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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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- Last updated 3 years ago
- Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 1 year ago
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...
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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- Last updated 3 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4. :)
Im currently using a legacy PowerBuilder application that was originally built as a 32-bit application. We've migrated it to 64-bit, and about 80% of the functionality is working correctly. However, we're encountering issues with some UI elements tha...
ConnectToNewObject("Excel.Application") without MS
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- Last updated 3 weeks ago
- André Rust replied 2 hours ago
Hello everyone,
Is it possible to process or create Excel XLSX files without using Microsoft Excel or any other Microsoft Office applications?
We are looking to stop installing or using Microsoft products on our PCs. However, our existing code snip...
PowerBuilder won't start with .NET 6.0 removed
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- Last updated 13 hours ago
- Jeff Gibson replied 4 hours ago
We have a situation that we're running into that I believe might be a dependency issue but wanted to check with the community on this first.
I'm working a contract with a group that has multiple developers running PowerBuilder 2022 R3, Build 3356. T...
PowerBuilder creating multiple connections to DB in certain scenario
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- Last updated 1 day ago
- Ramendra Singh replied 5 hours ago
Hi Gurus
We are using PowerBuilder 2023R3, Sybase ASE 6.0 and SQL Server 19.
We have noticed that in certain condition, PB Client is creating a new connect to DB when doing a select to address table to fetch existing data.
Create New Account
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PB2025 Script editor copy not working in Citrix
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- Issue
- Last updated 6 days ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 16 hours ago
Recently installed PB2025 on both a local machine and a remote dedicated workstation accessed via Citrix. Trying to edit powerscript in the new editor, it appears the copy (Ctrl-C or toolbar or RMB popup menu) isn't working. Pasting what I just attem...
DBerror Event SQLERRTEXT getting truncated
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- Last updated 18 hours ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 17 hours ago
Hi Team,
I am raise error thru SQL server trigger , I am getting the full response when i am fire thru SSMS.At the same time if i am executing in PowerBuilder DB error event automatically truncating the error text is there any limitation.
Do not change a datawindow column background when using themes.
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- Last updated 19 hours ago
Hi,
I'm currently using a custom theme where I have set some particular properties for datawindows. The idea is to be able to use some custom images for radio buttons and checkboxes inside a datawindow, and it works fine.
The problem is that in ord...
I have PBv11.5 created .Net Web Service target/app that is deployed to .Net on a Windows server (under .Net 3.5) and requires a PowerBuilder .NET runtime (PBCLTRT115_DOTNET.MSI) to be run/preinstalled on that server for the SOAP Web Services to funct...
Inconsistent print behavior
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 days ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 20 hours ago
My printer was preloaded A4 paper as the default paper and itreports wrong paper size with following code.
dw_1.Modify("DataWindow.Print.Paper.Size=256")
dw_1.Modify("DataWindow.Print.CustomPage.Length=297")
dw_1.Modify("DataWindow.Print.CustomPag...
Hi,
We use a WebBrowser component in the PB 2022R3 MR 3397 application (64bit).
According to the documentation, we only distribute these two files when using it as an Evergreen Runtime:
pbwebbrowser.dll
webbrowserapi.tlb.
However, we are getting...
How to delete an ancestor's control including all descendants?
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- Last updated 4 days ago
- John Fauss replied 21 hours ago
Hi,
what is the best procedure to remove a control from all window descendants?
I have deleted an ancestor's control.
I have tried steps from help: Browser/Window tab/show hierarchy/regenerate. It regenerates a few descendants well but many with e...
Run time DLLs to use the PDFDocument object
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- Last updated 1 day ago
- Raja Chinnappan replied 21 hours ago
We are going to use PDFDocument object in our application.
Do we need any run time DLLs to be deployed along with the application to use the PDFDocument?
I have PB/IM 2019 Build 2170. We have a tool app that still uses it, we haven't gotten around to migrating to PB 2022.
On 5/13 I was using it. Now when I double-click the shortcut, nothing happens. If I try running as admin, I get a system message:
...
PBNI & LUA -- Use PBNI to encapsulate the functions provided by Lua
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- Last updated 2 days ago
- YuSeok Kim replied 1 day ago
Can Appeon provide some Lua functional extension libraries encapsulated with PBNI, so that developers can use some functions that PB itself does not have, such as HashTable, and it can also provide another solution for multithreading.global type n_lu...
Hello all,
PB 2025 3683, I converted my workspace to a solution without issues.
Now in some Windows I am missing some scripts. There is no script on the event.
Entering edit mode I can find, but not in the IDE - see following examples:
IDE:
Ed...
PowerServer 2020 Application not running in Windows 11 24H2
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- Last updated 7 months ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 1 day ago
We are still on PowerBuilder 2019R3 and PowerServer 2020 and our application was working fine. We normally use kernel32.dll to access some windows functions. Some of our users upgraded with the latest Windows 11 24H2 version and the application s...
Customize my regional settings in my app
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- How-to
- Last updated 1 day ago
- John Fauss replied 1 day ago
Good morning everyone. Is there any way to customize or define my regional settings for my app?
I have an app that apparently changes the regional settings, so in PowerBuilder I get this example:
June 5, 2025
sometimes it's reversed. 05/06/2...
Runtime error. My app closes without displaying an error.
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- Last updated 6 days ago
- JOSE WILLIAM ROMERO OLIVOS replied 1 day ago
Good morning, everyone. Is there any way to identify or capture a runtime error? My PB 2022 R2 app simply crashes, completely dying without showing me an error.
I'm running a for loop and in that loop I generate some jsonfor i=1 to jfx_generate_json...
Runtime error. My app closes without displaying an error on execute JSON Files Generator
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- Last updated 3 days ago
- JOSE WILLIAM ROMERO OLIVOS replied 1 day ago
Good morning, dear all. I've been trying for weeks to figure out what the error is when generating JSON files en masse.
The statement is a for loop, in which JSON files are generated, but the application always closes completely and doesn't displa...
Hello,
Using PB 2019R3 Build 2803, Runtime: 2703. 32 bit application
Getting the following error, when running the application
Load Library failed: dll name pbvm.dll, runtime path: C:\Appeon\PowerBuilder Runtime Packager\Runtime 19.2.0.2703
Thi...
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