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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
6 replies
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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
3 replies
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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
PB to mobile app. requires Web Server ?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
1 - I have mobile only application, trying to deploy on windows server (has already powerserver setup, tested good) But going through this wizard and it is requiring me to pick a  Web Server…Why ? Why do I need a web server if I want to convert to "...
  1.  Mobile
shoaib siddiqui shoaib siddiqui
  1. PowerBuilder
Application Error
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, I need help with my application. I recently migrated my application from PB 12.5.2 to PB 2017. We use Terminal Servers to host our clients with SQL Server as the DB. After the migration, I am not able to run the exe. I get the error "...
  1.  Build
Yasir Masood Yasir Masood
  1. PowerBuilder
OLE not working with Acrobat
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Our company recently upgraded to Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (2018 Version) and now my OLE Database Blob in our DataWindows no longer works.  (It worked fine with the 2015 version).  Double-clicking on the control or using OLEActivate() does nothing.  OLEAc...
  1.  Data
Shenn Sellers Shenn Sellers
  1. PowerBuilder
Rowscopy issue in runtime only
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, I use a simple Rowscopy() function. When i test it with Debug it does the job (return 1) When i deploy it in 32 bits... The same statement return -1 Is it a runtime DLL issue? Thanks. Marco I.e. : Its a old system from PB 12.5 c...
  1.  Function
Marco Laroche Marco Laroche
  1. PowerBuilder
SQL Server errors after PB 2017 R2 migration
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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I am testing an evaluation copy of PB 2017 R2. The migration tool reported no errors when upgrading our PB 12.5.2 app. However, I am seeing random SQL Server errors during runtime that do not occur in PB 12.5.2. I compiled using PowerGen 9.5, and am ...
  1.  ASE
  2.  Data
Don Olliver Don Olliver
  1. PowerBuilder
Windows API
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hello I need to recover some information from a program created with pb that is running. 1) the complete path from where the program started 2) the date of creation of the program (exe) Are there any APIs? I can not find anything = (
  1.  API
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
testing data source failed
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hi to all. I have this error when connecting to test db profile from powerserver toolkit configuration: testing data source failed error code 12506 the input function type is invalid.   Im using ms sql. With PB2017 db profile it works f...
  1.  Data
Ganne Gannene Ganne Gannene
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PB 12.6 Appcrash
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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My PB12.6 application (Build 3506) crashes in production. The Application is running on a Windows Server 2008 32bit. Is always crashes when i open or close a RDP-Connection! see below. ////////////////////////////// Problem signature:   P...
  1.  Crash
Peter Ernst Peter Ernst
  1. PowerBuilder
Mismatch Table columnname datatype Text and PBuilder datastore columnname char(4099)
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Frode Guldberg replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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  Application was migrated to PB2017 R2 from PBuilder 9 DataBase Table defintion columnname "notes"   datatype Text PBuilder9 Datastore/Datawindow columnname "notes" datatype Char(4099). PBuilder 9 display the "notes" value. PBuilder 2017 R2...
  1.  Migration
Anton van der Post Anton van der Post
  1. PowerBuilder
SAP - Powerbuilder Licensing
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Lars Mosegaard replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Does anyone know if SAP plans to decommission Powerbuilder license generation?
  1.  License
Christian Leroux Christian Leroux
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed to connect to database.
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Trying to connect to an Oracle database that worked on Monday and now does not. The DB is up and running and I can access it as a client server PB APP.  When I check the profile used to deploy to Power Server I get the Failed to connect message.  I c...
  1.  Oracle
Ron Calder Ron Calder
  1. PowerBuilder
C# function calling in Powerbuilder 2017 R2
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Everyone, I am using PowerBuilder 2017 R2  build 1756, classic application. I am trying to call a C# DLL in my application where i found an error message (Syntax error) when i call function name with class name. Please suggest what i do. Fun...
  1.  Build
  2.  C#
mukul pandey mukul pandey
  1. PowerBuilder
Changed debugging behaviour in PB 2017 R2 ???
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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I just started to do my first steps in PB 2017 R2. I migrated a small application from PB 12.1 to PB 2017 R2 without any problems. Now I noticed a behaviour change in debugging my code. I usually use the debugbreak() - function to set the br...
  1.  Bug
Martin Kaltenböck Martin Kaltenböck
  1. PowerBuilder
"Potential" Show stopper for 2017R2 - FIX NEEDED ASAP (sorry )
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Hi PowerSphere, We discovered a very serious bug in the SetRow() functionality. Click on a computed field in another row than current (in the Clicked event there is a SetRow(row)  ) - move the mouse away of the field( computed you just clicked ...
  1.  Bug
Georgios Papageorgiou Georgios Papageorgiou
  1. PowerBuilder
PB SOAP webservice TLS1.2 Support
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi, We are currently using PB 12.1. We consume a soap webservice from external vendor in our app. The vendor is going to disable the support of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 soon. Is there a way to configure PB to use TLS 1.2 protocol? We can migrate to P...
  1.  Build
Rajesh Selvam Rajesh Selvam
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed to generate DWSQL.
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Getting this error when trying to deploy to my APPEON Test Server.  The deploy function worked yesterday.  Failed to generate DWSQL. Operation system:  Service Pack 1 (Build 7601) Developer version: 9.0.1756.00 PB version:        17.0 1. S...
  1.  Build
  2.  Deployment
Ron Calder Ron Calder
  1. PowerBuilder
Not able to Deploy application - POwerServer Toolkit Configuration
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, Initially I Installed only PowerServer, POwerServer Help, PowerServer Toolkit, PowerServer Web Component.. While Web Deployment on PowerServer Toolkit Configuration Wizard (using localhost) I got error message  while Adding / Editing Po...
  1.  PowerServer
Devang Modi Devang Modi
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Toolkit Configuration Screen not saving any profile.
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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hello, every time I finish editing/adding or even deleting an application profile by pressing OK button, it keeps coming back with same results, it does not delete or adds any new profile at all. When I open it back it shows the same entries all t...
  1.  File
  2.  PowerServer
shoaib siddiqui shoaib siddiqui
  1. PowerBuilder
RestClient - Overloaded Retrieve function
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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The new RestClient offers several overloaded functions for data retrieval into a datawindow. The retrieve with the single urlname argument is straight forward.  Im confused by the other options which add an additional argument of either a string ...
  1.  Client
Mike Fisher Mike Fisher
  1. PowerBuilder
Connection terminated abnormally; error code 121 - SQL ANywhere 16
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi Recently our company we have upgraded desktop system fron windows 7 to windows 10, post that when ever large calculation runs on Powerbuilder application it is showing update fail intermediately and  shows error in datawindow as connection was ...
  1.  Build
  2.  SQL
Narayana Bhat Narayana Bhat
  1. PowerBuilder

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