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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 2 weeks 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 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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
  1. PowerBuilder
Why Am I getting this error and how can I fix it? Invalid~Hex character sequence in string
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Daryl Foster replied 5 months ago
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Reynard Harrison Reynard Harrison
  1. PowerBuilder
Drag/Drop doesn't work for 64-bit app
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 months ago
5 replies
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Hi all, I have a couple of windows with a datawindow that is supposed to respond to the pbm_dropfiles event. I have defined a global external function: FUNCTION int DragQueryFileW (long hDrop, int iFile, ref string szFileName, int cb) LIBRARY "she...
  1.  External Functions
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
GoogleCharts and ApacheEcharts integration
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 months ago
3 replies
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Hi, there! Is there a way to get the source code for the applications that integrate PowerBuilder datawindows with GoogleCharts (demo.appeon.com_googlecharts) and ApacheEcharts (demo.appeon.com_echarts)? Hope it can be done. Thanks!
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerBuilder
Access sub-report on a nested datawindow
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 months ago
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Hi There to all PowerBuilder Guru's - I have a composite datawindow (say dw_composite) which has 4 sub-reports inside it - dw_child_1, dw_child_2, dw_child_3 (all three placed in the Detail band of dw_composite) and dw_child_4 (placed in the summary...
Krishna Mohan Gullap Krishna Mohan Gullap
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder Window X and Y Positions - Integer Overflow
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 months ago
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Hello, we are currently implementing our own logic to save window positions on multiple screen, that also adjusts to different monitor configurations. We have major problems with big screen sizes since the x and y of windows are integers. This cause...
  1.  Integer
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Window
Andreas Müller Andreas Müller
  1. PowerBuilder
SQL Server Varchar(MAX) fields
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 months ago
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We've converted our backend db from SQL Anywhere to MS SQL Server, and any field previously a long varchar was converted to a varchar(MAX) field. In the past, Powerbuilder would create datawindow column specifications for these fields as char(32766)...
Richard Donagrandi Richard Donagrandi
  1. PowerBuilder
Assistance Required: PowerBuilder Database Setup Issue
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 months ago
3 replies
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Dear Team, I am currently facing an issue while setting up the PowerBuilder database. The following error is being displayed: "Oracle library OCL.DLL could not be loaded." I have verified that the PowerBuilder version is correct. However, I no...
Charitha G Charitha G
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2025 deploy no pdb / exe created
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 5 months ago
7 replies
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Hello all, testing PB 2025 3559 I converted a workspace to a solution. When I press 'Deploy solution', following is displayed: But there is no *.pdb and no *.exe file created. There is another project, where this works, and third project, wher...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Bernhard Giesriegl Bernhard Giesriegl
  1. Beta Testing
Profiling API - TraceTree. BuildModel( ) returns SourcePblError!
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Zeel Mehta replied 5 months ago
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Hello all, I built a Profiling Reporting tool that sits on top of the TraceTree System class.  (and TraceFile).  The application generates a report of a trace PBP file on demand.  My tool opens the trace and parses its data structures into datawin...
yakov werde yakov werde
  1. PowerBuilder
GetCookies using Antview's WebView2 ActiveX Control
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Gregory Rusak replied 5 months ago
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Hello, We've been using AntView's MS Edge Webview2 ActiveX control (.ocx) for a while now with PowerBuilder 2022 R3 and with version 1.1.460.0 they have introduced a method to list all of the cookies for a User's Profile. The CookieManager is a "pr...
Gregory Rusak Gregory Rusak
  1. PowerBuilder
Nested Sub-report Using Snapdevelpo
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Hello All, I am trying to create a report having few sub-reports. If we use client-server approach, that is generating the report in Powerbuilder its working absolutely fine. But now we have moved our project to Cloud based structure using Snapdeve...
Soumya Pandey Soumya Pandey
  1. SnapDevelop
Error when try to save Word document to PDF using OLE/Word.
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 months ago
4 replies
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Hello Program works fine on my computer but on our batch server it returns "This command is not available because no document is open". Error comes when program try to save the pdf, like this: lole_doc.ActiveDocument.saveas2( is_arkiv_folder + '\' ...
  1.  Office
  2.  OLE
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Jesper Trebbien Jesper Trebbien
  1. PowerBuilder
reference name of current text object in datawindow expression
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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I have a datawindow with a text object expression which is a global function that passes 5 parms (describe statements). Is there a way to reference the textname for this text object expression in each describe without hardcoding? I need to use the sa...
Paul Shue Paul Shue
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2025 PBProject Deploy Properties Storage Location?
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Shane Ward replied 5 months ago
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Howdy y'all We're playing with the PB2025 Solution conversion from workspaces. As part of the conversion, I'm having trouble understanding where the deploy properties for each pbproj are stored, when changing these settings, they used to be sto...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Shane Ward Shane Ward
  1. PowerBuilder
Error Importing PBDOM.pbx in PowerBuilder 2022 – "GetDescription" Syntax Error
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Hello, I am currently using PowerBuilder 2022 (Build 22.2.0.3289), and I encountered an issue while trying to import the PBDOM.pbx extension located at the following path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\Common\PowerBuilder\Runtime 22.2.0.3289\PBDOM...
ally wang ally wang
  1. PowerBuilder
Not working: DisableBind=0 in combination with Identity='SCOPE_IDENTITY()'
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Erwin Anema replied 5 months ago
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Hi all, Context: PowerBuilder 2022R3 Build 3356. MSOLEDBSQL connecting against SQL Server. I ran into the issue of using DisableBind=0 in combination with Identity='SCOPE_IDENTITY()'.When the application performs an insert, the executed SCOPE_IDENT...
Erwin Anema Erwin Anema
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Datawindow column issue with SQL Server and column of type char > length 32766
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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PB 2022R3 Build 3397 We have many columns in various data windows across multiple applications that exceed the 32766 string length. While this is not an issue in native PowerBuilder, it is an issue in PowerServer, as any datawindow with the said col...
Dustin Sellers Dustin Sellers
  1. PowerServer
WebBrowser - save PDF problem
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Michael Krul replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Hello, PB 2022 R3, Build 3391 A problem with saving PDF files in WebBrowser has been detected. If you open a NEW WINDOW with a PDF file from WebBrowser window.open('https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf') ...
Michael Krul Michael Krul
  1. PowerBuilder
List All Fonts Installed on Workstation
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  1. Last updated 8 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 months ago
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I'm trying to populate a dropdown with a list of all installed fonts, but I'm having trouble getting something that works well. I got pretty close by looking at the Windows registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fo...
  1.  Font
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Windows OS
Zachary Curtis Zachary Curtis
  1. PowerBuilder
InfoMaker How to Export pbl Library file names as a Text list with a script
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  GALEN BOYER replied 5 months ago
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We need to be able to export our library objects names like reports, forms and queries to a text list. I don't find a menu command for that. What is the best way to do that?
Tom Hines Tom Hines
  1. InfoMaker

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