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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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- Last updated 3 years ago
- Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 1 year ago
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...
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4. :)
Hi,
In the PFC, pfc_w_frame has the following scripts:
forward
...
type mditbb_1 from tabbedbar within pfc_w_frame
end type
...
end forward
global type pfc_w_frame from w_master
...
mditbb_1 mditbb_1
...
end type
on pfc_w_frame.creat...
PowerServer 2020 Application not running in Windows 11 24H2
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- Last updated 8 months ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 1 hour ago
We are still on PowerBuilder 2019R3 and PowerServer 2020 and our application was working fine. We normally use kernel32.dll to access some windows functions. Some of our users upgraded with the latest Windows 11 24H2 version and the application s...
PowerServer deployment with .exe "license has not started error"
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- Last updated 4 months ago
- Simone Olianti replied 2 hours ago
Hello,
I am trying to install a PowerServer deployment with an executable. The launch page shows up fine but when I try to launch I get the following error.
This error is not mentioned on any of Appeons troubleshooting documents. All other depl...
How are the sections in the PBODB.INI file matched to database interfaces?
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- How-to
- Last updated 5 hours ago
- Andreas Mykonios replied 4 hours ago
Each section in PBODB.INI has a header, e.g.:[SYBASE_SYNTAX]or
[MS_SQLSERVER_SYNTAX]Below which are different key/value pairs. So far so good.At a level above, these block labels are the values for the key "PBSyntax" in their own blocks identifyin...
WebBrowser control in PB 2022 R3 does not support Proxy settings
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- Advice
- Last updated 15 hours ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 6 hours ago
We are using PowerBuilder 2022 R3 build 3397 and the new WebBrowser control which is deployed as runtime Fixed version. Looks like the WebBrowserSet function does not support setting the ProxyAddress, ProxyPort etc any more. If we try to set these va...
datawindow identity column not retrieving value after update
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 day ago
- John Fauss replied 8 hours ago
The datawindow identity column documentation says this:
By specifying an identity column in the Specify Update Properties dialog box, you tell PowerBuilder to bring back the value of a new row's identity column after an insert in the DataWindow ob...
Our App's call to WScript.Shell.Run() fails on new laptops, but fine on older laptops.
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 week ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 9 hours ago
We recently got new laptops with Windows 11 Enterprise. These new laptops have been configured to take away Admin rights, however the issue is present on my new laptop which has admin rights.
The issue: In several spots in our powerbuilder 11.5 ap...
License exception on using PowerScript Migrator option
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- How-to
- Last updated 13 hours ago
- Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 11 hours ago
I am having a professional License, and the PowerScript Migrator feature requires CloudPro License, so how to use the PowerScript Migrator feature for a demo/POC with the CloudPro Trail license?
Hi,
We're facing an issue on a new client machine where an unspecified error occurs during SQL server database connection. The same PBD and EXE files works without any issues on my machine and the tester's machine.
The only change made was replacin...
Has anybody been able to read an Azure Key Vault secret in powerbuilder?
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- How-to
- Last updated 18 hours ago
- David Peace (Powersoft) replied 18 hours ago
Has anybody been able to read an Azure Key Vault secret in powerbuilder?
Morning Everyone
Has anyone used PowerBuilder to access an Azure Key Vault secret? In it's simplest form it's a HTTPS Get which is not difficult, but I'm trying to understand the security authentication required. If someone else has cracked this one...
Required .Net frameworks for PowerBuilder 2022 R3
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 day ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 19 hours ago
We are using PowerBuilder 2019 R3 and planning to migrate into PowerBuilder 2022 R3.
As per Supporting .NET 8.0 - - What's New, we are little bit confusion on .Net framework SDKs.
Please let us know which .Net framework versions are mandatory f...
error with BuildFromString (pbdom2200.pbd) in powerbuilder 2022 R3 build 3397
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- New
- How-to
- Last updated 5 days ago
- Robin Gauthier replied 22 hours ago
Hi everyone
I'm in pb 2022 R3 build 3397 (i convert from pb 2017 R3), i have pbdom220.pbd in my library list
I use function BuildFromString from pbdom_builder, when it call function i have error 21 / Bad runtime function on server. But when i t...
Datawindow update properties - table not found
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 day ago
- André Monz replied 1 day ago
When I go into the "update properties" for the datawindow object, then press [ok] to save the changes, I am getting "table x not found" "use table name anyway?" where x is the table selected for "table to update".
The table is there. When I run th...
Power Builder IDE new version
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- Advice
- Last updated 2 days ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 1 day ago
Hi Appeon Team,
Is Power Builder IDE 2025 still beta version or published for us to download?
If Power Builder IDE 2025 is published - will 2025 IDE allow to Import DLL build in .NET 8 framework? or still DLL has to be .NET 6 framework?
Our curren...
Include QR code in a Report or DataWindow
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 day ago
- John Fauss replied 1 day ago
Good morning, gentlemen. In PowerBuilder 2025, is there a native PowerBuilder function to display data, a string, or a column, in a QR code format? Currently, I link an image (containing the QR code), but I'd like to know if there's a direct way to i...
Consulta a pagina web con retorno de datos
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 day ago
- Jose Alberto Santacruz Banda replied 1 day ago
Buenos das, quiero hacer una consulta a una pagina web desde mi aplicacin en PB 2025 cloud
estoy usando la funcin httpcliente y si me hace bien la consulta
esa consulta me retorna 3 datos los cuales he podido leerlos
alguien me puede apoyar con es...
PB Crashes after compilation
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- Issue
- Last updated 3 days ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
We have a number of projects with Powerbuilder.
We have an issue with two projects compilation.
Compile runs fine until the end
I see three lines on the screen:
Inspecting application libraries
Inspecting application libraries
Inspecting app...
Capture the latitude and longitude on a map using WebBrowser control
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- New
- How-to
- Last updated 2 days ago
- Vasudeva Kotti replied 1 day ago
Team,
I wish to capture the latitude and longitude on a map using WebBrowser control. Do we have sample code. I have downloaded PB 2025, Playing with map for spatial analysis will be key to purchase PB
Requirement is to plot the map with latitude a...
Hello Guys,
Due to the design we need to resize a datawindow free style, the columns and objects are resized vertically only,
and I have been seeing some examples using PFC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPAnRMC-12c
I have two questions, If we a...
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