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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
RegistryGet() in PB2019R2 shows invalid result
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Update:   After searching the Registry for duplicate entries, I found this:    Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\CSGI\ICABS4_5   I deleted this entry manually, and then the RegistryGet () function worked correctly. ...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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How to update PB after SVN Server Change
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Markus Eckert replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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My organization is moving our subversion from one server to another. Our PB2019 desktops are configured to look at the old server. I tried updating every instance i could find in the registry to the new server name but the source control tab on the w...
Chris Victor Chris Victor
  1. PowerBuilder
ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
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HiI uploaded an application generated to testflight with power server 2019 and xcode10.I upload the build version 1.8 on 28/08/2019, that version was accepted and dont sent me a message error but when I uploaded the version 1.9 and 2.0 on 29/08/2019 ...
arturo garza gonzalez arturo garza gonzalez
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Escapement property and wrapping / printing issue
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Stewart replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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I have an PB app that I am using metadata and modify to move columns and text around.  I am having two issues that I think I can work around if I can figure out one of two approaches.     1 - when I use the font.escapement property to rotate a colu...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Print
Chris Stewart Chris Stewart
  1. PowerBuilder
Accessing COM port from datawindow
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all, We are using Power Builder 2017 R3 Build 1858.  Has anyone accessed the com port from a datawindow. I would like to access the com port and collect the weighment values sent to the com port from the weighment software. Any sample codes wou...
systems tcc systems tcc
  1. PowerBuilder
Obsolete Application Entries in AEM
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  CJ Lai replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All (screenshot attached) How do I get rid of those application (and transaction) entries in AEM that are no longer valid (in my case)? Thanks!
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
RichText control (zoom?)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  David Vasconcelos replied 4 years ago
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Have not found any syntax/code yet on how to zoom a richedit text control.  Does anyone know or have a workaround?   Is there a zoom coding option?  Issue when I place the richtext control on the window the typeable part of the control is on the le...
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
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Question about themes and classes
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hi, We'll soon migrate our application from PB17R3 to PB19R2. I'm currently testing the themes feature because we'd like to implement it.   First thing I tried is having different color for buttons, this is just an exemple, I'll have the same pro...
François ROSSIGNOL François ROSSIGNOL
  1. PowerBuilder
How to save a MailMessage Object to the file system
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Sverre Tvedt replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Preferably, I would like to save it to an eml/msg file after it has been  sent. I can probably get the message using mailReadMessage to get it into a mailMessage object with the proper ID. But I can't find a way to save it to a disk file.
  1.  Email
  2.  MAPI
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sverre Tvedt Sverre Tvedt
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 and Informix Database Connection
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Jeff Nesler replied 4 years ago
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Hello, Environment info:Powerbuilder 2019 R2 Build 2353Database: Informix 12.10.FC13 running on Linux serverInformix client: 4.10.TC14 (32 bit) and 4.10.FC12W1 (64 bit)PB App and Informix Client running on Windows 2008 Server R2 (Service Pack 1) ED...
  1.  Database Driver
  2.  ODBC
  3.  PB Classic
Jeff Nesler Jeff Nesler
  1. PowerBuilder
How do I set the default printer?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
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I have a default printer in Windows. In my application, when the print dialog box displays I select a different printer but the datawindow still prints to the Windows default printer.  I have to close my application, change the Windows default printe...
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Transaction Object and Data Source in Web Deployment
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  CJ Lai replied 4 years ago
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All I am a bit confused and don't seem to have a good way to solve this. I hope you may be able to help. What's troubling me is how I can set up a deployment profile with one transaction object to have two different data sources? I have to use the...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Anti-Debugging Techniques
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Everyone    I need to implement in my PB 2019 R2 if there is a debugger reviewing my application. I read about IsDebuggerPresent from the windows API. Can you please help on how I need to declare that function in PB2019. I suppose i need to dec...
Erick Siliezar Erick Siliezar
  1. PowerBuilder
Appcrash after migration to PB2019R2
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Ricardo Jasso replied 4 years ago
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Hello: We have a problem with an application (named GPS) since the migration from PB12.6 to PB2019 R2In a concrete scenario, the app crashes with the following message: GPS.exe has stopped working In the details of the message:Problem Event Name: ...
Javier García Javier García
  1. PowerBuilder
DataWindow dbalias property
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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We recently moved from PB 12.5 to PB 2019 GA. We noticed that the database painter is adding dbalias to the datawindow source as below: name=id_num dbname="trans_hist.id_num" dbalias=".id_num" ) I went back to the PB 12.5 and I see it a lot there....
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
StaticBind=0, SQL Bit Columns returning -1 instead of 1
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Berka Frenfert replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Our original product used PowerBuilder 9.0.3.  We are now required to use SQL Server Native Client 11.0. For now, we are testing with the PowerBuilder 2019 (trial version) for our application; while we wait on the final purchase of PowerBuilder 2019...
Cynthia Nixon Cynthia Nixon
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow Height not sizing correctly on window when using inheritance
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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I have a base window object w_parent that includes datawindow control dw_1.  I create a new window w_child that inherits from w_parent.  On w_child I assign datawindow object d_customer to datawindow control dw_1.  Also on w_child I insert a new data...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Greg Bergbower Greg Bergbower
  1. PowerBuilder
Issues with Orcascr190 crashing
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I am currently experiencing an issue with an application that I have that was recently migrated to PB 2019.  When calling the orcascript with orcascr190.exe the application will crash listing the faulting module as MSVCR100.dll.  The same orcascript ...
  1.  64-bit
  2.  OrcaScript
  3.  Other
Rinaldy Mentor Rinaldy Mentor
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Code Audit Software
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, We have a medical records application built on PowerBuilder Platform 2017. We need to do a code audit on the application and the database to makes sure it meets all the regulatory requirements, including HIPPA, there are not security vulnerabili...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
Ajay Mandal Ajay Mandal
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerserver Skips Function Call
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  CJ Lai replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hi I am hoping someone would know why this is happening. This is the setup I have the CloudPro IDE with PowerServer installed. (This is all local) Also, I run the app as IWA. - There are several (user-defined) function calls in a button's clicke...
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)

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