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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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  2. How-to
  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
PB 2017 R2 1769 MR release date?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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The release note for Build 1769 says: Installing this revision requires you to uninstall the original version 2017 first. If you have already installed build #1756 of this revision, we will provide an MR for you to apply on top of the build in Apr...
  1.  Uninstall
Kim Berghall Kim Berghall
  1. PowerBuilder
Slow performance of HttpClient.SendRequest()
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Alfredo Aldama replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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We experience slow performance on some of the machines when executing HttpClient SendRequest("GET",...) For example, on one machine the method runs in fraction of a second and on another machine the same call takes about 5-6 seconds. There is no dela...
  1.  Client
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
Can PBL accept entry from RF (Radio Frequency) equipment?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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i have a client who uses ID cards with a special RF chip which is being read by some RF equipment into into a third party system. this system controls user logins, time, access, etc. does PBL 2017 have a feature to accept entries from such e...
  1.  PBL
Alexander Skorokhodov Alexander Skorokhodov
  1. PowerBuilder
Preferred GPL Ghostscript version
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Is there a preferred version of GPL Ghostscript that should be used for someone who is still using the Distill method with PowerBuilder 2017 R2?
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  2.  Script
Bryan Helsee Bryan Helsee
  1. PowerBuilder
COMO ACTIVAR EL USO DE Rich TextEdit control
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Los reportes que he hecho han sido por Datawindows, pero he visto que el control Rich TextEdit tiene varias opciones que me pueden servir para algunos reportes, quise registrar el archivo tp4ole11.ocx en windows 10, y me marcar error 0x80040200, asi ...
  1.  Client
Doroteo Zavala Doroteo Zavala
  1. PowerBuilder
RichTextEdit (RTE) Control performance issue - Workaround
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Tor-Egil Nygaard replied 7 years ago
4 replies
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Problem : Opening a window with the new RTE control is very slow when the application is run on a terminal server with printer redirection enabled, and the "default" printer is set to use the "Remote Desktop Easy print" printer driver. This happens ...
  1.  TE Control
Tor-Egil Nygaard Tor-Egil Nygaard
  1. PowerBuilder
Know about control used in the window of powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Alfredo Aldama replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hi,   I want to know about the control used in the window of powerbuilder. for example i was seeing one window in which textbox type control has been used in it but it was not,so i want to know how we can figure out which control has been us...
  1.  Build
radha rani radha rani
  1. PowerBuilder
Hi all. Is PB 12.1 coexists with PB2017R2 on the same machine ( win 7 pro )?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Vlad Khais replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Help will be greatly appretiated.   Thx Sincerely Vlad
Vladimir K. Vladimir K.
  1. PowerBuilder
Tutorial: call a VisualStudio.C# DLL
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Gimmy Susan replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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Hello to all I have a question from Noob. Im studying how to create a DLL in Visual Studio C # and invoke it in Powerbuilder. Unfortunately I have an error: Bad runtime function reference .... What am I doing wrong? Thanks for the reply. I...
  1.  DLL
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Hi all. PB2017R2 in the Citrix environment, app is not loading all the network printers
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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and we dont do anything funky in the script, standalone machines is just fine. Citrix engineer is been reaching out to me, asking where and how PB is reading this info. I got nothing, imho it is PB internal. Any help will be greatly apprecia...
  1.  Citrix
Vladimir K. Vladimir K.
  1. PowerBuilder
Top 10 dead or dying computer skills - 2007
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hi PowerSphere Just stumpled over this more than 10 years old article - https://www.computerworld.com/article/2541481/data-center/the-top-10-dead--or-dying--computer-skills.html Note they mentions PowerBuilder is still Trucking on. Yeah .......
  1.  Build
Georgios Papageorgiou Georgios Papageorgiou
  1. PowerBuilder
Windows 10 Environment object....PB17 R2
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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OSMajorRevision is returning a 6 on Windows 10?  I was expecting a 7   Anyone else having this problem.
Russell Jaynes Russell Jaynes
  1. PowerBuilder
DataBase Error: 42000 Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Anton van der Post replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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Running in following error MicroSoft SQLServer 2008 R2: DataBase Error: (209=SQLSTATE = 42000 Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 Ambiguous column name 'OrderKey' - checked all datastores and datawindows for duplication of column OrderKey ...
  1.  Error
Anton van der Post Anton van der Post
  1. PowerBuilder
Slow Startup?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
We are transitioning to Windows 10 and some clients have a two minute lag just starting an application.  Windows 7 was slow startup but two minutes is getting crazy.  exe and pbds are local
  1.  Build
Russell Jaynes Russell Jaynes
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Web error - MySQL connection issue
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, Good Day. We need help regarding the issue we encountered when running our application in WEB 1. We have SET the AEM Data Source 2. Compiled the Application to WEB but when we run the application in Microsoft Edge Browser its not ...
  1.  MySQL
  2.  PowerServer Web
Rachelle Malimban Rachelle Malimban
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with Powerscript Editor - no error messages
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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 Yesterday I asked about an issue where I stopped getting error messages when I make a mistake creating a script.  One reply said to try re-installing.  The other said to see if I resized the window improperly.  Its not a problem with the window s...
  1.  Editor
Jon Stoller Jon Stoller
  1. PowerBuilder
field presentation styles differ on different machines
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Lars Mosegaard replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
this might be not a pbl issue, but i need an advise, still, please: in datawindows, i have fields for entry and fields for display. fields for entry are embossed, they have the lowered border #5, fields for display  have no border #0. the...
  1.  Field
Alexander Skorokhodov Alexander Skorokhodov
  1. PowerBuilder
Sample program for spell check using MS Word
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Neil Sutter replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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To answer a question from Neil, Ive created a small sample application of how I do spell check using word. Anyone can download it from my Google Drive using this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/153LI4Lh7935VibrHB-q9nCyHKgbOKy-y?usp...
  1.  OLE
Miguel Leeuwee Miguel Leeuwee
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Web development and testing
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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When Powerbuilder 2017 R3 is released in July will it be possible to develop and test PowerServer Web applications using the Universal Edition?  I understand that a PowerServer  Web license is required to use PowerServer Web for production applicatio...
  1.  PowerServer
Steve Mason Steve Mason
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
FileLength FileClose
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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PB Help says to use FileLength after FileClose to avoid sharing violation. Can someone explain that or anyone having experience with it? Started to get errors on file read using PFC on a new 2016 server, so it might be some encoding issue, but was...
  1.  File
Kim Berghall Kim Berghall
  1. PowerBuilder

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