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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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  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
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Search/Find in workspace?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 2 years ago
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Just upgraded from PB 11.5 (circa 2008) to PB 2021. PB 11.5 never had the ability to search all source code of a workspace or target.  In the TWELVE years they had to improve the IDE, they never implemented search all?  Wow.  Just wow.My old solutio...
Mark Calder Mark Calder
  1. PowerBuilder
Paste Cell From Excel into Datawindow Single Line Edit fails
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Peter Thiem replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Community, In this application, the users have a problem cutting and pasting from Excel. The paste operation is failing to paste data into "Datawindow Single Line Edit" fields. Afaict, it is because the clipboard of the Excel cell contains a CR...
Peter Thiem Peter Thiem
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PowerBuilder Application Performance issue
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi All,   We are upgraded our PB version from PB 6.5 to PB2017 version. Application are working fine in all the functionality. But we are facing performance issue while we searching any records in any of the screen it takes more than 4 min. But app...
Narayanamoorthy Thangavel Narayanamoorthy Thangavel
  1. PowerBuilder
2D Barcode Issues in Powerbuilder 2017 R3
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  André Monz replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
 Hi,           Our application is in PB2017 R3, we are using 2D Barcode scanner (Model: DS2208) to scan the barcode and display the scanner output on Datawindow – Edit (Style Type) column, To get the barcode scanner data, Placing the cursor on Dataw...
sachidhanantham ramalingam sachidhanantham ramalingam
  1. PowerBuilder
请问下怎样可以把手机上的dw中的数据保存为excel或者pdf 文件保存在手机上面，方便把数据转发给他人
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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你好： 请问下怎样可以把手机上的dw中的数据保存为excel或者pdf 文件保存在手机上面，方便把数据转发给他人 谢谢
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Theme's problem
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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When I apply a Theme, windows can be resized by clicking on the border, even when the window's resizable property is disabled. Any ideas ? in the first image when I click on the border (painted yellow) it can make the window smaller as seen in image...
Marcelo Gil Marcelo Gil
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Migration from PB2017 to PB2021 - coolmenu.dll not compatible.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
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Greetings We are currently migrating from PB2017 to PB2021 and we have a software in production with multiple clients that stood with us for several years, it is critical to keep the library coolmenu.dll until we get enough time to refactorize it to...
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Esteban STD Esteban STD
  1. PowerBuilder
"ShareData" on DATA tabpage of a datawindow. What's it good for?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, Does anyone know what this "ShareData" is for on the Data tab of a dw? Is it just an indicator to programmers that this dw shares data with another? Not much happens when you click on it, except for toggling the check on the contextual menu ......
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer setup issues
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 2 years ago
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I am new to PowerServer and trying to get my test environment setup.  I have watched the video from Elevate and tried to follow along, but there is a step I am missing somewhere.  I have setup a new internal IIS server for the test.  Added an FTP sit...
Rick Domogalik Rick Domogalik
  1. PowerServer
Upgrade to new ide version
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Malek Taha replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi    I haver an application compiled with an earlier version of the 2019 runtime ide. I upgraded my PB version to 2728 when i open the app  i get the message "The version you used to full build the target :LabelLibrary" is different from the curre...
Malek Taha Malek Taha
  1. PowerBuilder
Application PB freeze
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
5 replies
1852 views
0 votes
Bonjour, j'ai plusieurs applications en Powerbuilder 2017 R3. Parmi ces applications, j'ai une seule qui se freeze de façon aléatoire et de façon intempestive.  J'ai remarqué que cela se prodduisait lorsque la température du processeur est supérie...
  1.  PB Classic
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Nathalie Meurant Nathalie Meurant
  1. PowerBuilder
dw_1.SaveAs() Functionality
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Jason Lipman replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hello Fellow PB People, Powerbuiler 2019 R2 Here's one I have not run into yet. When utilizing SaveAs() with a valid filename in the parameters, it will not allow the popup, but automagically saves to the current directory. To assist the users, I...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Jason Lipman Jason Lipman
  1. PowerBuilder
Problema con tipo de dato, en parametro
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Walther Rodriguez replied 2 years ago
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El problema es que el modelo crea el parametro del Datawindow con un tipo de dato distinto al que esta en el Datawindow, o en la tabla o en store procedure y esto genera el error: " Select Error: The Byte type is not compatible with the data type of...
Walther Rodirguez Walther Rodirguez
  1. PowerServer
Can't find a Display Format
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, We have a legacy PB 2021 application where a number of character DataWindow columns have a display format of [general] - note the lower case g. In the column properties of the DW painter, if I click on the arrow to select a new display format I...
Michael Connell Michael Connell
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Mobile - Download a File from URL
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
0 replies
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Hi, Is there an option to download a file (e.g. PDF) to a mobile device from the URL (without use of the Appeon File Server on the PowerServer)? At the moment our Appeon Mobile App is showing files from various servers/URLs inside the eon_mobile_we...
  1.  Download
  2.  Mobile
  3.  PowerServer Mobile
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Problems printing DWs on specific printers?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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I just got a report from a user who is using our PB 2021 application that prints from DW reports in the application to their Konica Minolta C552 commercial copier/printer don't work: they say it prints "an endless number of almost blank pages - each ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Print
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Adobe print to PDF no longer working in deployed Powerbuilder app
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Matt Kluzak replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Powerbuilder 2019 R3. My users have just this week begun to report an inability to print from the deployed Powerbuilder app to the Adobe PDF printer. I have verified the same on my end. The Adobe PDF printer *does* work from other applications, howe...
Randy Mathews Randy Mathews
  1. PowerBuilder
Registry webservice powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  equipe admdados replied 2 years ago
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Hello, we are having a problem with the powerbuilder webservice, where it cannot access the registry functions(registryget, registrykeys)   print: vls_aux = -1
  1.  Web Service
equipe admdados equipe admdados
  1. PowerBuilder
WebBrowser prevent header and footer with PrintAsPDF?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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We want to use the WebBrowser control in PB2021 to load HTML files and save them as PDF. We have working code, but it is adding a header and footer to the page. We need to not have those! Is there a way to force that? Maybe some JavaScript? I have ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  WebBrowser
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
PrintSetup functionality does not work.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Printsetup functionality does not work as expected on PB2019 R3. The Print Setup window opens but the printers are not displayed even if the printer is installed on the machine. Please find attached screen shots for reference. Could you please pro...
Mohan Gawade Mohan Gawade
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