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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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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
workspace mobile phones
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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  Good Morning We are distributing a workspace for mobile applications through an .apk and when installing the file on mobile phones, we have security restrictions that prevent us from installing. The user must manually disable the secu...
Javier Garcia Martin Javier Garcia Martin
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Use timer event without window
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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It's possible to use timing object in app without window object ?! App start schedule process and don't window and i use timer event to start process.
  1.  Event
  2.  Timer
iliyan iliev iliyan iliev
  1. PowerBuilder
web services SOAP - WS-Security / PasswordText
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Stefano Calciati replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Salve Marco, ho un problema, devo consumare un web services SOAP con autenticazione WS-Security e PasswordText. Ho verificato che il SOAP connection  .net non mi permette di consumare tale webservices. Ha qualche consiglio in merito da darmi per po...
  1.  Authentication
  2.  SOAP
Stefano Calciati Stefano Calciati
  1. PowerBuilder
FileReadEX not working with large files (>300M)?
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
7 replies
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Hi!                   Just wondering if anyone would know if there are any plans (by Appeon) to allow the FileReadEx function to read files (into blobs) that are > than 300 M in size?  Currently, any attempt to do this just results in an error (my ...
David Motty David Motty
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot find the power builder logs
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
2 replies
3450 views
0 votes
Hello,   I am very new to powerbuilder. I have a screen to save/update Japanese characters in Database. (Sybase ASE) But I get a DB error code 102. I want to check what is the exact query being run which throws this exception. Where I can I find ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
sharmistha sinha sharmistha sinha
  1. PowerBuilder
pbc170.exe compilation
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello, I have a query regarding compilation in PB 2017 R2.  I recently deleted code in my data window file(w_splash_screen). I did a full build and deploy in PB 2017 IDE. I see that my changes are reflected.  Locally, when I compile using command ...
Reema Kurane Reema Kurane
  1. PowerBuilder
sybase datawindow ps not working on windows 10
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hi team, 'sybase datawindow ps' not working on windows 10 whereas it was working fine in window 7 Now the end users are started using window 10 and reported issue that it's not working please let me know how to fix this issue.    Thanks, Aaron
Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2017 R3 IDE won't launch
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Gene Kanten replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I had to reinstall PowerBuilder 12.5.2 today and now my PowerBuilder 2017 R3 IDE won't display. When I launch the PowerBuilder 2017 R3 program it does the licensing check and then disappears. The process exists in the taskbar but when I hover over i...
Gene Kanten Gene Kanten
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with 3-state Checkbox
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I use a lot of checkboxes in my PB applications, but I've never had the need for a "3-state" checkbox until now.  The programming syntax seems pretty straightforward, but, in my application, the control is NOT working as expected.  Is there anything ...
Jim Klocksin Jim Klocksin
  1. PowerBuilder
Precision lost when exporting large numbers using ExportJSON
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ricardo Jasso replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all, When exporting large numbers to JSON using the ExportJSON DataWindow method the numbers are converted to scientific notation and precision is lost. For example, a number like 284,932,785.56 gets converted to something like 2.8493E+08 (don't...
  1.  JSON
Ricardo Jasso Ricardo Jasso
  1. PowerBuilder
Plan for .net standard support?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Robert Inzinger replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi Is there any plan in the future to support .net standard (2.0) with powerbuilder c# integration? Background: We have many ASP.Net Webservices and want to use Powerbuilder c# integration, but we don't want to migrate our ASP.Net Webservices to AS...
Robert Inzinger Robert Inzinger
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
JsonPackage.Setvalue Failed
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, i'm trying to merge 2 JSON Strings with jasonpackage.setvalue.Unfortunately the key 'aeao' will be appended not be replaced.Maybe somebody see what am i doing wrong?   JsonPackage ljs_pack string ls_Json string ls_aeao integer li_rc ...
André Monz André Monz
  1. PowerBuilder
Send file from Mobile by Http
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Greetings to the community, I need to send a photo via HTTP, using the post method to a server in C #, this photo is captured by the camera in powerbuilder on the device with appeon mobile and is stored in the cell phone memory.   Thank you
  1.  Android
  2.  HTTPClient
  3.  iOS
  4.  Mobile
  5.  POST
  6.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Victor Parra Victor Parra
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Using O10 DBMS to connect to oracle 12c database
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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Hello everyone The DBMS I'm using now is O10, the oracle client is 11g, and the database server is 12c. Officially, if the client is 11g or 12c, the DBMSs need to use ORA, so I have a few questions. 1. Why did I use O10 to connect to the database w...
  1.  Database Driver
  2.  Database Profile
  3.  PowerBuilder
継武 董 継武 董
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 32 bit Application using DDE, hangs on 64 bit PCs
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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  Hello, We have two Powerbuilder applications communicate via DDE. PB application hangs on and waiting for OUTLOOK.exe. Immediately after closing the outlook, application starts running.  it happens on 64 bit PCs. Win 7 and Win 10 64 bit PCs. n...
  1.  64-bit
  2.  PB Classic
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Aniesh Nanu Aniesh Nanu
  1. PowerBuilder
What options do we have to create a multi-tenant web app using SQL Anywhere 16 on PB2019?
  1. Resolved
  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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What is our need: When a user logs into the app all data written to and retrieved from the database needs to be unique to their tenant. Where we are now: Our app is going from the desktop client/server to the web. Data was physically separated by ...
  1.  Database
  2.  Log In
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  PowerServer
  5.  SQL Anywhere
Sabir Foux Sabir Foux
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Orcascript and autocompiler
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Guys   I've set up an Source Control System with SVN and a Continous Integration system with Jenkins. I've one workspace with 4 targets with some pbls shared Moreover on different target I've the same object in different pbls For instance for...
Giuseppe moglia Giuseppe moglia
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Application hangs at OpenChannel
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
8 replies
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0 votes
Hello. We have two PowerBuilder applications which communicate via DDE. When MS Word or MS Excel is running, the application stops when executing the command OpenChannel(). It only waits, there is no crash, error or some return code. As soon as I st...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Rainer Reuß Rainer Reuß
  1. PowerBuilder
Replicating Excel's Freeze Panes
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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I have a very wide DW, where I want the user to be able to continually see the first two columns, while scrolling horizontally to see the rest of the columns. That is exactly what Excel's Freeze Panes feature allows. What I have come up with so far ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Icon buttons with text
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hi! How to add extra icon to a picture button or command button, without any picture manipulation. for example https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_css_icon_buttons.asp Icon buttons with text   Regards, Géza        
Géza Bartha Géza Bartha
  1. PowerBuilder

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