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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 1 year 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
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Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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
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SMTPClient & Second Thread
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 32 minutes ago
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I am using SMTPClient to send email from my application and it works well. But I noticed something strange and unusual in a calculus. In particular a "round" function works correctly if I have not still used SMTPClient (number 54,343 round - 54,34) a...
FABRIZIO VISCARDI FABRIZIO VISCARDI
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DBCancel() doesn't work anymore
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  2.  Luc Railhac replied 1 hour ago
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Hi, In our application everything is set up as required, Async=1 and a script in the RetrieveRow() event.For long-running queries, we display the dialog box shown in the attached image. If we call DBCancel() in the "Cancel" button script, PB goes i...
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Luc Railhac Luc Railhac
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Looking for PBSoftware Git MSSCCI Provider (Bob Piskac)
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  1. Last updated 21 hours ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 18 hours ago
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@Bob Piskac Hi everyone, Im still working with PowerBuilder 11.5 and need to integrate it with Git. I know that Bob Piskac created the PBSoftware Git MSSCCI Provider which was free and worked better than PushOK. Unfortunately, the original pbsoftwa...
Rogerio Alcantara Rogerio Alcantara
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PB 11.5 crashing due to OLEACC.DLL interaction
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Chris Fauvel replied 22 hours ago
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Hi. I'm having an issue in an old application built with PB 11.5.1 Build 4608. The application is crashing due to some interaction with OLEACC.DLL. Apparently it has something to do do with DDDW's, but not sure about that. This started happening ab...
Diego Marrero Diego Marrero
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DPI Awareness between PB 2019 & 2022
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 22 hours ago
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AS i have attached screenshots of application without any Powerscript change just PB version is PB2019 and PB2022 .As i have surf like button control misalignment is because of DPI awareness in 2022 but 2019 is not DPI aware. My solution to fix this...
Mythily Sathiyamoorthy Mythily Sathiyamoorthy
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HTTPClient with more than one network interfaces
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  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Hi guys. We have an server with more than one network interface. One of then have internet conection; all of then no internet access. We need to probe we have internet conection to use and access to a web services and bring data. How can we c...
Mario Francisco Celleri Mario Francisco Celleri
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Power builder Ribbon bar appearance
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Hi, Is there a way to control the appearance of the 'panel partition line' and 'panel test' properties? I would like the 'partition line' and 'panel test' labels to appear bolder Thanks, Sandeep
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Sandeep D Sandeep D
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Copy objects fails but works
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  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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Using PB 2025 3711 when I copy an object (e.g. a function) from one project to another (into the .pbl directory), I get the message: But the object is copied: If I try it a second time, this message is displayed: Regards Bernhard
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Bernhard Giesriegl Bernhard Giesriegl
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Converting from Workspace to Solution: Compilation failed, code = -3
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Glenn Scamman replied 1 day ago
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After I installed the PB 2025 Released verision Build 3683, the convertion from workspace to solution fails: ---------- Building project plp[ERROR] Compilation failed, code = -3.---------- Done Building project plp---------- Finished Full build of s...
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Torgeir Lund Torgeir Lund
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PB2025 and PB2022 R3 license issue
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Tomáš Podzimek replied 1 day ago
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Hi, Recently, we started using PowerBuilder 2025 alongside PowerBuilder 2022 R3. On most machines, both PowerBuilder IDEs can be open at the same time, and it works just fine. However, on one machine, only one IDE can be open at a time. When a new ...
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Tomáš Podzimek Tomáš Podzimek
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Problem with nested datawindows in PB2025 (solution) not present in PB12.6
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Dear Friends I have moved my applications to PB2025 Solution (3683) and I had datawindows with a few nested datawindows for requirements of local electronic invoicing systems where the printed(PDF) format must included all xml created data. The d...
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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Application Ini Set by Code?
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 day ago
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Can the location of application ini be set by the startup code of the powerbuilder client?
Jeff Hamilton Jeff Hamilton
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PB2025 3711, MSOLEDBSQL and setting datawindow.table.select
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Alfredo Santibanez replied 1 day ago
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Hi I have been testing MSO database interfase and found that on this instruction print_doc.object.datawindow.table.select=ls_sqlselect always returns and error: "Error accesing external object property select" Going back to use SNC 11 or 10, t...
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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Powerbuilder 2025 compiled is slow
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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Hi, I migrate in Powerbuilder 2025 , when i use the aplication, the aplication is fast. But, when i use in compiled, the application is very slow... On the same computer in Windows 11 , but the application is fast on a computer in Windows 7. ...
Dave O'BILOG Dave O'BILOG
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Application Ini location (Not PB.INI) question
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 day ago
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How do you determine the location of the application ini (not PB.INI)? When running a powerBuilder application, it asks for an ini file and you can select it, however if you want to change it where is the location stored at? Or is there a way to set ...
Jeff Hamilton Jeff Hamilton
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Send email in Pb 2022 R2 using a gmail account
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Dan Cooperstock replied 2 days ago
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I'm trying to do a simple test using a gmail account. Any ideas what the problem might be? I get an Error - 14 when it runs. Email password in this example is NOT valid for security.   Integer li_rcSMTPClient lnv_SmtpClient lnv_SmtpClient = CRE...
Mark Porter Mark Porter
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Deploy QRCoder problem
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Bernhard Giesriegl replied 2 days ago
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Hi all, using PB 2025 3711 I extracted the QR Coder functionality from the PB componentsapp into a small test project. This one works great on my developing system. Copying the whole branch to a test PC I always get an error when creating the co...
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Bernhard Giesriegl Bernhard Giesriegl
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Slide left issues with PB 2025
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Alfredo Santibanez replied 2 days ago
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Hi I have found another issue in the datawindow generation with the slide left option. The main topic reported fromt the users is hard to reproduce with a dw with embedded data as most of the values comes from drop down datawindows and I was unabl...
Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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Max parameters in a DW Expression call to a Global Function?
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 days ago
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Hi What's the maximum number of arguments that can be passed to a global function called in a datawindow expression? I've been successfully passing 6 like this f_filter_licence_dw( gaming_organization_id , licence_id , gcis_reference , descriptio...
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yakov werde yakov werde
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Powerbuilder App with Single Sign On Validation
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 4 days ago
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Hi All, Recently I modified the Powerbuilder 2017 application to accept API, instead of calling Sybase transaction object retrieve to connect to Mainframe programs. So far, all good, but now, I am seeing Sybase has inbuild utility to validate SSO...
Rinku Karda Rinku Karda
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