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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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- Last updated 3 years ago
- Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 1 year ago
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...
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4. :)
Getting Y position of MDI sheet relative to screen
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- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Konstantin Goldobin replied 3 months ago
Hello,
It's a very basic PB question but somehow I haven't been able to find an answer. If it matters, I'm using PB 2019 R3.
I'm trying to move a window to the centre of an MDI sheet both horizontally and vertically. To do this, I need to get the X...
PB 2022R3 - RTE control - insertpicture
- Issue
- Last updated 3 months ago
- David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 months ago
I just migrated our applications from powerbuilder 2019r3 to pb 2022r3. Found that the RTF editor now behaves differently when calling the insertpicture function. Previously it inserted the binary data of the image into the RTF, whereas now it only i...
I have made changes to a pbl. When I go to save I am receiving the following error: Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Unable to open library e:\letter.pbl
Power Builder IDE 2025 Beta - requires .NET 8 or can be used > .NET 9
- Advice
- Last updated 3 months ago
- Krupa Kiran Tadepalli replied 2 months ago
Hi Appeon, we have a situation while installing PB IDE 2025 BETA found that requirement is to have Microsoft .NET 8.04.406. Can Power Builder IDE 2025 BETA be installed with higher version of .NET which is greater than Microsoft .NET 9 ? Will it crea...
Obfuscation of the various method names, variable names, code
- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi Appeon, Existing code which generated Binary executables using PB 2022 R3 can be disassembled or decompiled using freely available tools, we understood a malicious user can understand the application logic.
Is there any method or process availabl...
Format the Email body text into JSON string
- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Daryl Foster replied 2 months ago
Hi All,
We are creating an email configuration window in our PB application.
In the email window, we are using RichText window control for composing the email body
Below is the code to copy the email body content to string
ll_numchars = rte_1...
How can I put a paragraph of text into a datawindow?
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- Last updated 2 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
I have a datawindow report that includes a full paragraph of text. The text is static and does not come from the database. Right now I just use a series of static text objects. But I have to use 15 of them to get the full paragraph in there. Is there...
How to debug datawindow syntax error?
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Logan Liu @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi! I'm running PB 2022 R3 Build 3397 with SQL Server 2019 backend.
I'm getting some build errors like this:
C:\source\desktop_admin.pbl|d_provider_type_selection_dd Error: Incorrect syntax near 'identifier'.
This datawindow compiles and works in ...
Sample Amazon S3 code not using Chilkat
- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- mike S replied 2 months ago
i currently use Dropbox for file storage. Thanks for all those that have helped me with that in the past. We want to migrant to using Amazon S3 for data storage. I am having a hard time finding code examples that do not include Chilkat. Sorry for my ...
How to change update.bmp in CloudAppLauncher
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi. I'm running PB 2022R3 Build 3397. We are trying to brand the CloudAppLauncher loading screens.
We created a loading_ica.gif and an update.bmp.
I added both files to the "External files" Files preloaded in uncompressed format in the PowerServer...
Good Practice using Git with PB2022 R3
- Advice
- Last updated 2 months ago
- David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 months ago
After reading the PowerBuilder documentation on adding the source code to a Gitlab repository, I wanted to know if it is good or bad practice to add the workspace and target to the repository. I will be one of many users who will work with this code ...
Error writing object information
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
We are using PB 2022 R3. We have 10 PBLs, standalone desktop application. Application APP.exe being created as expected and maintained in the same path as where PBLs and DLLs are present after deployment. Recently PowerClient was upgraded in IDE. Tod...
Hi all,
This shall be the last beta before Version 2025 GA release. There are three bug fixes in this beta:
https://docs.appeon.com/pb/release_bulletin_for_pb/Build-3674-Bug-Fixes.html
And for all the changes in the past betas, see here: https://d...
@col use in a datawindow expression
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 months ago
Hello,
I was watching an article about @col expression.
Is it possible to use @col, to get the number or name of the column in a datawindow expression?
I was making some tests with describe in with no success.
Thanks and regards...
Not working: DisableBind=0 in combination with Identity='SCOPE_IDENTITY()'
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Erwin Anema replied 2 months ago
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...
PB2025 IDE with Postgres 17
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Just switching over to PB2025 after 20+ years of coding with PB6.0 using dBase files. I thought it would be good to get in the 2000's
I have successfully converted a few dBase files to Postgres 17 and pbls to PB2025 and they work well, but I'm havin...
Browser Control Popping up Downloads Window when Navigating a File
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- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Christopher Craft replied 2 months ago
PB 2025
My application has a Documents tab which utilizes the WebBrowser Control to show files using the Navigate() command. I recently converted to PB 2025 from PB 2022 and have noticed an oddity I cannot seem to fix. When the user clicks on a row ...
Starting powerserver application using URL with commandline parms?
- How-to
- Last updated 2 months ago
- John Fauss replied 2 months ago
In my PowerServer application we send emails to users that have been assigned task. In the email I would like to have a link on it that will allow the user to click on and open the PS application and open the task. I'm not really sure how to complete...
PB 2025 Beta to Power Server migration Error
- Issue
- Last updated 2 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
Hi,
We are currently using Power Builder 2022 R3 Classic Application.
Planning to modernize our application for cloud deployment, in order to achieve we have tried following steps,1. Migrated Power Builder 2022 R3 Classic Application to PB 2025 Bet...
Hi, I'm having an issue opening the .pbl file in InfoMaker, the Datasource icon is grayed out
What could be the issue?
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