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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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  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
  1. PowerBuilder
Old eyes.. How to change font in SnapDevelop
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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How do I change the font to something readable in snap develop? It looks like it's stored in the themes, but they are stored in XML files within the dlls.    I have bad eyes and need to be able to read the thing I'm programming.  I've attached exam...
Chad Koehnen Chad Koehnen
  1. SnapDevelop
Paste into singleline edit
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Bjarne Anker replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi.   We have a singleline edit for searching texts and such in one of our forms. I can paste text into it when I first run the program, and take action on the modified event when Enter is pressed. But if I go into the edit and do another CTRL-V ...
  1.  Controls
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
AsymmetricSign with external RSA key PB17
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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I'm trying to generate and sign a JWT using a RSA private key generated from an external source in PB2017 R3. When I call AsymmetricSign, I get an "Invalid 'privKey' in AsymmetricSign" error. I've read the article here, but it leaves out the part th...
  1.  Encryption
  2.  REST
James Moore James Moore
  1. PowerBuilder
Getfolder function issues
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, I'm using GetFolder function to get a folder name but the PB is "freezing" when I try to access a folder that has subfolders with thousand of files.   string path_source integer li_rtn  li_rtn = GetFolder( "Folder", path_source )   PB 2019...
Marcos Bolonha Marcos Bolonha
  1. PowerBuilder
RESTClient Timeout
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I'm trying to set a timeout on the RESTClient.At the moment if the API is unavailable the application waits for 20 seconds (this is a default action(?), I haven't changed anything). I want this time to be reduced to 3 seconds.When I set client ...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  REST
  3.  Web API
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerBuilder
DW2XLS dll
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Clarence Chamorro replied 4 years ago
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I understand that this is not a community to help other products(third party products), but maybe somebody can give me a direction. I purchase the new realease DW2XLS object (The one that works with Appeon PB2017). They give me two dll (PB2XLS.dll b...
  1.  DLL
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerBuilder
FileService and PowerServer
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Alzate replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Is Appeon FileService dependant on PowerServer? I mean, does PowerServer must be installed in the machine where the Appeon FileService is installed? Thanks in advance!
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
WebBrowser PrintAsPDF - how to control page size and orientation?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Is there a way to change the PDF page size and orientation when using the PrintAsPDF function in the new PB2019 R2 WebBrowser control?
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  WebBrowser
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Exclude specific windows and user objects from being themed
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Brad Wery replied 4 years ago
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Is it possible to prevent a specific window or user object from having a theme applied to it? e.g. w_main would have no theme at all. I created a new theme-[xxxx].json file. I added blank entries for my objects:"w_main": { } The window is still ...
  1.  Theme
Brad Wery Brad Wery
  1. PowerBuilder
Virtual Keyboard Touch Screen
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
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Hi, I need to develop a desktop application for a touch screen computer. The problem appears in the fields in which a keyboard must appear to type in them, either from datawindows or edit mask, single edit .. Is it possible to use the virtual k...
Cecilia Jiménez Bedoya Cecilia Jiménez Bedoya
  1. PowerBuilder
Json
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 4 years ago
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Hi all I am trying to generate a json string like this ( pb 2017 r3 ) : {"shovarim":[{"SystemCode":1865,"MisparShovar":186500134,"LastDateToPayTime":"0001-01-01T00:00:00","SugShovar":32,"CodeUser":1200,"Herot":null,"ProgramCreate":9,"SumToPay":2.0,...
  1.  JSONGenerator
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
  1. PowerBuilder
Getrow() Function with N-Up Datawindow
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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i am trying to use the getrow() function with infomaker version 2017 R2 Build 1769 however because the report i'm developing is requiring the N-Up Datawindow it is throwing the function off , see below. Is there as way i can use this function or any ...
  1.  Function
  2.  InfoMaker
Neil Prichard Neil Prichard
  1. InfoMaker
From client server to web app
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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I am working with a client who has a client server application in Powerbuilder 2017. They want to migrate it to a web application. Can you point me to some documentation that argues for using CloudPro as opposed to Java or .Net?
Raymond Longoria Raymond Longoria
  1. PowerBuilder
User Object Painter failing on object inherited from PBNI extension
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Heale replied 4 years ago
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Let n_pbni denote a non-visual object exported by a PBNI-Extension and let n_derived denote a class that was inherited from n_pbni. Assume that n_derived's constructor and destructor are implemented and reference global variables that are part of the...
  1.  Editor
  2.  Event
  3.  Inheritance
  4.  PBNI
  5.  User Object
  6.  PowerScript IDE
Rudolf Alexander Kerbitz Rudolf Alexander Kerbitz
  1. PowerBuilder
How to create a Secure Connection in PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All,     I am using PowerBuilder and Sybase for client server application.  ODBC is using for DB connection but not able to add SSL. I used PSR file and INI file to store Server connection info. Which is the right way to connect PB (Secured one)...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
  4.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Subin Subash Subin Subash
  1. PowerBuilder
ItemChanged Event Gives display column as data
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi all, Thanks for spending your valuable time... I have an issue in the ItemChanged Event.  Consider that I have a dropdown data window having id genname in the list. The data type of id is numeric and genname is  string. The data column displa...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Error
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  Script
Rins Francis Rins Francis
  1. PowerBuilder
Windows Classic Style in IDE
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
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How to I set "Windows Classic Style" in the IDE so I see the lowered border type in the IDE.
Mitchell Ryan Mitchell Ryan
  1. PowerBuilder
Using n_cpp_smtp to send emails from PB2017 applications
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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We've successfully used n_cpp_smtp to send emails from PB2017 applications, but we've recently added a new customer for which it doesn't work.We suspect an issue with the SetAuthMethod or SetConnectionType functions. The argument to both is an intege...
Larry Langford Larry Langford
  1. PowerBuilder
GetFileOpenName different format
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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hola, ¿que parámetros le envío al GetFileOpenName para que me salga la ventana con las opciones de amarillo? hi, What parameters do I send to GetFileOpenName so that I get the window with the yellow options? Solo he logrado conseguir lo siguiente...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Elvis Cardenas Elvis Cardenas
  1. PowerBuilder
Beginner question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  ATK Gimmy Susan replied 4 years ago
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What is the difference between: this.event close ()close (this) (written on an event eg: postretrive)   I notice that:- the first executes the event script, but does not close the window- the second runs the script and closes the window Because ...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder

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