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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 Cloud deployment: how to reconnect the database after timing out
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Zhang JX replied 2 years ago
6 replies
1048 views
0 votes
Hi all, Is there a way to reconnect database if hit error message on "Database error ..." time out issue  == client/server application with Cloud deployment. right now end user have to close the application and re-lunch the application again.   R...
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerServer
PowerBuilder compiler lose the icon on exe when using Azure pipeline build
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi,  We are working on moving PowerBuilder code to Azure Devops and using pipeline to build application. We created PowerShell script to call pbc190.exe to compile. We have a resource folder to store all image files, including the icon file for exe....
Haihong Yang Haihong Yang
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2021 IDE will not fully open
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Teresa MacDonald replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Something went wrong with my PowerBuilder 2021 yesterday. Now the IDE will not fully open. When I hover near it on task bar this is all I see. Is my only option to uninstall?
Teresa MacDonald Teresa MacDonald
  1. PowerBuilder
PB IDE 2022 Crashes
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
9 replies
1663 views
2 votes
Hi Guys, As a result of migrating our source code from PB 2019R3 to PB 2022, the application PB IDE is crashing/terminating during the full build process. What is the problem for this and how to resolve this issue?   Your advice is highly apprecia...
Dexter Madrinan Dexter Madrinan
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2022 PowerClient Download Error 206
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  David Sowray replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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When trying to start an application built in PB2022/b1878 using PowerClient, we are consistently getting a download error 206 message (image attached).If we click on the Retry button, the failed udo.zip file is then successfully downloaded and the ap...
David Sowray David Sowray
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019 - Rich Text Expression - 64-Bit
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Team, PB Version - PB2019 Build 2170 We have recently upgraded our PB executables into 64-bit. few screens we have used Richtext  like below. While print PDF It's not comming the text. Hope Rich text not supported for 64-Bit, any alternate opti...
Venugopal r Venugopal r
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Text around a picture in Rich Text Edit
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, Want to have text around a picture inside Rich Text Edit control.  Is it possible?  Either in PB 2019 R3 or PB 2022.  Text can be written above or below a picture copied (ctrl+c, ctrl+v) from another file.   Need to write text on left hand s...
  1.  Picture
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Rich Text
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Barcode scanner issue
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello, We're using eon_mobile_barcodeex scanner for the mobile app. When we open it on iOS tablet form user object the scanner is centered on the screen (iOS phone has it open on full screen). When we click on the back arrow it will close the scan...
  1.  Barcode
  2.  PowerServer Mobile
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Re: Print using Ghostscript 9.56.1 in Windows Server 2012 R2 from PB 2019R3 Build 2703
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, Current PB 2019 R3, 2703 Upgraded from PB 11.5 We upgraded one PB 11.5 application to PB 2019 R3.  Everything is working fine except PDF printing using Ghostscript.   That was the way we printed to a pdf file earlier.    Along with this up...
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Windows Server Core or Windows Nano Server container
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Daryl Foster replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Are there any issues with running a powerbuilder app on windows server core instead of full blown windows server?  This would be a command line application with no visual components to it.   I would prefer to be able to run windows nano-server, but...
mike S mike S
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SQL sqlHandle_01_BB913AA2 was not found
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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I can see that the sql gets generated.  I do have a fresh web api posted up from snap develop.   Some sql is working, this one is not working.  If i comment out this one sql select, i get another similar error.   ---------------------------- Snap...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer
application stopped by antivirus
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Jorge Escobar replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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   When the application is installed with power client, the Forti antivirus detects it as a virus and does not allow the installation. what can be done?
Istok Carvallo Istok Carvallo
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2019 R3 with azure devops
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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1 vote
Hi,We want to switch powerbuilder source control from TFS to git using azure devops. We are using PB 2019 R3. I can push the PB code from local repository to remote Azure devops. But when I try to get the code from remote repository using "Connect to...
Haihong Yang Haihong Yang
  1. PowerBuilder
How to keep track of row count in multithreading
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Igor Perisic replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Im making an app using multithreading and I would like to keep track of row count for my data window Retrieve() 's. Is it possible? To my understanding, RetrieveRow() event in Datastore is what keeps the count of rows being retrieved, but how can I s...
  1.  Retrieve
  2.  DataStore
Igor Perisic Igor Perisic
  1. PowerBuilder
sle_1.text is not updated on inactive window
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  PRASHANT NIRGUN replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
HI I am using PB 12.5 Classical I created a wait window (wait_w) and showing the progress bar and and some text window type is = main. From main_w I am writing a string to windows registry and set a listener in wait_w the code is as follows. But lot ...
  1.  PowerBuilder
PRASHANT NIRGUN PRASHANT NIRGUN
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer error when updating datawindow with Oracle Package Stored Procedure
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I am getting a powerserver error when I am updating a datawindow with a package stored procedure in Oracle 19. My Powerbuilder version is: Appeon Powerbuilder 2021 CloudPro Edition. Database is Oracle19 64 bit. When I am updating a datawindow...
  1.  64-bit
  2.  DataWindow
  3.  Oracle
  4.  PowerServer Web
Stephen Koyanagi Stephen Koyanagi
  1. PowerServer
Is it possible to create a datastore object and then pass it to shared memory?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Igor Perisic replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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I'm currently working on multithreading for one app. Ran into some issues so I'm trying bunch of different solutions. Is it possible to create a datastore object and then pass it to shared memory?  Currently I'm getting this error - Exception: Objec...
Igor Perisic Igor Perisic
  1. PowerBuilder
Job Opportunity - California
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
0 replies
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2 votes
The State of California, Department of Real Estate is looking for a PowerBuilder developer. This is a permanent full time position.   The job list can be found at: https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=327836
Mitchell Ryan Mitchell Ryan
  1. PowerBuilder
Application Terminated/crashed Without any message - PB2019
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hi Team, Greetings! We are using 2019 - Build version 2170. Application Terminated/crashed certain cases without any error. Trace and debug also not pointing the exact issue location. However I checked in the event viewer below is the reason for ...
Venugopal r Venugopal r
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2021 display WebView2 controller
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hi all, I was doing some experiment with PowerBuilder 2021 and WebView2 controller hosted in .Net. I used the basic and simplest setup in .Net. Basically, just opening a static webpage. I placed a WebBrowser controller on one side and a WebView2 c...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Mark Malin Mark Malin
  1. PowerBuilder

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