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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
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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
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Themes and titlebars
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hi.   We have successfully migrated our application to PB2019 and have also implemented the option to change theme. But why is the titlebar on the windows left unaltered? Here is our application using the "Flat Design Dark" theme and Microsoft Fi...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Theme
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
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Generate C# Model Syntax Issue (Oracle)
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I'm getting a parsing error in the C# model generator for a datawindow that I am not sure how to resolve -- see attached.  The datawindow works fine in PB when doing a preview and passing the required arguments.  The issue appears to related to a sub...
  1.  Oracle
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  SnapDevelop
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. SnapDevelop
PB Apps crash when Windows magnifier is active
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
13 replies
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Hi Experts! We've identified a strange problem. On some computers (with probably only Windows 10) our programs written in PowerBuilder 2019, 2017 and 12.5 crash when you activate the Windows screen magnifier (full screen). On other computers (also ...
Benjamin Hübner Benjamin Hübner
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed Unit Tests in SnapDevelop
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Thomas Rolseth replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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We are using xUnit for our unit tests.  Tests – very simple ones – will often fail with the attached error when doing a 'Run All Tests' operation.  And it is random.  If I select the failed test that is highlighted below and do a 'Run Selected Test' ...
  1.  DataStore (C#)
  2.  Unit Testing
  3.  SnapDevelop
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. SnapDevelop
List of unused objects in a PB2019 project
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mihai Apostol replied 5 years ago
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Hi all,    How can I find the list of unused(not referenced by) objects in a PB2019 project?     Thanks      
Mihai Apostol Mihai Apostol
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TEXT DON´T DISPLAY ON DATAWINDOW
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ replied 5 years ago
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I have a datawindow that was created on powerbuilder 8, when i migrate to PowerBuilder 2019, i saw one problem: In the datawindow i have many columns , one of them is a text type , in the previous version it works, but in the new version , i can ins...
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ
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PB Catalog Owner / Oracle DB profile connection
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, I am new to PB community and recently our company purchased and installed 2019 standard license to migrate PB9.0 application we had, which was last  updated in 2010.  Created a  DB profile , giving connection Error " Please connect as PB cata...
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  2.  Database Profile
Gaurang Patel Gaurang Patel
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot regenerate datawindow objects in PB2019
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I just installed PB2019 on a Windows 2016 server (64-bit) and migrated our application. No errors. Did the same last week on a Win10 desktop. Migrated the application there as well.  I noticed that I cannot regen any datawindow objects in the 2016 s...
Larry Molter Larry Molter
  1. PowerBuilder
Git Hooks with Native Git Integration?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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Version: PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1858 When using the native Git integration of PowerBuilder, it seems to ignore the pre-commit git hook I've created. pre-commit: #!/bin/sh branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"if [ "$branch" = "master" ];...
Drew Buchanan Drew Buchanan
  1. PowerBuilder
Build desktop executable from orca script
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Arcady Abramov replied 5 years ago
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Hello, all I am confused with the documentation of Orca script. It does not state which part of project deploy each command does. What exactly do the following functions do? 1. Build application - a lot of processing but no PBDs are created 2. B...
  1.  .EXE
  2.  OrcaScript
Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
  1. PowerBuilder
Getting error like Appeon power builder 2019 has stopped working.
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Sreerama Harikrishna replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I am getting error like Appeon power builder 2019 has stopped working message with close program button.   Scenario: I have defined event with pbm_lbuttonup event id in user oject and that user object placed in window. while running the applicatio...
Sreerama Harikrishna Sreerama Harikrishna
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PB 2017 R3 couple problem with github
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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HI,   since yesterday we're trying to use github for versionning control with our PB 2017 R3 application.   github account are not entreprise accounts but we're planning on going there once things go smouthly We enever used git before, knowledge...
François Rossignol François Rossignol
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 connect to SQL as a service
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
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Dear Appeon Community, I need information, restrictions, limitations that we should consider regarding an application developed in Powerbuilder 2017 can connect to databases in the cloud (SQL as a Service). This application will be hosted on Windows...
  1.  Cloud
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  SQL
Javier Garat Javier Garat
  1. PowerBuilder
InfoMaker Version Migration
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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We are moving from 12.5 to 2019 in the next couple months and we are doing some testing. One of the testers is reporting that InfoMaker prompting for migration is inconsistent. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. My understanding of PowerBu...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Web Service using httpclient object
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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hello all   I am using the httpclient object to consume a soap ws . the vendor told me I need to apply a user name before I calling the ws. How do I do that ? using the SetRequestHeader function ? something like SetReqesutHeader( "user name", "m...
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
HOW SEND MAIL USING API
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi , Friends Now that PowerBuilder can consume api rest; Some example of consumption of an API for sending mass emails; ow that PowerBuilder can consume api rest; Some example of consumption of an API for sending mass emails;  
Milton Jiménez Milton Jiménez
  1. SnapDevelop
Datawindow printing size change
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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We need a small function to make the data window printing size dynamic 
Adik Gaikwad Adik Gaikwad
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot run orca script from TFS agent
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Arcady Abramov replied 5 years ago
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Hello, all I create a batch make file, which works correctly from regular windows shell. It launches ORCA script commands, which get latest version from SC and then build the executable. The ORCA script does not work, when launching from TFS agent ...
Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
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RTE window - disable buttons in the pop menu
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
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I am currently using an old PowerBuilder version from 2011. In that version it seems to be impossible to disable certain elements in the pop menu from the rich text edit window. For example, I would like the user to be able to format text as bold, b...
Thomas Ritter Thomas Ritter
  1. PowerBuilder
Datastore setchanges: Column specifications do not match
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
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Hello,I've created a datawindow (dw_data) with select consisting on 2 tables like: Select           tab1.symbol,          tab1.desc,          tab2.id,          tab2.fk1,          tab2.fk2,          tab2.status,          etc...From tab1,          ta...
Michał Misijuk Michał Misijuk
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