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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  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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Automated App Deployment in 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I'm currently using InnoSetup for client installations on windows computers and interested in this automated app deployment.  Can I be directed to instructions on how do use this method and if there are customization options for the installation?   ...
Mitch Goldstein Mitch Goldstein
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Beginner SnapDevelop question - Multiple DWs
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I am just starting to look into using SnapDevelop to possibly migrate our application.  I am using SnapDevelop 2019 R3 Build 2622.  I have completed some of the tutorials, all of which seem to have only 1 dw that is imported and retrieved/updated/et...
Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley
  1. SnapDevelop
PowerClient 2019r3 : Deployment questions
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I'm currently testing PowerClient with Pb2019r3. It seems to work fine as a "Self-service" deployment tool, but I was wondering if there is a way to "push" the initial version of an application in order to avoid each end user to install it for the f...
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Patrice Domange Patrice Domange
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there a performance difference between v12 and v2019R2?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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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
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Error with calling stored procedures in PB 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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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
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Orcascr170 Unable to process map a .pbg file
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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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...
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Honore Mahugnon Honore Mahugnon
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Appeon Work Space android apps crash on android 11
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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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
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Develop with 32 bit .NET DLL and deploy application in 64 bit in PB 2019
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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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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PB2019 R3 - Click on edit attribute tries to do retrieve of dropdown dw.
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  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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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
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iwarunner for multiple logins
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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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
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Date() no longer works as expected
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Larry Peters replied 3 years ago
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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...
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Larry Peters Larry Peters
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Powerbuilder 2017 R3 - Gitlab Enterprise - Automated Builds
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Noel Hibbard replied 3 years ago
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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
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Can i change o customize messagebox default icons ?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 3 years ago
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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
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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 3 years ago
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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
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Native PDF - Blank page every other page
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Erick Bergsma replied 3 years ago
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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 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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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
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ChangeMenu(dynamic created menu)
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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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.
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Equivalent to System.currentTimeMillis()
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 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...
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Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
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When private access is not entirely private - bug or feature?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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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,...
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Benjamin Gaesslein Benjamin Gaesslein
  1. PowerBuilder
PBODB INI and PowerBuilder 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 3 years ago
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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
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