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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 10 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
  1. PowerBuilder
Slow System-Wide Performance With Redirected Printers
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 days ago
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We have a hosted server where our application runs. Users who access the app have redirected printers. The system is noticibly slower when their default printer is a redirected printer vs when it is a local printer. This occurs even when no printing ...
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
  1. PowerBuilder
HyperLinkToURL (and OpenURL) in kiosk mode
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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Just wondering if it is possible to open a url in the users default browser in kiosk mode using the HyperLinkToURL ( PB 2025) and OpenURL (PB 2025)?
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
  1. PowerBuilder
Looking for a Certified PowerBuilder Developer Exam
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 days ago
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Are there any official/legit certified powerbuilder developer exams out there? I did a search, but couldn't find anything recent.
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
  1. PowerBuilder
Performance issue when PB2022 application is started on a VM
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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I'm using PB2022 R3. The application I built works smoothly with one strange exception: When I click on a datawindow in a sheet within a mdi frame, the application hangs for 20 seconds up to two minutes showing "not responding". After this period th...
  1.  32-bit
  2.  Citrix
  3.  DataWindow
  4.  Oracle
  5.  PB Classic
  6.  Performance
  7.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  8.  VM
Guido Hinrichs Guido Hinrichs
  1. PowerBuilder
How to implement single sign on (SSO) using Kerberos Authentication in PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 4 days ago
2 replies
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We are running on the PB IDE Version 2022 Build 1900 and ours is a desktop application. The backend DB is Oracle 19C. We need to implement Kerberos Authentication for single sign on, with which we should be able to establish a connection with the ora...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Single Sign-on
Ashok kumar R Ashok kumar R
  1. PowerBuilder
there's an AWS RDS version that is compatible with PowerBuilder 10.5
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 4 days ago
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I'm currently using PowerBuilder 10.5 and considering using AWS RDS for Oracle near the Netherlands. However, it seems that AWS RDS for Oracle only supports version 19c and later (though I'm not entirely sure). Would it be possible to use AWS RDS fo...
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Powerbuilder application can't access dll folder
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 4 days ago
1 reply
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Hi all, We have a deployed application running under PB 2022 R3 Build 3289. In some Windows environments (Windows 11, Windows Server 2022), the application can't access the dll folder and this leads to the suspension of the application in the task ...
Rachid Sbaibi Rachid Sbaibi
  1. PowerBuilder
Updating DataWindow Expression using PowerBuilder Script
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 days ago
4 replies
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Hello There is previous code (PowerBuilder 12.5) that is attempting to use Choose Case statements to update the datawindow expression of a computed field and I'm trying to figure out why it is not working. I've found the example below but I still ...
  1.  Expression
  2.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
  3.  PowerScript IDE
Candis Knott Candis Knott
  1. PowerBuilder
Editing source outside of the IDE?
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Richard Hartman replied 5 days ago
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I know you can use "edit source" ... but let's face it, the built in editor is not the best.However, when you edit source in the IDE and save, it regenerates the object. Keeping everything up to date.Can you shut down the IDE, and edit source directl...
  1.  Editor
  2.  IDE
  3.  PowerBuilder
Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
  1. PowerBuilder
pbvm.dll error for 64-bit application
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 5 days ago
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Hi! I have 2 versions of my software for an Ohio customer, 32-bit and 64-bit. The 32-bit version works fine. When they run the 64-bit version, they get the following error: Load library failed! dll: pbvm.dll, runtime path:C:\Program Files\Appeon\Po...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Runtime Packager
  3.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
How do I call another power builder application.exe from my main application.
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 days ago
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Please suggest an efficient method to call another power builder application.exe from my main application. I need to send and recieve values, to and fro between the apps. I am using PB 2022 R2. I would really appreciate your help and Thanks in Advan...
  1.  .EXE
  2.  Messagging
  3.  PowerBuilder
Ashok Kumar R Ashok Kumar R
  1. PowerBuilder
Silent Installation of PowerBuilderRuntime-3397
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Suguna Thamaraiselvan replied 6 days ago
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Hi, We are migrating PowerBuilder from 2019 R3 to 2022 R3. For PB 2019 R3, we manually deployed the Runtime binaries. But for this PB 2022 R3, we wanted to use PowerBuilderRuntime-3397 application to deploy the run time binaries. I am planning t...
Suguna Thamaraiselvan Suguna Thamaraiselvan
  1. PowerBuilder
Where can I download a MR from? PB2022 R3
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 6 days ago
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Where can I download the latest maintenance release for PB2022 R3 from? TIA, ~~~Tracy
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
PS 2020 multibrowser and TLS 1.2
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Alexander Deep replied 6 days ago
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Hello; I have an application in PowerServer 2020. Does the multibrowser support TLS 1.2? If so, please indicate from which Build it is supported. Thanks. Alexander
Alexander Deep Alexander Deep
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Connecting to MS SQL Server 2019/2022 with MSOLEDBSQL
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 days ago
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We're on PB 2022 Clean , 32 bit We want to connect client applications to MS SQL Server 2019 and 2022, before migrating to R3. In the connection string: Provider='MSOLEDBSQL' The client runtime includes pbmsoledbsql.dll Despite this, logon is ...
Sverre Tvedt Sverre Tvedt
  1. PowerBuilder
Outlook Try the new Outlook Powerbuilder method .connecttonewobject("outlook.application") returns -3
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  1. Last updated 11 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 days ago
7 replies
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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
  1. PowerBuilder
List All Fonts Installed on Workstation
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 6 days ago
5 replies
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I'm trying to populate a dropdown with a list of all installed fonts, but I'm having trouble getting something that works well. I got pretty close by looking at the Windows registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fo...
  1.  Font
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Windows OS
Zachary Curtis Zachary Curtis
  1. PowerBuilder
Error "Failed to get local NLS_LANG charset ID."
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 6 days ago
2 replies
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I get the "Failed to get NLS_LANG charset ID " when I try to connect to Oracle. I tried adding a Local NLS_LANG in my Registry but still no go. I installed the oracle Client in 32 bits, and dont work, for PB 2017. What can i do? Thank you for the he...
  1.  Appeon Workspace
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Franklin Aguirre Franklin Aguirre
  1. PowerBuilder
Getting license info while opening the pb workspace from snap developer
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 11 months ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 6 days ago
1 reply
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Hi Team,   I am facing issue while opening the pb work space from snap developer, Even though i am having cloud pro license its showing attached error. I tried even opening the snap developer separate and from there i am trying to open the PowerBui...
Vijay Kumar Vijay Kumar
  1. SnapDevelop
PowerClient Runtime change
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  M. Möllers replied 1 week ago
2 replies
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Hello, I'm experiencing some difficulty with deploying a PowerClient Application after updating my runtimes. I've configured a Cloud App Launcher in 2022 R3 3289. Now I've updated the IDE (2022 R3 3397) to try and fix an error (the application is ...
  1.  Deployment
  2.  PowerClient
  3.  PowerBuilder Runtime
M. Möllers M. Möllers
  1. PowerBuilder

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