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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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  1. Last updated 3 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
How to make the rich text toolbar fixed above the rich text column in datawindow
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
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Hello,   I see that we can control when the toolbar shows up on a datawindow column of edit type "richtext" using      Is there a way to make it fixed on top of the column in question just as if we use the richtext control on a window?
Daniel Seguin Daniel Seguin
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How to add dynamically submenu items
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Subrat patra replied 4 months ago
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Hi Team,   I have a menu , in this menu all the menu items are added dynamically. Now I want to add '3' submenu item for a particular menu item. How can I do it. My approach --------------- In the menu, I found out what is the index number where...
Subrat patra Subrat patra
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Sybase PB 12.5 get user Computer Name/User Name
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Daniel Seguin replied 4 months ago
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Hi,   I'm using PowerBuilder 12.5 Classic and want to retrieve the username/computer name of the client upon login.   I have tried some scripts, but none of them are working. I need help with this. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. ...
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  3.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
  4.  Windows OS
Avory Rose Pastoral Avory Rose Pastoral
  1. PowerBuilder
InfoMaker error generating executable
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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InfoMaker 2022 Build 1892 One of our customers is running our PB app and InfoMaker using Remote Desktop. If they attempt to generate an executable report in InfoMaker, they get this message: "One or more of the files in your Library could not be ope...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Datastore update fails with no details
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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I have a datastore update that works fine running through the IDE but fails on the Web.  It gives no error.  I've run through the debugger and get the same.... if ids_customerproductdata.Update(TRUE, FALSE) 1 then     A database error has occurr...
Jay Hastings Jay Hastings
  1. PowerServer
Will PowerBuilder 2025 be x64
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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Will the new PowerBuilder 2025 be x64 ?   Thanks   //Steen
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2022 R3 use GIT can't pull any of the code to the PBL.
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Krishna Mohan Gullap replied 4 months ago
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Hi All When I use PB2022 GIT Pull code locally, I can't refresh to the latest object and every time I get the following message anyone can tell me how to fix it? One or more PowerBuilder objects failed to compile in your local PBL(s) after getti...
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lei sun lei sun
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How to turn off the use of the PB App Cache when building
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
2 replies
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Hi I keep getting tripped up by PowerBuilder using prior build bits of code from the cache instead of what I'm wanting built. ie it looks like it saves build info to: C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Temp\pbappscache 22.0\cache\[application] And dec...
Rob Stevens Rob Stevens
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lack of focus when starting powerserver application
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 months ago
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We have the same application running both client/server and powerserver. When the application starts the login screen pops up, and after login the main MDI window opens.   In client/server after i click the desktop icon to start the application, f...
mike S mike S
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Excel OLE add parameters
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Dennis Little replied 4 months ago
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Hello all, We're working on a project that will open Excel, call a stored procedure, create a chart, print as a pdf then close.Using PB2022R2 Build 2828. Thanks to Tobias we have a very nice OLE example that does everything we need, except the abil...
  1.  Excel
  2.  OLE
  3.  PowerBuilder
Dennis Little Dennis Little
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NGINX linux
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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Hi Sir,    Currently I am working on my linux box to become PowerServer/WebAPI. I am using nginx, and i had followed this https://docs.appeon.com/ps2022r3/Installing_Nginx_Linux.html  to install nginx. And now, was stuck at this https://docs.appeon....
Sim Joo Pee Sim Joo Pee
  1. PowerServer
Executable issues in PB 2022 R3 Build 3356
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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We are using PB 2022 R3 Build 3356 for our App.  We are able to successfully build the project, but when trying to copy the App.EXE into any drives (local or network) we are getting an antivirus error. All the other project files including the PBDs ...
Ganaesu S Ganaesu S
  1. PowerBuilder
Server Management Console from CodeExchange - error on execution
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 4 months ago
1 reply
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Hi! I'm running PB 2022 R3 build 3356. I grabbed the Server Management Console from CodeExchange. I ran it against the default demo stuff and it worked just fine. https://community.appeon.com/index.php/codeexchange/powerserver/297-server-management...
John Raghanti John Raghanti
  1. PowerServer
network (internet) performance - latency and other metrics
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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Anyone have any suggestions on a way to measure the latency and overall network performance between the powerserver app and the web api server?  within a powerserver application?   We have some users that appear to have poor internet performance - ...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer
Powerserver client accessing local database
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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Hi Guys We have an application that we want to deploy using PowerServer. The core database will be cloud hosted that all works fine. However, the app needs to connect to a 3rd party database that will be on the Clients local network. How do I config...
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David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. PowerServer
PowerBuilder MonthCalender Control Usage
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 months ago
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hi all, Is powerbuilder monthcalendar control able to do date start and date end selection as similar like picture below ? thanks, Dev Ong
Ong Chin Keat Ong Chin Keat
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AppConfig.json question
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  John Raghanti replied 4 months ago
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Hi! I'm trying to follow the Elevate Session from 2022 to set up a dynamic SQL Server database for housing the PowerServer caches. I am using PowerBuilder 2022 R3, which looks different than the presentation I watched. https://www.youtube.com/live/...
John Raghanti John Raghanti
  1. PowerServer
Application crash when opening specific screen
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 4 months ago
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Hi All,   My application crashes when a particular screen is accessed. This issue has been reported by three users, but we haven't been able to replicate it ourselves. It only occurs when the screen is opened for the first time subsequent attempts ...
Magesh Kumar Magesh Kumar
  1. PowerBuilder
Getting the filter expression from a datawindow
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Raymond Longoria replied 4 months ago
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How do you retrieve the filter expression from a datawindow? I am sure this is a very easy solution. 
Raymond Longoria Raymond Longoria
  1. PowerBuilder
Junk Characters validations - Data Window Field
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Narayanamoorthy Thangavel replied 4 months ago
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Hi,   Can we able to set junk character validation in data window filed? Because whenever customer copy and paste the text from some other forms or PDF to PowerBuilder data window it can accept and save it but later it causes the problem to other i...
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Narayanamoorthy Thangavel Narayanamoorthy Thangavel
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