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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 3 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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  2. How-to
  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
Is there a performance difference between v12 and v2019R2?
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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PBv12.1 and PBv2019R2Oracle 12CWindows 10, 64 bit, SP-1 We have this giant app that we migrated from PBv12.1 to PBv2019R2. Some users run from another continent through Citrix to the host VMs to run the app. Often, the users will each have multiple s...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Error with calling stored procedures in PB 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
10 replies
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I installed the latest version of Powerbuilder yesterday and re-compiled my program. This morning I get an error on a line of code that was working before the latest install. The error message reads: “Null object referenced at line 110 in clicked eve...
Clifford Gregory Clifford Gregory
  1. PowerBuilder
Orcascr170 Unable to process map a .pbg file
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I'm trying to generate pbl from a version control system. I'm using SVN version control system. My original pbl, pbt and pbw  are located in \pcf_ci1, and my sources are located in \pcf_ci1\ws_object/myfeeling.pbl.src. Here is the debug outpu...
  1.  OrcaScript
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Honore Mahugnon Honore Mahugnon
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Work Space android apps crash on android 11
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Dear Appeon,   I have big issue for power server 2019 issue for mobile , specially on android, now the version android is 11 , all application I deploy does not work , work space appeon crash , APK can't installed. What issue for power server 2019....
tomms tomms tomms tomms
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Develop with 32 bit .NET DLL and deploy application in 64 bit in PB 2019
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all, as discussed in my last question Use of CrystalReports .NET DLL in PB 2019, we managed to get this CrystalReports DLL (32 bit) work to be used in the PB IDE and even in the compiled 32 bit version of our application. We are using PB 2019 ...
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IT Crew IT Crew
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019 R3 - Click on edit attribute tries to do retrieve of dropdown dw.
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, PB 2019 R3: I've only seen this happen once and could not reproduce it after closing powerbuilder and opening again. It does give me a 'funny' feeling though. When having selected a dddw column and clicking on some of the attributes on the "Edi...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
iwarunner for multiple logins
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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We are using iwarunner for users to run the application.  If I try to install iwarunner for another user on the same machine it doesn't put the icon on the desktop.  What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Bill
William Nevins William Nevins
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Date() no longer works as expected
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Larry Peters replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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I have the following code: string            ls_date = "1900-01-50"date            ld_dateld_date = date(ls_date)messagebox("Date", string(ld_date, "dd-mm-yyyy")) When run using PowerBuilder 12.5.2 (my legacy system) the result in the messagebox is...
  1.  64-bit
  2.  DATE
  3.  PB Classic
Larry Peters Larry Peters
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2017 R3 - Gitlab Enterprise - Automated Builds
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Noel Hibbard replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Cannot seem to find any information on this.  Someone said it would be made easier in R3.  We had been using Synergy and storing the PBLS and using Orca to build.  Since using the PB Native GIT interface pulls the source out of the pbls they no longe...
Glenn Benscoter Glenn Benscoter
  1. PowerBuilder
Can i change o customize messagebox default icons ?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Good afternoon, I have this doubt. There is the possibility to customize or change the messageBox default icons as: Information! (Default) StopSign! Exclamation! Question! None!   Edinson Nongrados
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Edinson Nongrados Edinson Nongrados
  1. PowerBuilder
PS support for Android API level 29
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, everyone. I have not been able to upload the APK of my app to Google Play as it requires me to have API level 29. I‘m using PowerServer 2020 Build 2323. Does this version of PS, or later, support this API level? Thanks for any help.
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Native PDF - Blank page every other page
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Erick Bergsma replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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0 votes
Hello, Just recently changed SaveAs PDF using Ghostscript to using Native PDF as below:     lds_report.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = NativePDF!    li_rtn = lds_report.SaveAs(ls_report_filename, PDF!, false) Reports are saving to PDF OK exc...
David Haas David Haas
  1. PowerBuilder
Computer very slow when editing scripts with embedded SQL.
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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I am using PB19 R2 against SQL server database. My problem is that when I edit a script containing embedded SQL like "select count(*) into :ll_ant from sometable;" it takes 2-3 seconds for every keystroke - my colleagues does not have the same probl...
Jan Hoppe Jan Hoppe
  1. PowerBuilder
ChangeMenu(dynamic created menu)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Is there any method to change the menu of a window, for its original menu?I am testing, but the changemenu() fails // Reestablecemos el menú de la hoja activalw_sheet = w_frame.GetActiveSheet()if isValid(lw_sheet) then        // Test: Pare elimina...
Julian I. Julian I.
  1. PowerBuilder
Equivalent to System.currentTimeMillis()
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
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Hello, Need to arrive the milliseconds since since the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC) something similar to  System.currentTimeMillis() available in Android / Unix.   Any function or code snippet available to arrive this ? Happiness Alwa...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
When private access is not entirely private - bug or feature?
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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Let's say you have a nonvisual, non-autoinstantiated custom object called n_object, which has a private member variable long il_private. Now let's say there's a scenario where a function of n_object needs to create another instance of type n_object,...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Variable
Benjamin Gaesslein Benjamin Gaesslein
  1. PowerBuilder
PBODB INI and PowerBuilder 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Just installed PowerBuilder 2019 R3 Build 2670 and I notice that the PBODB INI file is now called PBODB.INI whereas is used to have the version number in the name, like PBODB170.INI. Does this mean from now on we only have a single version of this f...
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerserver always gives precompile error
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Appeon,   This has been the 2nd time that we experienced this error: I've tried the solutions posted but nothing resolves this error except reinstalling. I cant reinstall the Powerserver every time we experience this error.  What might be ca...
  1.  PowerServer
  2.  PowerServer Web
Lemuel Bacli Lemuel Bacli
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Extra Spaces in display from InfoMaker Query Export
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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In the InfoMaker product, it seems I frequently, although inconsistently, get extra spaces on the end of values.  For example, I could have an expected value of “APPLE”, but instead, it displays as “APPLE          “ in the output.  I then need to use...
Chris Farrer Chris Farrer
  1. InfoMaker
Convert dotx format document to PDF OR display dotx file in PowerBuilder 2017/2019?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi , How to convert dotx format document to PDF in PB 2017/2019 OR otherwise how can we display dotx file in PB 2017/2019 ?   Please suggest. Thanks Shweta
Shweta Jain Shweta Jain
  1. PowerBuilder

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