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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 1 year 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 4 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
Web Services Programming in PowerBuilder Classic - Part 2: Appeon integration -
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Ashutosh Varshney replied 7 years ago
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Buenas Tardes a todos Alguien tiene este video Web Services Programming in PowerBuilder Classic - Part 2: Appeon integration   Seria tan amables y me podian enviar el link de descarga    
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carlos efrain carlos efrain
  1. PowerBuilder
Setting Font in Rich Text Edit Control
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Bjoern Meyer replied 7 years ago
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Hello all, in the Rich Text Edit Control TX Text Control shipped with PB 12.6 it was possible to set the font before doing a ReplaceText with the undocumented function: long ColorLogFont105 ( long hWnd, ulong Msg, ulong wParam, ref s_logfont cl...
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Bernhard Giesriegl Bernhard Giesriegl
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 help is incorrect
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Ashutosh Varshney replied 7 years ago
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Hi, Ive found some "bugs" in the help file: PDF-Export with "distill" method: In chapter "Using the Ghostscript distiller" there is mentioned a "PostScript printer profile called Appeon DataWindow PS". This is not correct because the applicatio...
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René Ullrich René Ullrich
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2017 and PowerServer WEb 2016 Build 1119
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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Does Appeon for PowerBuilder 2016 Build 1119.00  (powerserver web) work with Powerbuilder 2017? I recall at one point seeing that there was to be an update to PB Web 2016 in the fall that was for support of PB 2017; however i have heard mention th...
  1.  PowerServer
Mike S Mike S
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Web/Mobile Server Question
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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If I wanted to have PowerBuilder apps deployed in both web and mobile environments, do I need to have the server sides on separate machines or can they both run together?
  1.  Mobile
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
JDBC connectivity
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 7 years ago
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We found that PB provides support for JDBC connectivity. This could be a great relief for our customers because application may no longer require massive DB client installation in case of DB2 or Oracle. Are there any known limitations that we should ...
  1.  JDBC
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
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PB2017 exe is very and crashing everytime
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 7 years ago
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I am running PB2017 exe application in a windows 10 computer. Its launches very slow and crashing everytime. Is this because I have PB12.5 exe and related dlls in the same computer?   Regards, Rahul
Rahul Kumar Shaw Rahul Kumar Shaw
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Dynamic loaded fonts not included in NativePDF!
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Jonas Blomgren replied 7 years ago
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Testing the new NativePDF! , seems like dynamic loaded fonts is not included in the generated PDF file, if i install the font it works fine. Is this a limit of the export pdf function or is there a workaround ? Using the "AddFontResourceA" w...
  1.  NativePDF
Jonas Blomgren Jonas Blomgren
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Web Service Proxy
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
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Weve recently purchased Powerbuilder 2017, and our previous implementation of Powerbuilder was 12.5. I have a web service proxy calling into an ASMX service that was previously using a SOAP connection. After migrating the project I changed the SOA...
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Paul Wiebe Paul Wiebe
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder source code in SVN
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
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Our PowerBuilder code stored in SVN repository. We use  pbscc-proxy utility to communicate with PowerBuilder. It worked fine while we were on SVN 1.6 We need to upgrade our SVN to 1.7. Unfortunately pbscc-proxy is not working correctly with PB obj...
  1.  SVN
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 Application is crashing everytime.
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Tobias Roth replied 7 years ago
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Hi, I am using below 4 dlls only in the path where application(exe) is running from. Is this the reason application is crashing? Do I need to copy anymore dlls? When i am running it in a different computer where PB2017 is installed is working fine...
Rahul Kumar Shaw Rahul Kumar Shaw
  1. PowerBuilder
ANSWERED: Anyone Using PB Native Source Control?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
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PB v12.1, b 7055 Windows 7, 32-bit o/s   Like Yuri, I need a new Source Control product, and Id like to investigate the PB Native option. 1) Is anyone using PB Native? If so, do you like it? Hate it? 2) What are the limitation in PB Native...
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Olan Knight Olan Knight
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ANSWERED: Anyone using WizSource?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 7 years ago
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PB v12.1, b7055 Windows 7, 32-bit o/s Like Yuri, I need a new source control product for PowerBuilder! 1) Is anyone using WizSource? If so, do you like it? Hate it? 2) What are the limitation in WizSource?   Thanks, Olan
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Initialization of PB Native Failed.
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 7 years ago
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PB v12.1, b7055 Windows 7, 32-bit o/s HELP! I am trying  to implement PB Native source control and it is NOT working! 1.    Set up the SCC properties 2. Thanks to an article from Bruce Armstrong, I set up the Registry as follows ...
  1.  IDE
  2.  PB Native
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Poor Quality PDFs in NativePDF
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
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Hi All, Im also experiencing the issue with images in NativePDF.  The logo on the reports look really bad.  The file size of one report I saved using GhostScript is 207 KB, but when saved using NativePDF, the file size is just 9KB.  The drop in qu...
  1.  NativePDF
Ricardo Colarina Ricardo Colarina
  1. PowerBuilder
Enhancement request to improve Browser Window
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 7 years ago
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It would be nice to be able to quickly search for object in PB Browser window simply by typing it .  Even better if Browser Window would display the source library.  Even better if user could check in  and check out object directly from Browser...
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
PDF customsize must be set
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 7 years ago
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The default for PDF is A4 instead of the using datawindows defined paper size.     This is some code i put together so that the pdf saves the way you probably expect it to:  it will use settings from the datawindow     ls_size = dw.descri...
  1.  PDF
Mike S Mike S
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 - How to call printer or direct print on android or mobile device
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  FRANCO CASTILLO replied 6 years ago
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Hello            The following code is print function in mobile, but I do not known how to get the printer sever in android? Any sample code for direct or select printer on Android or mobile device?   DataStore dsPrint dsPrint = create Da...
  1.  Android
  2.  Mobile
  3.  Print
N Y N Y
  1. PowerBuilder
Adding any text into SOAP Header
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 7 years ago
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Ive a issue  in PB12.5.2 IDE about   I want add any text  into “Custom Header” to “Soap Envelope Header Part” (Not Http Request Header). Does PowerBuilder2017 support  that issue ? 
  1.  Header
CENAP OLCAY CENAP OLCAY
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Another offline activation question
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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After our network folks eventually and begrudgingly allowed the transfer of the encrypted license files off and back on for offline activation.  I ran into my next challenge... One of the supposed "features" is to be able to have an office desktop...
  1.  Offline
Dale Fuller Dale Fuller
  1. PowerBuilder

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