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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 3 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. :)
Hi All,
After building and deploying for months I started getting this odd error that doesn't let me deploy anymore and I have no idea why. Below is the PowerBuilder "default" output log.
Executing the "dotnet publish" command...1Project "C:\Users\...
Trying out PB 2025 beta.
My application uses the PFC.
When I start the application, I get a pop-up:
Pressing OK shuts down the application.
Probably a problem with the PFC code: a control type that isn't supported anymore.
I use the same code ...
PB2025 Autoscript ignores my global functions
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- Last updated 1 week ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 days ago
I have a lot of global functions named gf_*. If I start typing gf_ at the beginning of a line, nothing pops up. Is that what's expected? If so, why? Global variables pop up.
This is in a PB2025 solution, that has been deployed.
Datawindow support for ISO 14289
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- Advice
- Last updated 2 days ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 days ago
Hi,
Im wondering if there are any plans for DataWindow to support PDF/UA tagging in reports we create in PowerBuilder, so that they comply with ISO 14289. In Europe, accessibility requirements for PDF documents from banks will come into effect betwe...
PBM_DWCLOSEDROPDOWN event not firing
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- Issue
- Last updated 3 days ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 days ago
The PBM_DWCLOSEDROPDOWN event does not fire when the drop down list box closes. The PBM_DWNDROPDOWN is working fine as it fires when the drop down is opened. Please advise.
Thank you
Previously, when a user has been asked to repeatedly sign into a database in Infomaker, instead of Infomaker just connecting when you open it, we were able to mark a checkbox labeled "Use Trusted Connection". We are currently using Infomaker 2022 and...
Powerbuilder 10.2 exe closes unexpectedly after 5 or 10 minutes of use in Windows 11 PC
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 week ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 days ago
Powerbuilder 10.2 exe closes unexpectedly after 5 or 10 minutes of use in Windows 11 PC. Tried compatibility mode, but did not help. Any suggestion? This do not happen in all Windows 11 PC
read data from a json array
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 days ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 days ago
Good morning, gentlemen. I hope someone can help me with this issue. I have this JSON file, and I need to read the email data. As such, this field can contain one or more emails.To read the object's data, I use the importJSON function to a datawind...
Webbrowser does not navigate in Window Response when...
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- Issue
- Last updated 5 days ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 days ago
Webbrowser does not navigate in a Window Response type window. When the response window containing the webbrowser object is opened from a custom ue_clicked event from another webbrowser object.
I am testing my application with powerbuilder versio...
Insert a blob variable into a table
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- New
- How-to
- Last updated 4 days ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 days ago
INSERT INTO certificate_en(en) VALUES(:b_blob);
The code does not work, there were no rows in the table before.
The b_blob variable size is 16, and the blob column en in the table only has 2 bytes after inserting.
Does anyone know the reason or ha...
Export to Excel of data window using Native Excel coming out with merged cells which is creating a big problem for end user it is getting missed with computation field also ,so please any one help to export excel in a proper format without cell mergi...
How can I reset my password when workflow keeps taking me to change password screen?
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- New
- How-to
- Last updated 3 days ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 days ago
How can I reset my password? Powerbuilder is asking for my login and password, but when I click on reset password, it opens a change password screen. I'm getting problems with PB2022, but I am also running with PB2017 and PB2025 where I am logged in ...
Multiple MDI windows - shortcuts
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- New
- How-to
- Last updated 4 days ago
- Tomáš Podzimek replied 2 days ago
Hi all,
We have a MDI application. Our users would like to use it on multiple screensso they can see more forms at once, etc.
I was able to move a form to a new MDI window - so far so good.
But there's a problem with shortcuts. Every MDI window ha...
PowerServer deployment with .exe "license has not started error"
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Logan Liu @Appeon replied 3 days 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...
Inquiry Regarding External DataWindow Column Limit
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 days ago
- Shubham Dhameliya replied 3 days ago
Dear Team,I am currently working with an external-type DataWindow in PowerBuilder and have encountered a limitation. External-type DataWindows are restricted to a maximum of 1000 columns, and I am facing an issue as my DataWindow exceeds this limit w...
how to set retrieval arguments values in data window without calling retrieving function (in PowerBuilder 2017 R3)
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in PowerBuilder 2017 RS
how to set retrieval arguments values in data window without calling retrieving function.Ex: I am importing the data into data window and need to set specific value in the Datawind after importing the values
Issue: PowerBuilder IDE Error – "OCI.DLL could not be loaded"
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 days ago
- John Fauss replied 3 days ago
Issue: PowerBuilder IDE Error "OCI.DLL could not be loaded"
Environment:
PowerBuilder Version:PB 2022 R3 (using PB Foundation Class)
Oracle Client:19c 32-bit
OS:Windows Server 2019 Standard
Background:
The PowerBuilder IDE was functioning ...
Good day,
I am trying to deploy may project using powerclient in PB2025... I encounter a problem when validating the connection... However if I test connection in PB2022 it is ok...
attached is the screen shot error.
Thank you very much!
Which files need to be added to revision control?
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- Misc
- Last updated 1 week ago
- Benjamin Gaesslein replied 4 days ago
I recently had reason to check in changes on one system, and check them out on another. When I got to the other system the changes I had made were not evident.
First, a couple if definitions:
Source files have extensions like .srd, .sru (and othe...
PB 25 Solution compilation failed
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- Issue
- Last updated 4 days ago
- Tóth Dávid replied 4 days ago
Hi!
We've started using PB25 and tried to migrate our code to a solution, but we got an error:
Syntax error: '-'.
Some code details:
....
if (b 0 and g = 0) then r++ b-- end if
...
formula=index-1
....
If i put a space between '-' then...
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