database in future version of PB
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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Hello, Is there any plan for Appeon to support anyone NOSQL database in future release of Powerbuilder?   Somewhere in this forum I remember reading that there is such a plan.   Happiness AlwaysBKR Sivaprakash  
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Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Attache file to PDF
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Roy Bungert replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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Hello, I want to attach an existing XML-file to an existing PDF. At the moment I do the following and it works: ////////////////////////////////////////// PDFdocument lpdf_doc PDFattachment lpdf_attach lpdf_doc = CREATE PDFdocument lpdf_attach = ...
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Roy Bungert Roy Bungert
  1. PowerBuilder
My app is not updating
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Mario Francisco Celleri replied 6 months ago
7 replies
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Hi guys.   Does anyone know why when an application is pinned to the Windows taskbar it does not update; once an update has been released from development?   I have this issue.
Mario Francisco Celleri Mario Francisco Celleri
  1. PowerBuilder
Scroll Position of User Objects
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 6 months ago
1 reply
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I have a frame/sheets application. On one window (shown below), when I scroll down, I don't want anything past the light blue uo to move above the sheet title bar (white line). I want it to behave /look like the second window shown  - i.e.    ...
Robert Sawyer Robert Sawyer
  1. PowerBuilder
What is PBESCAPEMENTMODE
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 months ago
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What does below flag do in pb.ini, How it will affect psr files? [PB]PBESCAPEMENTMODE=1
Dhruv Jain Dhruv Jain
  1. PowerBuilder
String(Message.LongParm,"address")... working theory in 64 bit PB 2022 R3
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 months ago
3 replies
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Hi Folks  Environment : PB 2022 R3 64 bit Here is the sample code snippet where  the application crashed in 64 bit but not in the 32 bit but if I change the variable type Long to LongPtr or LongLong ,  the application does not crash. confusion is...
  1.  32-bit
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  3.  Migration
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  5.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
jalil Rehman jalil Rehman
  1. PowerBuilder
Copilot
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Shane Ward replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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Does GitHub Copilot or Microsoft Copilot work with PowerBuilder?
Larry Pettit Larry Pettit
  1. PowerBuilder
Grid lines in grid dw disappear
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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I have PB 2022 R3.  I have a grid datawindow.  When you click on the last row in the datawindow, the grid lines disappear.  You can click up one row and they reappear.  Click down and they disappear.  Any suggestions as to what is causing this or how...
Ruth Spradlin Ruth Spradlin
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Powerbuilder 2022R3 LoadWithDotNet
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Eric Verhorstert replied 6 months ago
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On a Windows 2019 server LoadWithDotNet returns -1. On several Windows 11 desktops it works just fine. We had to install  .NET on the server because it was not installed. Should we install other dll's to get this up and running? It is a Powerbuilder...
Eric Verhorstert Eric Verhorstert
  1. PowerBuilder
Working with an array of NVO's of type DataStore
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Krishna Mohan Gullap replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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Hello there to all PB Guru's So, in my application, I have an NVO (say nvuo_dw) of type DataStore with the below variables: 2 strings and 1 string array In my window code, I create an array of type nvuo_dw and dynamically populate it, depending on...
Krishna Mohan Gullap Krishna Mohan Gullap
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot Register email to assign license
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 months ago
4 replies
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Hello, I cannot assign a PowerBuilder license to a user because he cannot register his email.  Error message says reputation is poor and fail to pass IPQS validation. His email is qwu13@statestreet.com can you please help me setup his email? Thank...
Luis Veratudela Luis Veratudela
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Options for multi-core optimisation of Power Builder app
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Glenn Barber replied 6 months ago
6 replies
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I've noticed that a huge power builder application shows very poor perfomance on multi-core processors, while it may work several times faster on one-core processor with the same input. While analysing this issue I discovered that an application tend...
Boris Gonzhalenko Boris Gonzhalenko
  1. PowerBuilder
How do I retrieve the current url when the main URL does not change?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 6 months ago
2 replies
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Hi, I my working with PB 22 app , I have webbrowser control , and i do  navigate to a URL. ad the address url , just The main URL is show at chrom not like i.e. the URL shown in the address bar , does not change no matter how deep the user is and ...
malka tzarfati malka tzarfati
  1. PowerBuilder
Is It possible to use Powershell to call PBAutobuild220.exe on a remote desktop to perform a build?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 6 months ago
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I'm running PowerBuilder 2022 R2 2819 on a desktop.  Is it possible to use Powershell to call PBAutoBuild220.exe on a remote desktop to perform a build?  How?  Examples are very helpful.
Cedeno Thompson Cedeno Thompson
  1. PowerBuilder

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