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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
6 replies
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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
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
PB2017 Oracle 19 timestamps handled as date
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hello, I would like to ask about the PB Oracle DB driver We have PB2017R2 (1756) Oracle client 11.2 and DB Oracle 11.2 with migration to Oracle DB 19 I face issue where the Timestamps are  handled as dates instead of Timestamps and because of tha...
  1.  Database
  2.  Database Driver
  3.  Oracle
  4.  PowerBuilder
Antonin Krejci Antonin Krejci
  1. PowerBuilder
toolbar + ribbonbar + opensheet(layered!)
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  ATK Gimmy Susan replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Good day. I need to coexist the ribbonbar and the toolbar.In this case, opensheet does not work with layered state!View Image.Is it to you? How can I work around it? Ecosystem:- Windows 10- Powerbuilder 2018r2Thank you early for the answer.   Gi...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
NativePDF not usable in it's current form
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Orlando Alavarez replied 4 years ago
9 replies
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  Is there a blurb somewhere detailing what is to be fixed/changed in the upcoming patches regarding the Native PDF funtionality? As it stands right now this functionality simply isnt usable.  In many, many circumstances the rendering simply do...
  1.  NativePDF
Derek Hammonds Derek Hammonds
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2019 UI Dock Problem
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Well this is embarrassing! I have been using PB since V3 in 1995. I just fired up 2019 and I did something that has messed up the UI.  The output window opens up almost fullecreen and I can't move it or resize it. I just want it down at the bottom wh...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
John Murphy John Murphy
  1. PowerBuilder
OpenSheet using windowtype makes IsValid return false
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Dan Black replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hey, Here's some background. I am trying to add a 'restore layout' feature so that when the user logs in their active sheets from the previous session restore to their position. I've got it working pretty nicely but I've ran up against a snag. 1. T...
Dan Black Dan Black
  1. PowerBuilder
clientDllMsg error in PowerServer Deploy
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Using PowerBuilder 2019 R2 Build 2328 Oracle 12g and 18, with PowerServer 2019 Build 2170 I can deploy two out my three applications and run within Goggle Chrome. My one application is throwing this error, the pop up window says: Error During Initi...
  1.  PowerServer
Bryant Burnard Bryant Burnard
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PB 2019 R2 GetFileOpenName limitation
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi guys, I have an app that uses the GetFileOpenName method. This app used to be a .net target, because it calls a .net dll. I did 2 things to this app: I used the new PB 2019 R2 .net nvo calling (so it's now a classic PB target) and moved it from ...
Daniel Ferrreira Daniel Ferrreira
  1. PowerBuilder
HTTPClient in SnapDevelop - Is this supported?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Is Powerbuilder HttpClient supported in a SnapDevelop 2019 R2? WebAPI project?  I am am migrating PowerScript to a C# WebAPI project.  When I declare 'HttpClient Http;' in my GlobalFunc, I receive this compiler message: The type or namespace name 'H...
  1.  HTTPClient
  2.  SnapDevelop
  3.  Web API
Jeff Cutler Jeff Cutler
  1. SnapDevelop
GitHub DeskTop - Anyone having success with using this in PowerBuilder 2017/2019??
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
0 replies
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Hi everyone, I have been looking at using GitHub DeskTop as the source control for PowerBuilder and I was wondering if anyone has any advice concerning their experience with it.     Thank you! Kyle
Kyle Griffis Kyle Griffis
  1. PowerBuilder
Slow opening of windows when many individual datastores are retrieved (Ping-Pong between Client and DB-Server for each retrieve)
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hello everybody, we are using: PB2019 (2082) SQL Anywhere 17 using PFC typical Client-Server application   If we have a window, which has a business object with some datastores, the opening of the window is very slow, when all the datatsto...
Heiko Betzler Heiko Betzler
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Debugger not being Triggered
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi I went through this online video from Appeon on how to debug in PowerServer Web (https://bit.ly/2WTW07P) I did all that's in the video but when I ran/executed my app in debug mode, it skipped all the break points as if it's running in the runtim...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
saving files on the users pc from the web.
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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HI,   How does one save files on the users pc from the web. Will saveas just work from a datawindow. Regards ML    
Marie-Louise Bisschoff Marie-Louise Bisschoff
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Can I nest structure definitions in a custom object definition and use it globally?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I have a question about powerscript usage. I would like to define several structures in the same place (eg. same file) and use them outside of the defining file, so I am doing something like the following in the source code n_cst_api_supplies...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  PowerScript (PS)
Arnaud Bailly Arnaud Bailly
  1. PowerBuilder
Export DW Definition using ExportJson
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ricardo Jasso replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi Guys Is there anyway to exportJson and include all the DW definition syntax like getfullstate can? What I'm trying to do is pass DW data and structure through to an application that does not know anything about the DW definition and does not have...
David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. PowerBuilder
Shared PBL and Git
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi, I'm currently test the migration for some of our PB 12.5 apps to PB 2019 R2. We started using Git for our latest app and want to use it for our older apps.   Here's the setup I created a Git repo for each of the 3 apps. Added to source cont...
François Rossignol François Rossignol
  1. PowerBuilder
How to TURN OFF PB sounds in Windows 10
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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1 vote
Windows 10, 64 bit VMPBv12.1, b 6158This never happened on windows 7, but on my sarcasmNEW and IMPROVED/sarcasm Windows 10 VM, every time ANYTHING happens in the PowerBuilder IDE, I get a sound. They are driving me insane!How can I turn these sounds ...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow.Background.Mode usage
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, This has to do with datawindows. I'm currently using PB17R3 but I don't believe the problem is limited to this release. I'm attempting to dynamically control the background color of columns based on relative values within the datawindow. Someti...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PB Classic
Larry Peters Larry Peters
  1. PowerBuilder
Image viewer recommendation for web app
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
My current application is 32 bit and uses a Snowbound DLL to display my images.  I can also get it to work using ImageGear.  I  can't spend the money to upgrade to 64 bit or a .net version.  So, I was able to use GDIPlus to display the images in a ty...
Michael Dunlap Michael Dunlap
  1. PowerBuilder
Pagination with gray background (without continuous scrolling)
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi: We have a freeForm DW with Reports and when de result have more than one page the paginatión is very ugly, doesn't do de scroll continu, puts the backgroung grey and the secon page is no visible until we scroll to the begin. How we can do then c...
Oihana Goikoetxea Oihana Goikoetxea
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Switching to new branch with TortoiseGit
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tobias Roth replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I created a new branch for our application code (PB 2019 R2, Windows 10, SQL Server) in TortoiseGit.  I was able to switch to the new branch and PB recognized it the next time I opened the IDE.  Commits and pushes on the new branch have worked fine s...
  1.  Branch & Merge
  2.  Git
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  TortoiseGit
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. PowerBuilder

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