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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
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PB can't use refresh for GIT
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Powerbuilder 2017 R2  Using Git, right-clicking to refresh the PBL gives an error that the object cannot be imported After clicking ok, the import is successful, but the objects are not imported into the PBL. Reinstalled PB, GIt, TortoiseGit，It's ...
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lei sun lei sun
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A new version of cloud app launcher is available
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Mora Wang @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Getting message for cloud app launcher every time when i am trying to run the launcher screenshot attached. "A new version of cloud app launcher is available, please contact the administrator to upgrade to the latest version. Before the upgrade, the...
Anoop Chaurasia Anoop Chaurasia
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PB - irresponsive pb menu
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Hi guys,   I am experiencing a problem in my pb app , PB 2019 R3 but the problem was already there in previous versions. i have a function that closes some pb windows , opens a new window and so on. the first time i run this function (after pb st...
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
svn: show changes, locks and get older versions?
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Hi all, currently we try to move our source code from cvs to svn (why not git? because we want to have the lock feature for some objects) and unfortunately we have some issues, which we can't resolve. I hope, someone here had similar difficulties an...
Gzim Ramizi Gzim Ramizi
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SMTPClient OnSendFinished Event
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  damian jimenez replied 9 months ago
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Trying SMTPClient object with Powerbuilder 2022R2 build 2819  in Windows 10 i create some function to to send email sync and async and work aawesome, but i had a trouble to check  responses to the sending async.. i had some questions Question 1 -...
damian jimenez damian jimenez
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SQL Anywhere 17 Mystery Error
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 9 months ago
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SQL Anywhere 17 gives this error but I don't see any user or builtin functions. I removed aggregate functions and IsNull() and still get the complaint. What offends? Could not execute statement.Syntax error near 'rowid' -- Materialized view definiti...
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Jeff Wayt Jeff Wayt
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Internal Browser very slow
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Brett Weaver replied 9 months ago
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Hi There The webview2 browser is many times slower displaying web pages than Edge on the same PC going to the same URL. I have tried both sets of runtime files (Fixed and Green) and the result is the same There is a small PB2022 R3 application (in...
Brett Weaver Brett Weaver
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Can’t send email from application
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Greetings, I utilized SMTPClient and added email functionality.  PB 2022 R2 Everything works fine when testing or debugging, but it doesn’t work using an executable file. All support dll’s are in place, I fully migrate, regenerate, and rebuild the...
Gene Shnayder Gene Shnayder
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PB 2022 R3 vs SQL Server 2022 - Datetimes issue
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Hello,I've just starting to test SQL server 2022 with PowerBuilder 2022 R3.I'm facing a problem with the statments sent by PB to the DB when a retrieval argument is a datetime.With the old version of SQL server (2000) this was the syntax :SELECT c.id...
Regis Schwartz Regis Schwartz
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InfoMaker Login Issue
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Our customer just upgraded our application to a version developed with PB 2022 and upgraded their InfoMaker 2019 to InfoMaker 2022. They are getting 'The user password is incorrect' on the login window. Their account admin logged into Appeon.com wit...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. InfoMaker
Common questions about Web
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Denis Proctor replied 9 months ago
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Hello. 1) Is there a possibility in the CloudPro version of PB not to use the cloud and not to buy a Production Server? That is, convert the existing PowerBuilder Windows application to a Web application, place it on the our IIS server, continue to ...
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Mikhael Botvinik Mikhael Botvinik
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Changing the SQL isolation level in a query
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 9 months ago
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If I run this code using a datawindow the isolation doesn't seem to be changed in the datawindow calls. Test case 1 long ll_rows, ll_testGTrans.Lock = 'SS'dw_order_carton_info.settransobject( GTrans )ll_rows = dw_order_carton_info.retrieve(21586146...
Jim Stahlin Jim Stahlin
  1. PowerBuilder
Calling NetUserGetGroups from PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 11 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 9 months ago
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Calling NetUserGetGroups from PowerBuilder,   Does anyone have a working example of how to call this from PowerBuilder?   Thanks in advance.
David Pylatuk David Pylatuk
  1. PowerBuilder
Issue using Powerbuilder as a Citrix App
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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Hello, We're exploring using Powerbuilder as a Citrix App. We're noticing frequent Account Already logged in issue. Seems, proper Powerbuilder Exit is not happening when Citrix Connection is lost or reset. Any help or suggestions to avoid this issue...
  1.  Citrix
  2.  License
Dipankar RSG Dipankar RSG
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PBSearch issue after upgrading to PB22 R3
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 9 months ago
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Hello,I've tested successfully the evaluation version of Topwiz Software's PBSearch with PB21. (v5.8.0.0)After I updgraded to PB22 R3, PBSearch can't find installed versions anymore : the popup is empty. (see screenshot)I found nothing relevant in co...
Regis Schwartz Regis Schwartz
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Attempting PowerBuilder.RegistedObject.TriggerEvent()
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Peter Piechutzki replied 9 months ago
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I'm attempting to use PowerBuilder.RegistedObject.TriggerEvent() method in C# and PowerBuilder 2022. I've tried to do it with the simplest of examples. I don't have any issues registering the assembly, creating the object and calling methods from th...
Josh Chalmers Josh Chalmers
  1. PowerBuilder
Bypassing default update with SQLPreview?
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 9 months ago
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Hello all,   I would like to bypass the default update for a datawindow when calling PFC_Update.   I understand that sqlpreview essentially intercepts sql including 'inserts' before they are executed against the datawindow. I want to perform my ...
David Pylatuk David Pylatuk
  1. PowerBuilder
Sorting alphabetical value vs numerical value
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Jeff Wayt replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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Hello Appeon,  Our PowerBuilder Version is: 22.1.0.2828 Numbers are sorted based on an alphabetical value, instead of numerical value, like one would expect from a natural sort, where multiple digits are treated as one character.  I.e.:  Natural so...
Alexander Busch Alexander Busch
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Powerbuilder 2022 Build 3289 hangs while trying to open any datawindow
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Padma Kaur replied 9 months ago
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My Powerbuilder 2022 build 3289 started crashing unexpectedly yesterday afternoon (3/19/2024). I am unable to open any datawindows that I had built successfully that morning. The IDE just hangs. I tried clearing the registry setting for HKEY_CURRENT_...
Padma Kaur Padma Kaur
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Outlook Try the new Outlook Powerbuilder method .connecttonewobject("outlook.application") returns -3
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
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User have the option in Microsoft Outlook to click on the text in the upper right of their outlook "Try the New Outlook".  When they click that it closes older outlook and opens outlook in a newer look and feel.   This breaks the Powerbuilder code b...
Robert Umpleby Robert Umpleby
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