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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 2 weeks 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 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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
SQL Anywhere multi-users
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Shenn Sellers replied 7 years ago
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I have a PB 12.6 app using a local SQL Anywhere 12 db that pipes to an Oracle db.  Client wants to move it to a Citrix environment.  I need to have the SQL Anywhere db support multi-users.  Right now, each user has a SQL Anywhere db on their PC.  Wha...
  1.  SQL Anywhere
David Downes David Downes
  1. PowerBuilder
OrcaScript support for PB 2017 R2 integration with SVN/Git
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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The list of known issues with SVN/Git source control in PB 2017 R2 at https://www.appeon.com/support/documents/appeon_online_help/pb2017r2/release_bulletin_for_pb/ch02s02.html includes this item: If you use the new Git/SVN feature, OrcaScript wo...
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  2.  OrcaScript
Jason Howat Jason Howat
  1. PowerBuilder
powerserver mobile / workspace on android 4.X with 1GB RAM
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Alfredo Aldama replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Is it appropriate to expect working and usable application with Appeon PowerServer mobile and Workspace, optimized for offline mode, on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or 4.4 (KitKat) devices with 1GB of RAM. Specifically, Motorla/Zebra TC55 (https:/...
  1.  Android
Vladimir Bijelic Vladimir Bijelic
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Calling RapidMQ with PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Alfredo Aldama replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi,  has anyone already implemented a Powerbuilder client that is using a RapidMQ server and could give us some hints how to do this? We need to enable our old PB app to register at RapidMQ and get Messages from there. Thank you Thomas
  1.  API
Thomas Schlegel Thomas Schlegel
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 R1 -> R2
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, We have several applications in PB2017-R1 on the same server. Are we obliged to migrate them all to PB2017-R2 at once ? Or can we install the R2-runtime, without having to fear an impact on the applications that were developed under t...
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Evy Decavel Evy Decavel
  1. PowerBuilder
Maintenance release
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello Is a maintenance release scheduled before 2017R3 (July 31 2018)?   GIMMY
  1.  ASE
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Acrobat has problems with PB2017
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Arthur Hefti replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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An application, that we recently converted from PB12.5.2 to PB2017, opens documents thus ll_rc = ShellExecuteW ( Handle( gw_mdi ), "open", ls_path , ls_null, ls_null, 1 ) where ls_path is the full path re rather concerned if there is an issue with P...
David Harbud David Harbud
  1. PowerBuilder
transparent text control over a Windows Media Player control
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Alfredo Aldama replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Im running PB2017. Ive created a window which has a picture control and transparent background text control. All is fine when I place the text control over anywhere on the window, including on picture controls, the background remains transparent. But...
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  2.  OLE
David Hepburn David Hepburn
  1. PowerBuilder
Authentication with HTTPClient object?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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We are currently using MSXML (for Appeon clients) and the Chilkat ActiveX objects (for regular PB clients) to do http and https requests within our PB 11.5 application. It appears that we might be able to use the new HTTPClient object instead as we m...
  1.  HTTPClient
Trevor Holyoak Trevor Holyoak
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2017R2 + GIT + PULL
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Moritz Venn replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello GURU I have a problem on PB2017R2 + GIT + PULL I try to give you the details of how I operated: 1) I have 2 programmers correctly configured with a project under GIT 2) both have nothing to commit or push. The git status from all al...
  1.  Git
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
of_getlastwritedatetime in PFC
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Arthur Hefti replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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This function is found in the pfcapsrv.pbl.pfc_n_cst_filesrvwin32 ​My code: date dt_test time tm_test pfc_n_cst_filesrvwin32 lnv_file if NOT IsValid(lnv_file) then    lnv_file = CREATE pfc_n_cst_filesrvwin32 end if li_rc =  lnv_file...
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Rosalind Powell Rosalind Powell
  1. PowerBuilder
NativePDF and pb.ini
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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From a discussion thread dated approx. 8 months ago, I see where Native PDF generation can be utilized at execution time by adding NativePDF_Valid=1 (zero is the default) to the [Data Window] section of the pb.ini file. There is also a way to include...
  1.  Data
  2.  NativePDF
  3.  PDF
John Fauss John Fauss
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Plugin in Chorme, FireFox
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Andres Slachevsky replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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APPEO2016 PB12.5 Windows 7 - Windows 10. I have the deploy the application de APPEON2016 Universal it works in mobile and Microsoft Explorer / EDGE When i try to run the APP in FireFox / Chorme it shows the Link to donwload the Plugin ...
  1.  Firefox
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Error handling
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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Hi All Is there a best practice / recommendation about what to put into the systemerror event I have a messagebox that shows the error.number, line, object, windowmenu, text The reason i ask is i am getting a few crashes - when working in...
  1.  Error
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
Changed behaviour of SetColumn function in PB 2017 R2
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 7 years ago
6 replies
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Migrating from PB 12.1 to PB 2017 R2, I found a behaviour change with the setcolumn()-function of the datawindow. In some freeform datawindows I implemented to skip some columns, when entering or tabbing through the taborder Example: [lastna...
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Martin Kaltenböck Martin Kaltenböck
  1. PowerBuilder
How can PB2017 R2/EBF01 detect if the application is running on a Windows 10 platform?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, Our environment is Win 7 32 and 64 bit, and Win 10 (64 bit). We build our application in PB2017 R2/EBF01 on Win 7 for both 32 and 64 bit platforms.  We can detect whether it is running in 32 or 64 bit but we also need to detect if we are ru...
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  2.  Window
Pauline Aubertin Pauline Aubertin
  1. PowerBuilder
Modify Installation - Not remove & start again???
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Alfredo Aldama replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi   Sorry for the dorky question.  But is there someway to run the installer to add features to PB 2017 R2,  The installer only gives me a Remove option.  I dont want to remove and reinstall, I just want to modify and add to the install.   ...
yakov werde yakov werde
  1. PowerBuilder
svn:externals not handled correctly by PB 2017 R2
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, My project has an "includes" folder with a few PBDs in it, that is included in the working copy via an svn:externals property (http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.externals.html). This causes errors when attempting to do an S...
  1.  SVN
Jason Howat Jason Howat
  1. PowerBuilder
PDF issue
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi all ,   What the dll file/s which needed for saving dw as pdf file ? I have noticed that if the user does not have the right permissions on the dll files the SaveAs() does not works well ...   I run the pc with one user and the Save...
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Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
Conectar Oracle 12 c with PowerBuilder 2017
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 7 years ago
4 replies
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  How do I connect PowerBuilder 2017 with Oracle 12c ... help me please ... "Como conectar Power Builder 2017 con Oracle 12c ... ayudenme por favor"?
Carlos Luna Carlos Luna
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