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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
6 replies
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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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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
problem changing printer by setting registry device in PB2017, PB2019
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, a problem occurred while migrating application to PB2017 R3 Build 1915 from PB12_5. This is the scenario: the application needs to set a specific printer before printing document. There could be many documents printing and everyone could have ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Print
  3.  Windows OS
Luca Militello Luca Militello
  1. PowerBuilder
RibbonBar Panels in dropdown-mode
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, can I set the aspect of panels in a RibbonBar to be in dropdown-mode? This is happening automatically when the window is resized and the Ribbon width needs to be reduced, see picture attached. I would like to set some Panels with the drop-d...
Marco Meoni Marco Meoni
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 R2 - Deployment files to support .NET Datastores
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, Is there a documented list of runtime files required to support .NET assemblies containing .NET Datastore code? We have identified some of these (below). DWNet.Data.dllSnapObjects.Data.dllSnapObjects.Data.Odbc.dllSnapObjects.Data.SqlServer.dllS...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  .NET DataStore
Don Olliver Don Olliver
  1. SnapObjects
Obfuscation for .NET Assemblies with .NET Datastores
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Don Olliver replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, We plan to deploy .NET assemblies with .NET Datastores in the near future. The datastores were created using PB 2019 R2 build 2328, if that is relevant. Does Appeon recommend any obfuscation tools? If not, has anyone had experience with such ut...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  .NET DataStore
Don Olliver Don Olliver
  1. .NET DataStore
Powerbuilder 2019 this.inv_resize.of_Register
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
9 replies
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0 votes
Estoy migrando de powerbuilder 2017 a 2019 que utiliza librerias PFC pero no está interpretando la instruccion this.inv_resize.of_Register, es decir no se ve afectado los objectos. Ya actualice las librerias PFC a 2019. No se si esta funcion ya no es...
Francisco Javier Vizueta Logroño Francisco Javier Vizueta Logroño
  1. PowerBuilder
Pushing PB2017R3 objects to my orgs Github space
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ganesan Rajan replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, I faced a hurdle when tried to push PB objects to Github repository. I created a repo in my organisation's Github space. i.e github.mycompanyname.com Actually when I login to the github.mycompanyname.com, it will ask for User Id and password a...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Ganesan Rajan Ganesan Rajan
  1. PowerBuilder
.Net Datastore retrieve data by page
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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How to retrieve data by page with datastore in PB2019R2 WebAPI Target?
Carpenter Xu Carpenter Xu
  1. .NET DataStore
Calling a Web Service in PB Classic (2017 R2) using an SSL certificate
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hi! I'm attempting to connect to an internal .net Web Service using a certificate file.  I see that the old SoapConnection object had the SetClientCertificateFile method, but can't find the same (or similar) method in the RESTClient or HTTPClient.  ...
  1.  Certificate
  2.  HTTP/S
  3.  HTTPClient
  4.  REST
  5.  Web Service
Timothy Beck Timothy Beck
  1. PowerBuilder
How to "hot reload" PBD of a running Windows application?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ian Ho replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Currently deploying a Windows application with an EXE together with some PBD files.   If I managed to update the PBD when the users is running the application, is there a way to force the application to reload the updated PBD without restarting the...
Ian Ho Ian Ho
  1. PowerBuilder
C# Model Generator not available
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
2162 views
0 votes
Hi, I am running PB 2019 R2 build 2328 I have SnapDevelop. I can open the C# application created on it from Powebuilder IDE just fine. I am trying to use C# Model Generator to export my dw to the C# Webapi application. When I right click the dw t...
  1.  C# Model generator
Ravi Nath Ravi Nath
  1. PowerBuilder
Downgrade PB2019r2 to PB2019r0
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, We encountered some random crashes in our application with PB2019r2.Now we are considering turning back the version. Is there a simple sollution to downgrade from pb2019r2 to pb2019r0 without loosing all user settings?     best regards St...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Stefan Malkwitz Stefan Malkwitz
  1. PowerBuilder
Resize Event at PB 2019 does not fire
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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1 vote
Hi All, We are facing an astonishing issue with PB2019 32bit due to missing resizing see correctlayout.png and wronglayout.png . At Windows Server 2016 (via RDP) and under Citrix Xen/xp 6.5 (independent from OS) the resize event is not fired for a ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Resize
Uwe Rexroth Uwe Rexroth
  1. PowerBuilder
Power builder migration from PB5 to 2019
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi tea, I am having an application that is developed in PB5 using PB7 libraries. I am trying to convert this applications to 2019. As of now I am using trail version to check the feasibility. Could you please help me understand how feasible this con...
Pranav Thekkan Pranav Thekkan
  1. PowerBuilder
ADO.NET Connection to SQL Server DB - Sybase.PowerBuiIder .Db, Version=17.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=98a699138181d746 was not Found.
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Guys m deploying to a brand new windows machine a pb2017r2 exe using ADO.NET. Dot Net 4.5 is installed I have run the msi installer generated by the package installer and copied over my exe and Im getting the following error: Sybase.Power...
  1.  ADO.NET
  2.  PowerBuilder
David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. PowerBuilder
AEM Backup/Restore question
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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If I restore the data sources from a backup created via AEM,  will I lose data sources which were added after the backup?   Thanks
Mark Lundell Mark Lundell
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Does Appeon do Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) or Something Similar
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Payton replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Can you create PWAs with Appeon tools or do you accomplish similar outcome with Appeon differently? What are the Pros and Cons of using a PWA?   We are planning a basic application to collect data and save to an SAP ASE database.  The application wo...
Ronnie Payton Ronnie Payton
  1. PowerBuilder
4 Different application objects for same code base
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Daniel Mullings replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Good day PB Gurus, I have an old pfc application, currently migrated to PB2017 R3 and PB2019 R2 Build 2328.  All the code is the same except for the application object, but I have it split up in 4 different folder structures, dev, test, stage, prod....
Daniel Mullings Daniel Mullings
  1. PowerBuilder
How to change location of TFS source control server in PowerBuilder?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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We are using PowerBuilder 12.5 with Team Foundation Server MSSCCI provider as source control. Now we installed the Team Foundation Server on another server computer. In Team Explorer I added the new location, but in PowerBuilder still see the old( fo...
  1.  TFS
Mikhael Botvinik Mikhael Botvinik
  1. PowerBuilder
Limit the number of columns exported with dw.ExportJson()
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Yiannis Papadomichelakis replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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1 vote
Hi PBers.....! I recently tested / used the dw.ExportJson() combined with JSONPackage and I am starting to feel that it's time to move on, from restful XML services to JSON.  What worries me is that I didn't find any way to limit the data exported ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  JSON
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Yiannis Papadomichelakis Yiannis Papadomichelakis
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with translation
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  iliyan iliev replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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When i try to translate object give capacity error and i try translate function by function , but one function give error - Before performing this operation you must place  the cursor in the declaration of a function, event, variable , struct or obj...
  1.  PowerScript Migrator
iliyan iliev iliyan iliev
  1. SnapDevelop

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