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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 7 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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  2. How-to
  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
  1. PowerBuilder
Canonicalized XML with C# class library with .Net DLL Importer doesn't work
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 5 months ago
1 reply
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hi all, Tried look for XML Canonicalization and only solution is via C# DLL Import. However, when successful created the DLL and import into PB2022R2, the function hanged when calling the of_canonicalizexml function. Need advise what wrong with it. ...
  1.  C# Class Importer
Ong Chin Keat Ong Chin Keat
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerclient different folder installation
  1. Resolved
  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 months ago
3 replies
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Hi team,   We have a successful running powerclient application and need an advise for the  below scenario  We need to configure or install our powerclient application in two different folder in the same machine. Please let us know if there any so...
Rajkumar K S Rajkumar K S
  1. PowerBuilder
Texts are getting shifted from there place
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 months ago
1 reply
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We have some PSR files in which there are some vertical texts, those text are getting shifted from there place (example in below image), When we are pasting pb.ini file which contains "[PB] PBESCAPEMENTMODE=1" in the installation folder, those issue ...
Dhruv Jain Dhruv Jain
  1. PowerBuilder
PBAUTOBUILD220.EXE
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 months ago
5 replies
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Hi, We have some problems with PBAUTOBUILD220.EXE. The fisrt one is about a very simple build with an executable associated with a resource file : and several librairies. When we build the project with PBAUTOBUILD220.EXE, the library below (in y...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Catherine BERTHET Catherine BERTHET
  1. PowerBuilder
Merging documents in a loop
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 months ago
3 replies
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Hi all, My customer reported an issue today with merging dw's and pdf's.  In the main window, he opens a salesorder with 100 workorders, then selects the Merge Each radio button and clicks Merge on the toolbar.  The merge function loops through each...
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
DwFilter() and DwCompute() attribute don't works at all
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Larry Peters replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Hi,   I have written this condition for Model [DwFilter("UPPER(lastname) = 'ASHLEY'")] but it doesn't return the specified criteria data.   Secondly, I am facing an issue with the DwCompute() attribute which always returns a NULL value. Please he...
Adnan Ahmed Adnan Ahmed
  1. SnapObjects
Seriously? Powerscript migrator to be discontinued
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Arturo Rosello replied 5 months ago
5 replies
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Hello, I received an email stating that the Powerscript migrator is to be discontinued in the forthcoming 2025.  Is that so?   I think it's one of the important selling point for PB.  Any alternatives planned or available?   Happiness AlwaysBKR ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Copy data into another datawindow
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Hi all   I wonder if I'm able to do so....   I have two identical datawindow, dw_1 and dw_2. Both shows different columns, but select statement is the same. dw_1 only have one row, multiple row is not allowed here, but for dw_2, multiple row is ...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Sofhin Wong Sofhin Wong
  1. PowerBuilder
how to get string from sha256 algorithm string encrypted
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Alessandro Malaguti replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Hello,I don't understand why the string results from sha256 encrypted algorithm are different between pb and the sqlserver queryfrom the PB code non-printable data are returned : Blob lblb_data Blob lblb_sha1 string l_res // here the data to co...
Alessandro Malaguti Alessandro Malaguti
  1. PowerBuilder
HOW TO VIEW .TIF
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  mathews rutto replied 5 months ago
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Hi,   How to view .tif i have tried picture control and webbrowser with no success. p_1.PictureName = 'https//xxxxxxxxxxx/name.tif'   wb_1= 'https//xxxxxxxxxxx/name.tif'  
mathews rutto mathews rutto
  1. PowerBuilder
After PBDOM Doc SaveDocumentIntoString(), the element "" become "" become ">"
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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hi all, I'm BuilFromFile command a load a XML file into PBDOM document (lpbdom_Doc1)and replace all those related value. After that I'm exporting it into a string with command "ls_xmlsigned =  lpbdom_Doc1.SaveDocumentIntoString();"  The string ls_x...
Ong Chin Keat Ong Chin Keat
  1. PowerBuilder
Image manipulation with PowerBuilder 12.6
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 months ago
4 replies
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Hi, I need to save images of any format and view them, zoom them, edit them, etc. from PowerBuilder 12.6 Any example please
Desarollo 07 Desarollo 07
  1. PowerBuilder
datawindow
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 months ago
3 replies
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Good morning!Is it possible to create a datawindow at runtime and pass it as a parameter to another function or event? Thanks!
marco gaspar marco gaspar
  1. PowerBuilder
How to modify window properties, in particular in the theme.json file
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 5 months ago
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Hello I'm in pb2022 R3 , I'm using a theme in which I put an exception for a given window . I followed the documentation but it does not work.Does anyone have an example that works?Here's what I put in the theme.json file. For all windows "window...
Magid Slimani Magid Slimani
  1. PowerBuilder
GIT revert fails
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Powerbuilder 2022 build 1892/ Windows 10 GIT central repository : Azure Devops (If it matters ) I get the message " ---------- Source Control: Errors   (17:39:52)Git detail error info: The path 'C:' does not exist in the given treeGit client error...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sverre Tvedt Sverre Tvedt
  1. PowerBuilder
Fun Times with PostgreSQL - RPC issue
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Matt Balent replied 5 months ago
3 replies
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Anyone ever do this successfully?  (PB 2022 R3) In the postgres database I have defined this FUNCTION  CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.rpc_ordersbycustomer( custid integer DEFAULT 0, INOUT order_count integer DEFAULT 0) RETURNS integer ...
  1.  PostgreSQL
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Matt Balent Matt Balent
  1. PowerBuilder
The cursor does not move between fields using the Enter key
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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The cursor does not move between fields using the Enter key  please I am facing a problem with moving between fields in version 2022 R3 Build 3356 Runtime 22.2.0.3356,as the cursor does not move between fields in this way i have 2 data windows i am ...
Hussain Albloshi Hussain Albloshi
  1. PowerBuilder
Scan code tool for PowerBuilder in GitHub
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 5 months ago
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We are migrating PowerBuilder code (PB2019R2) from TFS/Git to GitHub, is there any scan code tool such as sonarqube or codeql for PowerBuilder? Also, we will migrate soon to PB2022R3.
Alvaro Rodriguez Casafranca Alvaro Rodriguez Casafranca
  1. PowerBuilder
DwCompute() Annotation is not fetching the data
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 5 months ago
1 reply
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Hi,   I am facing an issue with the DwCompute() attribute which always returns a NULL value. Please help me out to get the computed value from that property instead of NULL value.    For now I am doing this task manually for every property in the...
  1.  .NET 6.0
Adnan Ahmed Adnan Ahmed
  1. SnapObjects
RestClient.GetOauthtoken() returns -21
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 5 months ago
2 replies
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Hello I got a ps-script that can get a token. When trying similar in PB 2022 it returns -5 "Failed to get token". Code pasted in below. Any suggestions are appreciated. BR Jesper  
Jesper Trebbien Jesper Trebbien
  1. PowerBuilder

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