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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
PowerScript limit on functions & events in PB & appl crash issue
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi everyone,   Do PowerScript language have any limit of No.of.Lines in a function or event in each and every PB objects? If yes, What are those limits for each PB object? Does this limit got improved in PB 2021 2022 version?   In our applicatio...
Dinesh Babu Sivakumar Dinesh Babu Sivakumar
  1. PowerBuilder
Portal On powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mathews rutto replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi everyone, Have been using Powerbuilder to code for many years now, My client has requested we develop a portal, my question is i would have love to develop using powerbuilder and powerserver because that's the programming language which i unders...
mathews rutto mathews rutto
  1. PowerServer
Runtime value is now automatically appended to Project Version value, causing problem with deployment program
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Gary Privette replied 2 years ago
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We are migrating from PB2017 to PB2022.  We have an in-house developed deployment program (built in PowerBuilder) that we have been flawlessly using for many years that uses the Version value of the Project object that we set when we deploy the appli...
Gary Privette Gary Privette
  1. PowerBuilder
DragWithin event doesn't update datawindows
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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My again... this is still giving me trouble I didn't notice before... When I drag/drop from one SalesOrder to another, I have to change the sales_order in the database, and assign a new line number.  After that, I update both the current dw and the ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  DragDrop
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  Update
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Error while PB2022 start
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Laszlo Ferenc Horvath replied 2 years ago
7 replies
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Hi All! I installed PB2022, after opening the workspace, when I click to open pbl, it exits without an error message. Tried uninstall-reinstall but same error. Win11 ver:21H2 - 64bit, Intel i5-12400F.What might be the problem? PB2017, 2019, 2021 ok,...
Laszlo Ferenc Horvath Laszlo Ferenc Horvath
  1. PowerBuilder
Can I use DW I converted to C# inside my PB2022 app?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Igor Perisic replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi! I'm currently trying out the conversion from PowerBuilders DataWindows to C# using snapDevelop. Converting was the easy part, but I'm a little confused on how to use these C# files within my PowerBuilder 2022 app (if its even possible). Or maybe ...
  1.  C#
  2.  DataWindow
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  SnapDevelop
Igor Perisic Igor Perisic
  1. PowerBuilder
Using OpenText REST APIs From PB
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Luke Arenasa replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, Has anyone done any integration to OpenText using REST and can share some sample code? I need to do some simple searches for the document IDs. My OpenText admin gave me the following URL for the REST APIs. https://appworksdeveloper.opentext...
Christopher Altvater Christopher Altvater
  1. PowerBuilder
Git Pull generic error
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Simone Olianti replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Hello everyone, since yesterday i get a Generic Error during Pull or Push  ---------- Source Control: Errors   (08.40.57)Git client error code: Generic error.Failed to update: S:\start2gitFailed to do Git pull. ---------- Finished Errors   (08.41.03...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
  1. PowerBuilder
How to enable copy paste option from a datawindow grid column whose edit tab is 0
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Daryl Foster replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hello Appeon Team, What is the best way to enable/apply copy paste functionality from a datawindow grid screen for a column whose tab option is 0 or column is protected? I can achieve this by making the field editable by setting edit tab to positiv...
Vipin Dwivedi Vipin Dwivedi
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2021 and Windows 10, 2019 compatability
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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We have migrated PB9 application to PB2021. Application is working fine on Windows 2016 but crashing on Windows 10 and Windows 2019. Is this a known issue? Are there any specific options we need to use to build and deploy? 
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Windows OS
galina buslovich galina buslovich
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerserver 2022 webapi hosted in Azure's container app or container instance
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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has anyone had any luck in hosting the webapi in either the azure container app or container instance?   I can't get the container app to start (possibly due to ports).   While the container instance starts but i can't communicate via the ports that...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer
Server 2019 - Print to PDF crashes
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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We recently migrated a PB19 64-bit application from Server 2016 to Server 2019. On 2016 users could print to PDF without issue. Now, on Server 2019, when they print they can do 3 prints and then the program shuts down. The only error we are seeing is...
  1.  Crash
  2.  PDF
  3.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Kelly Amott Kelly Amott
  1. PowerBuilder
Opening & save large objects has become very timeconsuming
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hello,Im a 20+ years professional Powerbuilder developer thats experiencing slow object opening saving in Appeon PB on large projects.Adaptive Server Anywhere as backend DB and win 10 as OS.Opening, changing and saving menu objects or other large ob...
  1.  Appeon Workspace
  2.  Performance
  3.  PowerBuilder
Brage Mogstad Brage Mogstad
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerClient - Error - Application files are currently locked by another program
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi All, When we download the powerclient application getting the error message "The application files are currently locked by another program."  Does anyone help on this to solve this .. Please find the attached screen shot for the error we are ge...
Rajkumar K S Rajkumar K S
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow errors in EXE mode
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
6 replies
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I am using PowerBuilder 2021 and have created an EXE package... I am getting an error 900-Invalid SQL Statement with every datawindow when running the EXE... I am not getting the errors when using PoewrBuilder... I have created the Same EXE using Po...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Deployment
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sufyan Maghur Sufyan Maghur
  1. PowerBuilder
Initialization file is not writeable
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 2 years ago
1 reply
1295 views
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Ok, looks like I screwed up.  Changed the location for the pb.ini file in my app, was trying to troubleshoot something else.  Closed PB, now trying to open PB and I get an error "Initialization file is not writable".   I didn't write down the new loc...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2022 deployment application on clean computer
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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HI, How can I see and get the required PowerBuilder dlls to deploy and run my application on a client station (destination laptop) without installed PowerBuilder ? Currently, I'm migrating from PB12 to PB2022.  Regards Paweł   
  1.  .EXE
  2.  Deployment
  3.  PowerBuilder
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow dot notation error
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hello folks, I have run into a weird issue. I am using PB 2021 - 1228. I have a datawindow which has a column - member_id. There is a function in my application which tries to get this value. // of_GetInfo String ls_mID . . . . ls_mID = ...
Ashutosh Varshney Ashutosh Varshney
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2022 bottom and right margin in response windows
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mathias Sikos replied 2 years ago
1 reply
1027 views
1 vote
Hello, After migrating our projects to PB2022 (Build 1878) we have a graphic issue in response windows. There is a greater margin at right and bottom (normally nearly equal margins on every window edge). In the design painter the margin is as we w...
Mathias Sikos Mathias Sikos
  1. PowerBuilder
Send MAIL PBNISMTP (Attach filename with comma)
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Julian I. replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, We are using PBNISMTP object (pbnismtp.pbx) to send mails throw SMTP and we have a problem when the user attach a file with a comma on filename. I know this is a rare case, but does anyone kow how we can fix it without renaming the file? Regard...
Julian I. Julian I.
  1. PowerBuilder

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