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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
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: List Order of objects
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
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Hello, PB 2019 R3What's the order of objects (columns) fetched while executing dw_1.Describe("Datawindow.Objects") ? We have a generic routine that reads and displays all columns in a datawindow by executing the describe command.   That lists all c...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
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Window Centering and Dual Monitors
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
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PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2170 We have a PFC based app and are having weirdness with response windows and where they are located. Scenario: Move the app's frame window to monitor #2. Choose a menu item that opens a Main! window that inherits from w...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Git - Unknown certificate check failure
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Our Admin installed new Git and Windows updates. After that we could not Pull or Push from Powerbuilder. We got this message:  ---------- Source Control: Errors   (13:39:20)Git detail error info: Unknown certificate check failureGit client error co...
Hans Groeneveld Hans Groeneveld
  1. PowerBuilder
Selling my Successful PowerBuilder-based Business
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 2 years ago
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I'm once again trying to sell my successful 15-year-old PowerBuilder-based business, which develops, sells and supports two software programs for churches, charities, other faith groups, and nonprofits. This time I'm doing it through a business brok...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Insert error with table hint / Autoincrement column
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Hello, Our team is having a problem inserting a record in a table with a auto increment column(table hint), I made a test in my workstation with PB R3, and i did not have any error in execution time, but the group using PB R2 is not able to insert...
Jhonns Salas Jhonns Salas
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Migration from 11.5 to current PB, u_tab and ObjectSheet can't see objects and errors
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi,   I'm working on an old Powerbuilder database, version 11.5 and I'm updating it to the newest version: Version: 2021 Build: 1509. Migration assistant was used and it looked like a success. All historic 'Warnings' fixed So I did a full build,...
Jon T Jon T
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Handling special and reserved character while working with JSON using JSONGenerator and JSONParser.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello Appeon Team, I am working to create the JSON using JSONGenerator and then making httpclient call to send those Json file as payload. We have frontend screen to take JSON fields value like comment, sales number, qty etc. The comment box is a te...
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Vipin Dwivedi Vipin Dwivedi
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Copy multiple files from local folder to AWS S3 via appeon-pb (2019) script?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi All. Researching how Copy multiple files from local folder to AWS S3 via appeon-pb (2019) script. Looks like there is a few options  Have anyone done it? Thank you. Sincerely Vlad
Vladimir K. Vladimir K.
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'No properties to display' message
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Stacy McCluer replied 2 years ago
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Hello.  Not sure if this is the right place to obtain help.  Please let me know if I should post elsewhere.    Receive this message when I double click on any data window in my library.  I have attached a screenshot.  When I close it (yellow X in s...
Stacy McCluer Stacy McCluer
  1. PowerBuilder
NEW FEATURE REQUEST - DATAWINDOW UPDATE PROPERTY
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
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In SQL, We have option for On Existing Update or skip where as in Datawindow, we need to first find and take action. If ON EXISTING UPDATE or ON EXISTING SKIP properties, then lot of script writing can be avoided.     
  1.  Data
Sripal Bachawat Sripal Bachawat
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How to keep search result in output - PB 21?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 2 years ago
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Dear all Since I installed PowerBuilder 21, the result of my search output is deleted after each new search. How can I prevent this (can't find the property/checkbox for this)? I prefer to keep the search results until I delete them by myself (Conte...
Gzim Ramizi Gzim Ramizi
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How to find whether PB application running is a classic built or Power client Built through code ?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sripal Bachawat replied 2 years ago
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How to find whether PB application running is a classic built or Power client Built through code ? 
Sripal Bachawat Sripal Bachawat
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PowerBuilder Compilers - Deployment Breakdown Structure
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
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I thought of sharing this diagram I created sometime back that may be of help to the PowerBuilder Community  LDAP/AD = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or Active Directory network authentication (Windows creds). "Connect as Acting User" under ...
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  2.  PowerServer
  3.  PowerClient
PowerObject ! PowerObject !
  1. PowerBuilder
IN PB2019R2 for dw and uo the code/setting "boolean bringtotop = true" cannot be removed
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Stefan Zehner replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, after I have not found advice to my question and since I'm pretty new to Powerbuilder, I just post it here: I'm just about upgrading my Powerbuilder Workspace from Rel. 12.5 to 2019R2. There I do have a PBL (used for a report) which I have r...
  1.  Controls
Stefan Zehner Stefan Zehner
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Can we still remain as a PowerBuilder developer?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Juan Pedro Sanz Diez replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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2 votes
Hello, Released features and planned one (Roadmap) We have been using Powerbuilder for more than 2 decades and still love to be a powerbuilder developer(s).   We have tons of codes developed in powerscript and have experience in analysing and solvi...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Roadmap
  3.  SnapDevelop
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer 2021 Using non column in a stored procedure call for update / delete / insert
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Using PowerServer 2021 in local deploy, PowerBuilder version 2021 Build 1506 in an Oracle 19 backend. I am working with Don C of Intertech to check my work. We are using one procedure within a package to cover Update / Insert / Delete within a store...
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Bryant Burnard Bryant Burnard
  1. PowerServer
PowerServer 2021 / PowerClient 2021 Oracle Function call error
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  David Xiong @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi, (Using PB 2021 Build 1506, Oracle 19 back end) I have been working with Don C of Intertech trying to sort out some of our calls to Oracle stored procedures / functions / packages. Found that the following call doesn't work when deploying to Pow...
  1.  PowerServer
Bryant Burnard Bryant Burnard
  1. PowerServer
Altered SQL sent to server by DB
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
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I had a really weird report from a user yesterday, in a screenshot of an error message from the dberror event of our inherited Transaction object.  They were doing an action that did an Insert to a table using a DW on a window (code like dw_main.Upd...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Troubleshooting OLEObject
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
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Hi all, I'm trying to print to a Brother label printer from my PB App.  Everything is fine until I execute iDoc.PrintOut() function (iDoc is the OLEObject).  The function keeps returning the same error (Error 11 - Printer not supported).  But I can ...
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  2.  OLE
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Switch existing PB code to SVN coming from (PushOK+SVN)
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Thorsten Kummer replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Dear all,   we're using PowerBuilder (2019 R2)  along with the PushOK SVN bridge to access our SVN system.We need to switch over now to eliminate the PushOK software to connect directly to SVN (Git is not an option currently). - Would this need a ...
Thorsten Kummer Thorsten Kummer
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