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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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- 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. :)
RESTClient.retrieve returning -1 error eventhough it is successful
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- Last updated 15 minutes ago
I am writing some code to send a message using a text messaging API. After calling RESTClient.Retrieve, I receive the text message on my phone and the returned http code is 202 (Accepted) indicating a successful result however the return value from t...
Datawindow update properties - table not found
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- Last updated 2 days ago
- Richard Hartman replied 4 hours 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...
How are the sections in the PBODB.INI file matched to database interfaces?
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- Last updated 22 hours ago
- John Fauss replied 6 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...
datawindow identity column not retrieving value after update
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- Last updated 2 days ago
- John Fauss replied 6 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...
Powerserver App looses focus when opening.
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- Last updated 7 months ago
- William Nevins replied 9 hours ago
Hi Everyone
I just wanted to ask about an annoying issue with a Powerserver deployed App. When the App opens it looses focus and you have to click on it to continue. The complied EXE for the same App does not do this so it's something relating to th...
Labels are blurred or truncated when zooming a datawindow
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- Last updated 13 hours ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 12 hours ago
Hi,
I'm running a PB2022R2 application under Windows 11 and what's happening is that when I zoom the content of a datawindow the text on the labels are blurred or truncated. See attached examples.
I've tried some of the suggestions on the web...
PowerServer deployment with .exe "license has not started error"
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- Last updated 4 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 12 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...
MDI frame compilation error using PB2025/PFC2025
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- Issue
- Last updated 18 hours ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 12 hours ago
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...
Using IIS revers proxy server with PowerServer application deployed on IIS
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- Last updated 14 hours ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 12 hours ago
Dear all,
I have deployed my PowerServer project (PowerServer 2022 R3) on an IIS web server and I would like to ask you if is it possible to use IIS revers proxy server for PowerServer projects deployed on IIS or is it intended to be used only with ...
PowerServer 2020 Application not running in Windows 11 24H2
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- Last updated 8 months ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 18 hours 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...
WebBrowser control in PB 2022 R3 does not support Proxy settings
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- Last updated 1 day ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 23 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...
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 1 day 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 1 day ago
- Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 1 day 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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- Last updated 1 day ago
- David Peace (Powersoft) replied 1 day 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 2 days ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day 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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- How-to
- Last updated 6 days ago
- Robin Gauthier replied 1 day 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...
Power Builder IDE new version
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- Advice
- Last updated 3 days ago
- Peter Pang @Appeon replied 2 days 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 2 days ago
- John Fauss replied 2 days 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...
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