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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
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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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Recommended number of PowerServer sessions per server
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi, We would like to know if there is any recommended/max number of sessions per server with PowerServer Web APIs deployed. Servers configured under load balancer. The deployed solution consists of chatty applications.   Below is the configurati...
Nilotpal Bera Nilotpal Bera
  1. PowerServer
How to call a function on a tab object?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi all, I have a tab object inherited from u_tab: utab_folder.  Another tab object inherited from utab_folder: utab_lab.  In utab_folder I defined an instance variable u_tab itab_This, and in the constructor event of utab_folder I set the itab_This ...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
NVE / SSCC barcode on datawindows
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Rudolf Fürst replied 2 years ago
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We need to print shipping labels in a customer project. If possible, we want to map this via the datawindows. Does anyone know of a way we can use NVE / SSCC barcodes on datawindows? Is there an external tool for this?
Rudolf Fürst Rudolf Fürst
  1. PowerBuilder
Available memory on the computer
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi,   How can I report the amount of FREE memory on the computer from a 64bit pb application. (.exe) I have tried the below function but it reports 2 GB in 32bit and 0 in 64 bit exe.. any clue ?    Subroutine GlobalMemoryStatus (ref os_memorysta...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. PowerBuilder
CRUD Operations with .NET DataStore
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Zhang JX replied 2 years ago
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Hello, I started to work in PowerBuilder 2019 R3 working on the example https://docs.appeon.com/dwconverter2019r3/CRUD_Operations_with_.NET_DataStore/index.html#introduction CRUD Operations with .NET DataStore, I did all step until the test the Retr...
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Ysmary Daza Ysmary Daza
  1. SnapDevelop
C# Wrapper Import .Net DLL Tool
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi Guys I'm creating a simple wrapper for a .Net DLL in order to remove the complex return values. Using SnapDevelop I have created a simple C# Class Object that references the extrernal DLL. My C# Code is: using System; using System.Collections.Ge...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  PowerBuilder
David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. PowerBuilder
POWERBUILDER APPLICATION WITH BROWSER
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Dear Team, I want to open PB Application with Browser, because Remote area, instead of giving a copy, we will share a URL, they will open with browser. If there is any solution please share it with me  
lingaiah T lingaiah T
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Can setseriesstyle be used in nested graph datawindow
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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We have a report which is built with nested data windows and want to change the color of the graph in the graph data window (which is nested in another data window).1. When using SetSeriesStyle - dw_main.Object.dw_graph.Object.dw_graph1.SetSeriesStyl...
Nithya Chandrasekar Nithya Chandrasekar
  1. PowerBuilder
Run() function does not release file until PB application is closed
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Kyle Bengtson replied 2 years ago
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I have a situation where I'm creating a text file in my application, successfully closing it using FileClose, then using Run("notepad "+[filename]) to display it. All works well except that when I try to create a 2nd text file after that, the file is...
  1.  File Access
Kyle Bengtson Kyle Bengtson
  1. PowerBuilder
POWERBUILDER MOBILE APPLICATION
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Dear Team, Is there any Mobile application with PB2019 or later? If yes, can you share sample application. Because  Thanks in advance.
lingaiah T lingaiah T
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Change color of the Title Bar of the frame window
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
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Hi All, What is the way to change the color of the title bar of the main window of the application(frame)? please find the attached example Regards, Marina
gili galili gili galili
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PBL Peeper & MSVCR71.dll
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Shawn Davis replied 2 years ago
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Hi All, A bit stumped here and this might be some Windows 11 weirdness. I've got a new machine (very fast, joy, joy) I've installed PBL Peeper on it but get the error about cannot proceed because NSVCR71.dll was not found. So I downloaded the Visua...
Shawn Davis Shawn Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
Drop down datawindow - How to detect when the dropdown is closed
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Hi,   How can I detect when a row in the drop down datawindow is selected or the dropdown is closed?when the scrolls up and down using the keyboard the the ItemChanged event is triggered so that is not an option Basically I need a way to run come ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. PowerBuilder
Can you Filter a DataWindow with an array?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Is it possible to set your filter string to be an array?  I want users to be able to select multiple "keywords" from a list.  Then filter a master list based on whether or not the "keyword" column in the datawindow contains one of the selected keywor...
Rick Domogalik Rick Domogalik
  1. PowerBuilder
How to integrate JDBC With PB2019R3?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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PB2019R3, b2703Window 10, 64 bit platform, VMWhat is the way to integrate JDBC into the Database Painter? We have installed Zulu Java, it's our replacement for Sun Java -- Oracle Java -- no longer free.We have instaledd EBD PostgreSQL as our new data...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Handling events on non-visual COM objects
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 2 years ago
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Am I right in thinking that if I have a non-visual COM object, that I can connect to with ConnectToNewObject on an OleObject, there is no way to see or process events that it might throw? I know about using a user object OleObject so I can catch the...
  1.  COM
  2.  Event Handling
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow column tooltip 'tip' text max size?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Is there a maximum size for the tooltip string text of a datawindow colum?
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Denis Silva Denis Silva
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How do I enable Sorting on Master/Detail window
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
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Hi all, Took me a few days to get the Column sort to work, but it's working great now.  I have a question: I have a few master/detail windows.  When I click on a column label in the master dw to sort by that column, it sorts fine, but the detail dw ...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Two versions of CEF at the same time
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 2 years ago
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Sorry, second one today. PowerBuidler 2019 R3 build 2728 Windows 10 We have switched all our old Internet Explorer activeX controls to the new PowerBuilder web browser control and everything works great, until our .NET developers changed our login...
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  2.  WebBrowser
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
Applying themes to ancestor userobjects inherited from standard visual objects
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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We have two userobjects uo_fms_picturebutton and uo_fms_picturebutton2 which are inherited from the standard picturebutton control.    4 of these are placed on our ancestor window object w_genapp_base, 2 of each type called cb_1,cb_2,cb_3_cb_4.  We w...
Mark Jones Mark Jones
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