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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
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
PageNext, PagePrior button pictures missing
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tim Bruce replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I have an PB 2019 R3 application and I am using buttons for navigation in a datawindow (PageNext, PagePrior etc.)  The buttons use Action Default Picture and those pics display in the PB IDE but not when the app is deployed on the server.  Ca...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Tim Bruce Tim Bruce
  1. PowerBuilder
How to get access token
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Dear Sir,  I need to migrate the following code to powerbuilder, but I didn't find the corresponding parameters. The following is the http request to get the access token: POST https://open.12345.com/auth/tokenContent-Type: application/json{ "auth...
Edward Chan Edward Chan
  1. PowerBuilder
Licensing Information for Power Builder Professional 2021
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Dear Support Team,   We are planning to buy Power Builder Professional 2021 to build the Power Builder client application. We are new in Appeon Products. Functionalities of the application are following; Preview PSR file in Datawindow object Ex...
  1.  License
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Vishrut Dave Vishrut Dave
  1. PowerBuilder
My initial findings regarding performance of pb2022 (60% faster)
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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8 votes
Hi,   PB2022 runs SIGNIFICANTLY faster than PB2019R3   We have made a computation index for our application to measure the performance of the machine running it so our customers knows what to expect from our application. This test include all ki...
  1.  Performance
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. Beta Testing
Datawindow -SaveasFormattedText function
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hello Team,   We use PowerBuilder 2019R2 for our application. It is an application that generates reports. The report can be saved in CSV also. It was done by using Datawindow.Saveas initially. But when we got a requirement to change the delimiter ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Dhanya K Dhanya K
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem calling external functions
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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  Recently we upgraded to Powerbuilder 2019 R3 version from an older SAP-supported PB.   We have found an issue with the external call function which looks like is now cutting off the first 2 characters we get back from it.  We make a call to a C++...
Steven Sheridan Steven Sheridan
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2021 Multi-target workspace one target crashes IDE when opening foundation level window objects
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
7 replies
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0 votes
Hello and Help!   In February we: migrated 7 PB applications from PB 2017 to PB 2021 (build 1311) put them into a multi-target workspace Moved to Git SCC In one of the targets, if you try to open any of the window objects in the pfeapsrv.pbl...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Mary Jane Foster Mary Jane Foster
  1. PowerBuilder
How do we get a datawindow column sort to treat nulls as a low value?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Glenn Barber replied 2 years ago
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We have a number of applications which present a data grid which allows the user to click on column headers to sort data (using the pfc service). One issue is that nulls always sort to the top in datawindows - which can be really aggrevating when th...
  1.  DataWindow
Glenn Barber Glenn Barber
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2019 with Windows Server 2019
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Our agency plans to upgrade Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2019, I have an application with PowerBuilder 2019. I wonder that the application will work on Windows Server 2019 or not ? If not, is there any way to make the application work on Win...
Kelvin Doan Kelvin Doan
  1. PowerBuilder
How can I use dragdrop to rearrange rows on dw?
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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 all, I need to be able to re-arrange rows on my dw with dragdrop.  This works fine in my legacy code.  I'm using PB2021 and PFC 12.5 .    My dw has row select service on, one row at a time.  When I set the dw DragAuto option ON, the row select d...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Question about tabsequence 0
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Konstantin Goldobin replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, Just curiosity: I'm editing the source code of a datawindow in which most fields have tabsequence 0. However, in the source code that seems to be the same as  tabsequence=32766. I've never noticed this before and I'd expect a value of 0 instead...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there is the way to change a color of the selected row in datawindow?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Vladimir K. replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Hi all. PB2019R2 Is there is the way to change a color of the selected row in datawindow? I think i did see something or hear something about modifying something for drop down listbox in theme.json file. Or maybe i am just delusional. :roll: Any...
Vladimir K. Vladimir K.
  1. PowerBuilder
Printer is not defaulting to workstation default printer. It's showing Citrix Default printer
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hello Everyone, We are launching an application from Citrix Server from our local workstation after the application is opened user clicks the File -- PrintSetup menu, in the Print Setup window the default printer shows as the citric server default p...
Balasubramanian Natarajan Balasubramanian Natarajan
  1. PowerBuilder
New beta drop ? (fix to the x64 issue)
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Appeon,   will there be a new beta drop ? I would very much like to continue testing the x64 debugging feature and x64 deployment when the x64 external call showstopper issue is fixed :-) (The one Roland Smith reported a while ago)   thanks ...
  1.  Bug
  2.  Deployment
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. Beta Testing
MSS long execution time due to MS_SQLSERVER_SYNTAX in pbodbpbodb.ini file
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi All. We've noticed that the query below, that appears in the pdobd.ini file (both in PB17 and PB21) SelectDefault='select y.name, x.text from syscomments x, syscolumns y where x.id = y.cdefault and y.id = OBJECT_ID(''TableOwner.TableName'')' Th...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  SQL Server
Mark Malin Mark Malin
  1. PowerBuilder
Changing nested report sub report dataobject is slow
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
I have migrated our application from PB10 to PB21. In testing we noticed a process that was taking longer in PB21. Using profile tracing, I was able to isolate the problem to a section of code that changes dataobjects for 4 of the sub reports of a ne...
Cheryl Wilkerson Cheryl Wilkerson
  1. PowerBuilder
Body of mail cut at a position
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I'm using the n_smtp tool to send mail via PB. I experience a problem with the body of the mail cut after a certain number of characters. It seems that the send function (of_send) cuts the text at a position. Text before send : htmlHEAD=0...
  1.  Email
  2.  SMTP
Bernard Fontaine Bernard Fontaine
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: List Order of objects
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, PB 2019 R3What's the order of objects (columns) fetched while executing dw_1.Describe("Datawindow.Objects") ? We have a generic routine that reads and displays all columns in a datawindow by executing the describe command.   That lists all c...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Window Centering and Dual Monitors
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2170 We have a PFC based app and are having weirdness with response windows and where they are located. Scenario: Move the app's frame window to monitor #2. Choose a menu item that opens a Main! window that inherits from w...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Git - Unknown certificate check failure
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Our Admin installed new Git and Windows updates. After that we could not Pull or Push from Powerbuilder. We got this message:  ---------- Source Control: Errors   (13:39:20)Git detail error info: Unknown certificate check failureGit client error co...
Hans Groeneveld Hans Groeneveld
  1. PowerBuilder

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