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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
- Advice
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Manuel Rivera replied 3 weeks 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 4 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :) 
            Re: Event Name displays changes, if 'returns' forms part of event name
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hello,
PB 2019 R3 Build 2703
When we create new event, event name displays ue_new () returns (none)
If event name contains 'returns' in its name, event name just displays without the return data type.
Have anyone noticed this?   Any issues?  ...
                    
            Exclude blocked datawindow objects from PDF
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hello,
If you place a text object in your datawindow, like this:
And then place another text object on top of it so that it completely covers it, like this:
And then save the datawindow as PDF using the NativePDF method, the resulting PDF file...
                    
            Any future updates for PB 2019?
- Misc
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hello,
I don't seem to be able to find any information about upcoming updates for PB 2019. Does anybody know if anything is planned after R3?
Best regards,Konstantin
                    
            Hi,Power Builder unexpectedly quit when saving a report as excel, xlsx extension with approximately 500,000 records, using the SaveAs method.Are there any limitations in PowerBuilder in this case?script: li_ret = ids_rows.SaveAs(ls_arquivo, XLSX!, Tr...
            PowerClient - Desktop LNK/Shortcut Text Value?
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- John Strano replied 3 years ago
OK, this seemingly minor issue has become a sticking point
for us automating the PowerClient deployment of an application.
 
From where is the text value of the displayed name of the application's
LNK/Shortcut on the client desktop derived?
 
...
                    
            Am i signing my app correctly?
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Edinson Nongrados replied 3 years ago
Hi, 
we're having troubles signing our certificate and i think the situation is similar like this: https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/powerserver-signing-questions-again
We're missing something. Our certificate is a pfx and we're deploy...
                    
            DateTime parameter issue with DotNetAssembly
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 3 years ago
I have a C# class with a method that takes a DateTime parameter. When called from PB using the DotNetAssembly + DotNetObject objects introduced in PB2019 R2, the variable when recieved in the .NET side does not have the milliseconds that were passed ...
            PBAutoBuild Crashes Depending on the Length of a Line of Comments
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Ken Guo @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hi PowerBuilder Community,
This one is weird, has anyone ever seen anything like it?
I've not had this problem anywhere else or prior in this application across thousands of edits to hundreds of files.
I changed some code and although it worked an...
            What are the steps to revert PS2020 to PS2017?
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hi, Appeon Team
In my company, we implemented a project to replace PS2017 with PS2020.
However, we are having some hardware behavior issues and want to revert back to PS2017.
Activated PS2020. Deactivated PS2017 at the same time.
 
What is the p...
                    
            Hi. 
After several months working normally, yesterday, when I tried to start PB2019 I got an error message and I couldn't start it.
The error is "Appeon PowerBuilder 2019 gave up working. Windows will shut the program down and let you know if there...
                    
            how to make system tree to default position?
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
how to set to default position of system tree, which is currently not locked and moving.
Powerbuilder 2021 version
            Open Administrator Command Prompt from script
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Mark Goldsmith replied 3 years ago
I need to open an elevated (administrator) command prompt from a program.  I have tried using a simple RUN('CMD") and that opens a standard command prompt.  I need this to be the administrator version and have hit a wall on finding any documentation ...
            Timeout Problem When Connecting to SQL Server Database
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Timeout Problem When Connecting to SQL Server Database:
I have a PowerBuilder Application that has been running live at several companies for many years.  The problem is just with 2 users at one company using the application.  Currently there are ab...
            after insert row with update() show "Row Changed between retrieve and update"
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Sivaprakash BKR replied 3 years ago
Hey Guys.
I try to insert a record in my table,  have a simple program.I describe the step by step
1.-The user completes the form(Datawindow freeform)
2.-I run update() for the first time
   the program runs and fails, I call rollback in the prog...
            AutoBuild PowerClient Json Setting...
==========================================
"BuildPlan": { "SourceControl": {
"Git": [ {"SrcPath": "https://github.com/Appeon/PowerBuilder-AutoBuild-Sales-SourceCode", "User": "tester@appeon.com", "Password": "...
            Hosting encrypted appsetting.json file for RESTAPI
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Logan Liu @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hi all.
I am new to REST API. I have developed and hosted the REST API successfully with SnapDevelop on AWS. I want to encrypt appsettings.json file as it contains some sensitive information like database connection string for connecting to database...
            How can I find where a structure is defined?
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Tracy Lamb replied 3 years ago
Hi all,
I've got a structure that I use all the time to pass variables from one window to another (usually a response window)... str_parms.  It's a bunch of empty arrays of different datatypes... string[], long[], date[], etc.  I am developing a new...
                    
            Cannot run my PowerServer Project in PowerBuilder 2021
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- George Mikhailovsky replied 3 years ago
I installed PowerBuilder and PowerServer 2021 with only one problem. Although I already installed PostgreSQL (version 14), I still got message that there is neither ASA or PostgreSQL on my machine. I ignored it and complete the installation without a...
            ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Buenas tardes
Quisiera puedan apoyarme en un problema para conectarme a Oracle 9.01, ya que no reconoce el tsname. Por ODBC tampoco lo reconoce.
Oracle database error 12154: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
He leid...
            Power Builder 2021 deployment best practice
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hi all,
As upgrading from PB 2017 to PB 2021, as well take advantage of this upgrade and move from On-premises to to DEV AZURE, how should compilation and deploy should held on the pipeline?
Eventually, need to pack it all (deliveries) on MSI
So, ...
                    
            
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