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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 8 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
Deploy Powerserver2021 using Visual Studio IDE - License Error
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Here there, I am facing issue to update large amount of data back to database vs datastore, IIS deployment, and still waiting for advising from Appeon support team.   As part of testing, I have tried to deploy PS by using Visual Studio IDE, when r...
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerServer
Web application for tablets/smart phones
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
0 replies
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Hi I am evaluating the possibility to develop an application in PowerBuilder with connection to an SQL Server database to be able to run it on web browser on a tablet/smart phone.  We are using PowerBuilder 2019R2 with Microsoft SQL Server database...
Vinay Batra Vinay Batra
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019R3 - GetByteArray
  1. Resolved
  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Good Morning! We are preparing to update our system to PB2019R3 from PB2019R2. Is it true that the function "GetByteArray()" will be obsolete from PB2019R3 and in future ? If yes, What function would we use as replacement ?  Thank you!!  
Kieu Parrish Kieu Parrish
  1. PowerBuilder
Activating a tab page from outside the tab control
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I have code in a window function to add data in a new row in a datawindow  on a tab page on the window. Once the new entry is populated via the function (which works fine), I want to open that tab page from the calling function in the window. ...
William Beale William Beale
  1. PowerBuilder
Elevate 2021 - any news
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Sally Li @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Any news on submitting sessions?
Matt Balent Matt Balent
  1. PowerBuilder
Computed Invoice Column Field
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hello all,   I am very new to Infomaker and Sql information to begin with, but I am having a hard time wrapping around computed columns. I am working on the below.   I have contracts for items and I want to calculate the amount of the item that w...
  1.  Computed Field
  2.  InfoMaker
Michael Welch Michael Welch
  1. InfoMaker
How to parse multipart form data?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 years ago
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Dear all,how to parse Multipart/form-data that was received via a response? The response includes JSON along with PDF data wrapped in a multipart-message. How to extract the pure PDF data?regards Thorsten
Thorsten Kummer Thorsten Kummer
  1. PowerBuilder
Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0 TCP Provider: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
7165 views
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Hi Folks, My application is on PB 2017 R2 and its running on windows server 2012 R2 OS. Application is connecting with local DB which is in SQL anywhere and remote database which is in SQL server. This application is basically fetching the files fr...
  1.  Database
  2.  OLEDB
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  5.  SQL Anywhere
  6.  SQL Server
  7.  Database Provider
Deepshikha Jain Deepshikha Jain
  1. PowerBuilder
How to embedded Image in email body.
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Hi,I need to send emails from powerbuilder that contain an image embedded in message body , not as an attachment. Is this possible? Thank you for your attention and help.
Tadeo Rodriguez Tadeo Rodriguez
  1. PowerBuilder
Install IIS Web app in website other than default web site
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, What needs to be done to have an application installed in a Web site other than "Default Web Site" in IIS, and in a directory other than c:\inetpub\wwwroot? Thanks in advance for any help.
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
OLE try catch error is popping up
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
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I have a ole command that I have wrapped between a try and catch statement but yet I am still getting the error popup when it is running in the PB environment. If I run it in debug mode it works fine, the catch works without popping up the error. Any...
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
  1. PowerBuilder
Closing large datawindows in PB2019R3 triggers CPU churn
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Monica Petersen replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, I converted our app to PB2019 R3 build 2703 this week, and noticed it was freezing up whenever I closed a large report.  Looking at task manager, the app was taking a large portion of the CPU cycles while appearing frozen.  When the CPU usag...
  1.  Performance
Monica Petersen Monica Petersen
  1. PowerBuilder
I want to call a C # dll in Power Builder 2019
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Team,Requesting your help.I have Power Builder 2019.I want to call a C # dll and have it return a result to me in a Power Builder variable.Within this version I have the option in the Target of C # Projects (web API, etc)Running this option sends ...
Francisco Javier Ochoa Hernandez Francisco Javier Ochoa Hernandez
  1. PowerBuilder
Is more Server side scripting language support planned?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello, Planned enhancement discussion. I could see Node.js as one of the focus area for PB 2022. It's really a surprise (for me atleast). Is there any plan to add more server side language support in future releases (like php ...) ? Happiness Alwa...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Roadmap
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. Beta Testing
OLE to word how to highlight a bookmark
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  David Vasconcelos replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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I am trying to highlight a bookmark, following code gives me an error. Anyone have any ideas on how to do this? iole_word.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Item(avs_bookmark).Range.HighlightColorIndex = ll_hcolor I struggle with OLE is there any document or...
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow SaveAs to Excel ignores computed fields
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello there, We recently implemented data encryption at rest in our databases and just stumbled upon a problem on the unexpected end. When we pull data from db it comes encrypted, so in order to show decrypted values we use computed fields in our da...
Boris Krylov Boris Krylov
  1. PowerBuilder
use PrintSetup, how to set page range
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Oebrown Cheng replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I have two printer with different paper size (A4 small label) i use below script, choose printer then print out, it always print out the default printer paper size.dw_1.print(true,true) after search and known that PB's printer session,i change to ...
Oebrown Cheng Oebrown Cheng
  1. PowerBuilder
Erratic behavior after migration from PB8 to PB19 - DBCS v SBCS?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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I have a 32-bit app currently in use by our Finance team that was last compiled in PB8 and is running in a 32 bit Oracle 8 environment. I ran it through the migration tool and created a 64-bit PB19 version that is on 64-bit Oracle 19c. First rounds ...
Kelly Amott Kelly Amott
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerClient : Windows permission error when trying to SaveAs
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hello, I'm currently trying PowerClient feature with PB 2021 beta (I didn't try it with any previous version). Whenever I use GetFileSaveName() powerscript function or saveAs() datawindow method, Windows claims that I don't have permission to save ...
  1.  PowerClient
Pierre Couvreur Pierre Couvreur
  1. PowerBuilder
The column type does not match
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 3 years ago
6 replies
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Hi Below error pop-up after select drop-down list box (press tab) , how to fix this ?
Chen Mey Lee Chen Mey Lee
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)

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