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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 8 months 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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- How-to
- 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. :)
Cannot get raiseerror from procedure called using RPC
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- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Arnd Schmidt replied 11 months ago
Hi all,
I'm using RPC to call MSSQL stored procedures.
local externa function on transaction object
function long PORADI_DNE(datetime DATUM,ref int SEKVENCE) RPCFUNC ALIAS FOR "dbo.PORADI_DNE"
If there is
raiserror ('Error from procedure',3,1)...
DBMS OLE DB is not supported in your current installation
- Advice
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 months ago
PB2022 R2 2828 - Oracle 19c 64 bit.
After moving our PB app across to 64 bit when our app tries to connect to db get the following message:
DBMS OLE DB is not supported in your current installation
32- Bit version runs fine.
Trim zero in EditMask
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- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 months ago
Hi,
I've DataWindow with EditMask fields. I know how to set numerical masks with # chars. But the '####' mask ignores multiple 0 chars on lead. I can trim 0 chars on lead ex. 000754 to 754. Is possible to set a mask to block entry 0 char before t...
Webrowser2 runtime vs development
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- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 months ago
When I open (navigate) to a PDF in runtime I get a menu with save icon its looks nice. During runtime no save icon and only download icon and it does nothing. Looks like a chrome download screen
What is is missing ? I dont receive any errors.
...
PSA: Trying to name a function "throw" crashes PB immediately
- Issue
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Andreas Mykonios replied 11 months ago
To reproduce:
Open any object painter
Add new function
Type "throw" into Function name field
tab out/click anywhere
PB closes immediately without any warning
Happens in 2019R3, can't check other versions. The same thing happens with "throws...
Self-Contained DLL is not loading, getting .net framework error
- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Anoop Chaurasia replied 11 months ago
Hi,
I am facing issue with self-contained .net DLL. in the documents it is mentioned that using self contained DLLs will not require .net runtime to be installed on the target system, but when i am running the application, it is expecting the runtim...
While running PowerBuilder through code i.e right click on Run button then getting below issue.
Can you please help me to resolve this .
PB version : Version 2019 R3
EncodingANSI in PowerBuilder 2022! error
- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Benjamin Gaesslein replied 11 months ago
I'm migrating to PowerBuilder 2022.This is a phrase I used previously.
blob ab_data
FileOpen(as_filename,StreamMode!,Write!,LockWrite!,Replace!,EncodingANSI!)
ls_body = 'aaaa'
ab_data = blob(ls_body,EncodingANSI!)
IF FileWriteEX(li_FileNum, ab_d...
Custom menu item in PowerBar
- Issue
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 months ago
Hello,
I have a custom menu item in the PowerBar, my item command runs an EXE (with parameters).
The exe application run correctly via RUN, but when I try to run it from menu item the PB IDE crashes.
Event log details:
Faulting application name:...
Disable view (window) rendering
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- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- John Fauss replied 11 months ago
Hi,
I'm a developer from C#. In WinForms, I can disable/enable the rendering of the form (window). How can I do it in PowerBuilder? What is the best solution to freeze (disable rendering) all controls on view in PowerBuilder?
Regards,
Pawel
PostgreSQL identity columns and Powerbuilder
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- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Fernando Gilli replied 11 months ago
Hello everyone i'm trying to understand how PostgreSQL is behaving against Powerbuilder 2022 R3, in particular the auto-increment columns.
I've create a new postgres DB with a simple table called "test"; Reading the documentation i see that there ar...
Replacing Rows to Disk unsupported feature
- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 months ago
Hi All,
I have been trying to replace unsupported feature Rows to Disk for the reports in our code base. Each of these reports have numerous nested reports, with each report having a SP as a datasource.
What I could think of is to check the number ...
parent menu of a menu?
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- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Yiannis Papadomichelakis replied 11 months ago
Hi PB community...
Is there any way to obtain the parent menu of a menu?
If for example I have the reference of a leaf menu, can I "travel" from that menu to it's root?
I know I can use the item[] property to get the child menu items, I suppose I ...
PB 2022 Build 1892
We changed the application object setting to force use of NativePDF across the entire app. Now we are having trouble with a very large report with lots of images on every page.
Is it possible to override this setting for a partic...
unable to assign values to SQLErrText
- Issue
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 months ago
I am trying to assign values to transaction properties as below
transaction l_tmp
l_tmp = CREATE transaction
l_tmp.DBParm = arg_trans.DBParm
l_tmp.SQLErrText= arg_trans.SQLErrText
l_tmp.SQLDBCode= arg_trans.SQLDBCode
I observe that l_tmp.SQL...
ConnectToNewObject( "Word.Application" ) return -3
- Issue
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 months ago
Hi Guys,
PB Version 2019 R3 build 2703.
Some days ago some of our users have started having issues with ConnectToNewObject( "Word.Application" ) command. It returns -3 that means "Object could not be created". This happens on both, MOffice 2019 a...
I have a question in general, where are Appeon servers located where data and user account info is stored. If in US which zone and city and if outside where?
Our company's cyber security department requires that every vendor we use provide us with ...
DAST/SAST scans for PowerBuilder
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- Advice
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 11 months ago
Could you recommend a product to perform DAST and SAST scans on PowerBuilder code?
NativePDF printing transparent text poorly
- Issue
- Last updated 11 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 11 months ago
PowerBuilder 2022-R3
I created a text control with font Tahoma 72, Color Red, Transparency 66, Escapement 450. This is what I get when doing a SaveAs (NativePDF). Is there a way to have it not be cross-hatched? It isn't like that in the DataWindow.
...
Events in a transaction object (n_tr) like retrievestart/-end for logging purposes.
- How-to
- Last updated 11 months ago
- mike S replied 11 months ago
I like to log the begin and the end of an SQL statement because i like to measure the time the SELECT needed.
In datawindows i have the retrievestart and retrieveend events where i can exactly do what i wish to do.
In embedded SQL i use SQLCA which...
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