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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  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
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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
Has escapement setting for a text field changed since PB 10 - doesnt work same in PB21
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Running PB21 Build 1509 and migrated from PB10.2 build 8100. We have a nested datawindow where on the font tab we are setting the escapement property to a value of 900 (we basically are want to rotate 90 degrees to left - text is left aligned). This ...
Paul Shue Paul Shue
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Application in Azure Cloud - Any General Advise?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
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Hello, Just wondering if there is any general documentation or advice on best practices for configuring an Azure cloud environment for running a PowerBuilder application? Or known issues? I know this is a broad question, and a bit of a reach... but ...
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
  1. PowerBuilder
SnapDevelop & DevMagic question.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi. I've found that DevMagic Studio preview version is available (Download DevMagic Studio | DevMagic Website). Can it be installed on a computer where SnapDevelop is already installed or there may be any conflict? Also what are Appeon's plans abou...
  1.  SnapDevelop
  2.  Web API
  3.  Web Service
Andreas Mykonios Andreas Mykonios
  1. SnapDevelop
Text in datawindow column not wrapping when print preview
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
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Hi all,  I had face a issue where the column's text does not wrap to new line in datawindow when print preview. I had tried to tick the auto vertical scroll, auto horizontal scroll and increased the column height but still no working. Any help is gr...
Zhen Feng Saw Zhen Feng Saw
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Run PB application as Windows Service
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
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Hi,   Maybe, anybody helps me or send me a solution, how can I run a development application in PB as Windows Service and as a standard Windows application with the frame?
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
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Generate DataWindow object from XML file structure
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  2.  Paweł Kasperek replied 2 years ago
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Hello,   Is a simple way to generate a DataWindow object from an XML file? I have an XML file and can I quickly create/generate DataWindow based on this file structure ? Regards Pawel
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  XML
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
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migrating PB 11.5 to 2021 web service calls
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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We are migrating our pb applications to PB 2021 from PB 11.5. WE have 8-10 web applications that are being called from the pb 11.5 code base. In 11.5 we used the Web Service Proxy project to call our web services using SoapConnection (using pbwsclien...
Kevin Moore Kevin Moore
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrating from 2017 to 2022
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Migrating from 2017 to 2022 do I need to install PB 2022 and run powerbuilder runtime on the servers that are going run PB 2022 apps?
  1.  Migration
Kevin Thompson Kevin Thompson
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DataWindow with from headers
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  2.  Kari Paukku replied 2 years ago
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Hi,I know how to get the width of a data window from columns, e.g. using code like this FOR I = 1 To Long(This.Describe("DataWindow.Column.Count"))  IF This.Describe("#" + String(I) + ".Visible") = "1" THEN    TotalWidth = TotalWidth + Long(This.Des...
Kari Paukku Kari Paukku
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Document did not display on Richtext datawindow
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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I have a MS word document which contains words and images. I just want to display the whole document on popup PB window for user to read it. I created the window and RichText datawindow with one column as String with length 100 (it does not have Blob...
Kelvin Doan Kelvin Doan
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how do i implement openinterfaces in wildfly 10 ?
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  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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how do i implement openinterfaces in wildfly 10 ?
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Juan Alejandro Lam López Juan Alejandro Lam López
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Extracting public key from a CER file
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Alzate replied 2 years ago
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Hi everyone. How to get the public key from a .CER (certificate) file sent by third party? What PowerBuilder function to use? Thanks in advance for your responses!
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerBuilder
Call rest api with post method via restclient or httpclient
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Hello, I need to pass a Blob to rest api service to save a blob via post call. When I'm calling the postdatastart with the URL I'm getting error -1 (that's mean general error). I installed Postman app to see if there is a problem and monitor the p...
eyal hadad eyal hadad
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Save Rows As for Both Primary and Nested Reports
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  PowerObject ! replied 2 years ago
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I'd like to have a nested report within a main report and to be able to save all rows - from both the nested and primary report - into Excel. Is there any way to do that? When I try, it saves only the rows from the primary report and does not save th...
  1.  InfoMaker
Paul Weir Paul Weir
  1. InfoMaker
Apache Echarts - SaveAsImage
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Hi all, [Edited, the link to Echarts was incorrect] I've implemented the Apache E-charts in our application and have a problem with the Toolbox feature SaveAsImage. It shows on the toolbox, but when I click on it, nothing happens and the toolbox d...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
How to connect to PostgreSQL with ODBC x64
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
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Hello, I try to connect with Powerbuilder 2022 x64 with ODBC to PostgreSQL x64 For 32bits I use the code  ls_dbparm = "ConnectString='Driver=PostgreSQL Unicode;"ls_dbparm += lnv_ini.of_getconnect_database( )ls_dbparm += lnv_ini.of_getconnect_serve...
S Lambert S Lambert
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Webbrowser control losefocus()
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
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For the olecustomcontrol there is an event called losefocus()   I am moving away from ole to webbrowser control.   I can't seem to find losefocus() or anything equivalent to that.   Any ideas?
Nish Ag Nish Ag
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there an MDI regain focus event?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
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Hi Friends, I have an MDI app.  In one of MDI sheets, I have a dw object and a tab object.  Both objects have code for the rbuttonup event that pops up a different menu depending on which object or tab is clicked. When the user has the app running ...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Question about organizing of resource files
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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PB 2021 , build 1506, 32 bit From the distant past we have inherited a program structure with exe files and pbd files for all our applications. In the application projects, the exe files and pbd files are assigned pbr files exactly matching the ico...
  1.  32-bit
  2.  Icon
  3.  PBD
Sverre Tvedt Sverre Tvedt
  1. PowerBuilder
ExportJson using Template
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello Alli need to Export a Datawindow to a Json the issue is that the the items have Upper and Lower case  like :codigoDepartamentoReceptor or fechaHora when i create the datawindow the name are always change to all lowercase i did try to use the...
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
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