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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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  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
Response window position on dual monitor setup
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tomas Beran replied 2 years ago
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Hi Dual monitor vs. Response window behave strangely. Maybe someone has solved it before. I've a main window and an about box. In the about box there's code move ( w_genapp_main.x , w_genapp_main.y) in the Open event. It works almost everywhere ...
Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
  1. PowerBuilder
ApplyTheme causes IDE crash if run from anywhere after a sub window is opened, even if window is then closed
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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We are using Powerbuilder 2021 build 1509 If I use ApplyTheme(string) in my code from anywhere during the initial start up it works fine application open event main window open event After I have started a sub window with a menu operation, it doe...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Theme
kevin kevin rowe kevin kevin rowe
  1. PowerBuilder
Deploying the second PowerServer 2021 Project to IIS server
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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I deployed my PB 2021 app using PowerServer Project on my local IIS server and then remotely without any issue. I then started deploying the second PB 2021 application locally, repeating the same steps as for the first app. When I completed the whole...
George Mikhailovsky George Mikhailovsky
  1. PowerServer
Error accessing dwo.Type in itemfocuschanged event
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Adam Narten replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, We have a datawindow control in our application which includes code in the itemfocuschanged event to perform some additional processing when column data is changed in the datawindow. We have added some error checking at the beginning of the e...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Error
  3.  Event
  4.  Event Handling
  5.  PowerBuilder
  6.  Script
Adam Narten Adam Narten
  1. PowerBuilder
How can I determine the WebAPI Url from my application in my application
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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1 vote
Hello!I have a probably small problem . I would like to get the url of the WebAPI of my PowerServer application. Reason is that I would like to access the PowerServer Management APIs of my application in my application. Unfortunately I can't find a...
  1.  PowerServer
  2.  Session
  3.  Web API
Alex Peters Alex Peters
  1. PowerServer
Is there Powerscript function to get WebApi URL deployed?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, I am trying to build admin function to manage sessions(retrieve all, kill etc.), regardless which webapi server deployed to and running.   Thank you. Best Regards, JX
Zhang JX Zhang JX
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Stopping bitmaps from resizing inside of grid columns
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Jones replied 2 years ago
6 replies
1454 views
1 vote
This is not a question but a technique I want to share so it is searchable for others in the future.... We had the need to add bitmaps to show status to a grid datawindow.   We used a dummy column and then set its visible expression to 0 (this means...
Mark Jones Mark Jones
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder + Git + change line-ending settings
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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 Hi There is a file or menu that will let me change the settings on how to deal with line endings I read there are 3 options: Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style Git will convert LF to CRLF when checking out text files. When committing ...
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Best connection for MS SQL 2017 and 2019
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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We have been using ODBC connections for our Powerbuilder applications for many years.  Until recently the applications were in Powerbuilder 10 or 12.5.  The applications had been running fine and did not seem to have issues. Recently we have upgrade...
Connie Dove Connie Dove
  1. PowerBuilder
E-Charts Deployment
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ankur Patel replied 2 years ago
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I have some gauges that are rendered using E-Charts.  I first got them working by modifying the new demo application, then added them to one of our applications.  Both work just fine when running from the IDE.  I made an EXE of the demo application a...
Dean Helsley Dean Helsley
  1. PowerBuilder
When Printing with RichTextEdit in Citrix, print order is incorrect
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi PB Community, For my application deployed as a Citrix hosted application, when the users prints a batch of 100's of separate documents using the RichTextEdit.Print() function, the documents are arriving on the local printer out of order.  The en...
Peter Thiem Peter Thiem
  1. PowerBuilder
How to set language in web browser control?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi,I am opening a web page from within the Web browser control . The web page has text area with spell checking enabled. When opening the page locally I get Swedish spell checking (which I want) but from within the web browser control, I get English....
  1.  HTML/5
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerScript IDE
  4.  WebBrowser
Niclas Graufelds Niclas Graufelds
  1. PowerBuilder
How to combine multiple documents into a single PDF in PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
6 replies
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I have been working with Appeon on an issue with PowerBuilder regarding the error I get shell run error when I’m combining different files together into one PDF.  Our logic calls a PDF converter. We basically  run a custom PDF converted command-line...
Winnie Ross Winnie Ross
  1. PowerBuilder
Advice on Accessibility & Screen readers
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, We have a customer project with focus on accessibility and screen reader (JAWS). I would like to mimic the settings/behaviour of PB controls in order for our application to work better in regards to accessibility and screen readers. We are usi...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Jesper Nowak Jesper Nowak
  1. PowerBuilder
Questions about PowerBuilder for web
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Wallace Silva replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hey,I´m trying to develop a pure web program (ie no instalation required), but don´t know where to start (or how to configure the build/deployment). I have seen some videos (specially the elevate conventions ones) and some of then apparently runs str...
Wallace Silva Wallace Silva
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Menu inside MDI sheet
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I would like to have a menu on top of an a MDI sheet while still having the main menu on top of the frame. How may I do this ? Is this even possible ?
  1.  MDI
  2.  Menu
Alexandre Tonnelier Alexandre Tonnelier
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there predefined variable can be used to exclude  certain scripts during PBNative deployment?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all, We are deploying the ERP system both in client/server and Cloud mode. We have added JWT authentication coding for Cloud deployment while skipping such scripts from client/server deployment. noticed that in both deployment, predefined PBNAT...
  1.  Client/Server
  2.  Cloud
  3.  Deployment
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerBuilder
PBDemo database in MSSQL/AzureSQL format
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Zhang JX replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All, When installing Appeon PB IDE, we have the option to install PBDemo sample DB in PostgreSQL or SQLAnyway. Wondering whethe anyone have converted the PBDemo DB to be MSSQL DB or not? is there any link to downlaod for free? (I have tried to ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  PowerServer
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerBuilder
ribbonbar requires large amounts of whitespace on right of categories to avoid truncating titles
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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1 vote
The ribbonbar below will generate OK but will only display the titles fully when it has about 1/4 of the space taken up by the category text on the right as white space. Removing the tab section improved this a little (we were not using the tabs any...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  RibbonBar Builder
kevin kevin rowe kevin kevin rowe
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow basado en store procedure sin parametros
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Beunas comunidad.   Tengo un DW basado en un SP , que NO TIENE PARAMETROS. Me esta saliendo un mensaje de error al hacer un retrieve al DW En los demas DW con parametros en los SPS no se presenta ese error. Aparentemente no esta haciendo la re...
Walther Rodirguez Walther Rodirguez
  1. PowerServer

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