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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 7 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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  2. How-to
  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
SQL Server Native Client for 64bit app
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Yuri Denshchik replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, 64bit PB application unable to connect to SQL Server database. It errors out on connect with message: DBMS OLE DB is not supported in your current installation. 64bit SQL Server 2012 Native Client is installed.  Please advise.  Thank you, ...
  1.  Client
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
ActiveX for 64bit PowerBuilder application
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, We encountered the problem while trying to convert our PB application to 64 bit. Our apps has few ActiveX components and none of them work. Even having 64bit ActiveX does not resolve the issues. For example, 64bit Microsoft WebBrowser co...
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
Article submitted but is now...where?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Admin replied 7 years ago
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I entered an article on a database ini service last week and now it's, where?  Shouldn't there be a 'submitted' status or something for me to check on?
Matthew Balent Matthew Balent
  1. PowerBuilder
About this forum
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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What does the Created By column on the question list page really represent? Is it the date the question was asked or is it the date of the most recent answer? My preference would be a date that is both, question asked date if no answers and last answ...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
64Bit Deployment
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
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Hello everyone, Im currently using PB 12.6 and deployed my app in 64bit as per my client requirement. My question is after deploying the whole application and if I modified one of the library do I need to re-deploy again it in 64bit or I can use i...
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Mayller Lopez Mayller Lopez
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 12.5 and nested
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Daniel Ferreira replied 7 years ago
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Hi guys, I've created a sales nested report to be used in multiple DWs. It's a nested with grand totals, This nested has a "sub" nested that shows payments forms (so it's a nested inside a nested). So far so good. The thing now is that the main...
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Daniel Ferreira Daniel Ferreira
  1. PowerBuilder
LDAP support for Appeon Server
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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We have a client that needs LDAP support for authentication and has a strong preference for going IIS Appeon .NET.  What would be the appropriate approach to use here and what is the timeline for LDAP support in Appeon Server .NET? TIA, Don Cla...
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Donald Clayton Donald Clayton
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Web - Paint expression
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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Does Appeon Web support the following datawindow expression methods? paint getpaindc getpaintrectheight getpaintrectwidth getpaintrectx getpaintrecty() From what I can see, there's no mention of them in the documentation.
  1.  Expression
  2.  PowerServer Web
Brad Wery Brad Wery
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PowerBuilder Mobile Cloud Target has NO Offline Compatibility
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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There is this Mobile Cloud Target in Appeon PowerBuilder. On the first sigth it seems that we can develope mobile apps with this product. But the table in https://www.appeon.com/products/appeon-mobile.html indicates that Why has the PowerBuilder ...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  PowerServer Mobile
Ludwin Feiten Ludwin Feiten
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Mobile Cloud Target vs Appeon Mobile
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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What are the differences between Powerbuilder Mobile Cloud Target and Appeon Mobile? For example: - What does imply the lack of compatibility with Appeon Web server? - Is there some kind of limitation of users in PowerBuilder Mobile Cloud target? ...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Paco Lianez Paco Lianez
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with Ole control in DW
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 7 years ago
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Hi, We have a Microsoft Web Browser control in a DW but it is not showing information. We need to fill the browser with some saved Html that at first we are trying to set up by using dw_1.object.ole_1.object.navigate2("file:///C:/soft/pb126/coi...
  1.  Data
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
  1. PowerBuilder
JDK path error during add web server profile
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I'm trying to add new web server profile configuration. When I ser profile name, http server and local server setting then I click button "Test Web Server Settings...". When I clicked it, I get error: Cannot find the java.exe in the specified ...
  1.  PowerServer Web
Piotr Fryń Piotr Fryń
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Describe("Evaluate(... giving Data Entry Error messagebox
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
4 replies
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I'm using dw.Describe("Evaluate('...', 0)") with a complex DW expression in the ... part. I'm OK with the fact that this may fail for some expressions, but my concern is that when it fails, I get a message box with the title "Data Entry Error" and co...
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Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Cloud based solution for hosting database and/or developing code
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi I work for a small financial services company, We have our own suite of desktop client server applications (not web based) that we developed ourselves (c#/ Java/ Powerbuilder frontend, SQL Server backend). Apologies for clueless sounding que...
  1.  C#
  2.  Cloud
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  SQL
Philippe Vanham Philippe Vanham
  1. PowerBuilder
dual platform 32/64: LongPtr vs LongLong
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Yakov Werde replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hello All, We are preparing for dual platform 64 / 32 bit deployment. "What's New" documentation describes changing handle datatype to LongPtr The longptr datatype is 4 bytes in the 32-bit platform and 8 bytes in the 64-bit platform. In the 32-...
Yakov Werde Yakov Werde
  1. PowerBuilder
64 bit migration: Are all Hwnd & Handles the same?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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With reference to modifications needed for 64 bit compatibility (long to longptr or longlong) There are window pointer types and handles.  Both refer to objects in memory. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383751(v=vs.8...
Yakov Werde Yakov Werde
  1. PowerBuilder
powerbuilder 12.6 connection to a MSSQL linked server
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Giuseppe moglia replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Guys do you know how to set SQLCA connection parameters in order to connect my pb 12.6 app to a linked server on MSSQL 2012? We already connect to a MSSQL Server Database but we also need to connect to a linked server on this DB (customer re...
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Giuseppe moglia Giuseppe moglia
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Example Code for Adding a Member to a Active Directory Group
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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Hi All, Is anybody tried to add existing Active Directory user to existing Active directory group using Powerbuilder? if yes, can you share sample script? Narayana Bhat
  1.  IDE
Narayana Bhat Narayana Bhat
  1. PowerBuilder
Replacement for DW2XLS for exporting DWs to formatted Excel
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 7 years ago
4 replies
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I'm wondering whether any of the PB experts here have ever considered trying to do a product that does what DW2XLS does, but better? I expect you’re familiar with it, but in case you aren’t, it’s at http://desta.com.ua/dw2xls/ - it exports DWs to nic...
  1.  Excel
  2.  PowerBuilder
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Calling PB components within IIS
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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I'm thinking about the possibility of calling PB code from a website hosted in IIS. Is it possible to use the AJAX method to call PB code? AJAX is based on a browser function that works similar to the PB function GetURL. Javascript code passes ...
  1.  Service
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder

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