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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 7 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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  2. How-to
  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
PB2022 Window Borders
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 3 months ago
8 replies
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We just upgraded to PB 2022 and have a problem with the border width of windows.  On my PC, running from the IDE or an EXE, the buttons at the bottom of a window are just barely crossing the border.  In PB 2019, there was a small gap between the butt...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Dean Helsley Dean Helsley
  1. PowerBuilder
Null columns export and position
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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Hi,  Is there any way how I can set these columns (column 2, 3, 4, 5) not to export if they do not have values or to set column 6 to be right next to the column 1 if these columns (2, 3, 4, 5) do not have values?   Thank you
Luka Ivanovic Luka Ivanovic
  1. InfoMaker
Some windows crash cannot open after migrate from PB 12.5 to 2022 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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I've migrated my application from PB 12.5 to 2022 R3, the migration was completed with no errors. When I try to open some Windows objects, it fail to open, and PowerBuilder closes. I checked the Windows event viewer and found the error below.   Fa...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
thammasak THUTHAVORN thammasak THUTHAVORN
  1. PowerBuilder
Problems with PrintAsPdf WebBrowser in PB2022
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 months ago
3 replies
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We have a webbrowser object to display a web report, we use the PrintAsPdf function to generate PDF documents, we have observed that after migrating to PB2022R3 the generated files do not preserve the original style or images of the document. The re...
Walther Rodirguez Walther Rodirguez
  1. PowerServer
Column Width After Autosize
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Erick Bergsma replied 3 months ago
3 replies
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1 vote
Hi,  Trying to determine how to get the width of a column in a grid dw if width.autosize = 3 (that is, width autosize is turned on. ) If height.autosize=yes, then you can call RowHeight() to get the actual adjusted height. Is there a comparable...
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Neil Sutter Neil Sutter
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerclient - register a dll
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 months ago
2 replies
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Hi, We are testing a Powerclient installation (PB 22R3 3356). Our app needs a dll which has to be registered in a special way - using regsvr32 with some extra parameters (serial number). There is a DLL OCX Registration button on the External File...
Tomáš Podzimek Tomáš Podzimek
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow update() show "Row Changed between retrieve and update"
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 months ago
6 replies
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Datawindow update() show "Row Changed between retrieve and update" in PB 2022 R3, this happened after migrate de application from pb 12.5 to PB 2022 R3.
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  3.  Update
Ivan Leon Ivan Leon
  1. PowerBuilder
Bad argument list for function
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 3 months ago
4 replies
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I need help getting past this error. My application was built a long time ago. We have it migrated to PB2022 R3. I have 2 windows named the same in two different PBLs. Each of these windows calls the same function which is in another PBL. Both thes...
Teresa MacDonald Teresa MacDonald
  1. PowerBuilder
Free Trial version of PowerBuilder 2022 R3: No Database Interfaces Installed Error".
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 3 months ago
4 replies
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Dear All,   I am encountering the error "No Database interfaces are installed. Please run the Setup program to install the appropriate interface(s)" when trying to use PowerBuilder 2022 R3. SQL Native client is already installed on machine. Note:...
Amna Khalid Amna Khalid
  1. PowerBuilder
HTTPS connectivity in PowerBuilder 2022
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi,   This is my code snippet of function string ls_xml_request , ls_soap_action_url ls_xml_request = netsol==wkGMBU2ghaXACzMLz5ln+U cmsVM033-BMW-APP ls_soap_action_url= https://tempuri.org/ILoginManager/LoginUser            httpClient      ...
Amna Khalid Amna Khalid
  1. PowerBuilder
power builder version 6 solution for a query
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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i need to send a message to your pc for their birthday using power builder version 6. any one who have a over view for this or code snips. please send me replies to  seethanew123@gmail.com
Teajshree MN Teajshree MN
  1. PowerBuilder
Cant verify license server starting today.
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 3 months ago
4 replies
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I got an email from my users stating they cannot connect to my application.  It is running Powerserver under an IIS environment.  It has been running fine for years.  I checked the server, restarted IIS, still same error that it cannot        I...
billy hugon billy hugon
  1. PowerServer
Powerbuilder fillable PDFs
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Daniel Seguin replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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Hello,   On the Powerbuilder 2022R3 What's new tab, there is a quick presentation of Fillable PDFs   I am looking for the complete document that explains how to implement this. Does someone has found it? Thanks Daniel  
Daniel Seguin Daniel Seguin
  1. PowerBuilder
Need some help with syntax
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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Hi! Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this syntax? IF ISNUMBER(as_tolerance) THEN ls_compare = "NUMBER" ldec_tolerance = dec(as_tolerance) ELSEIF right(trim(as_tolerance),1) = "%" THEN IF ISNUMBER( left(trim(as_tolerance),len(as_tolerance...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Syntax
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow converting a boolean to varchar(5) - Postgresql DB backend
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Georgios Papageorgiou replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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I have a datawindow against a Postgresql DB. When selecting a boolean column from the database and trying to update it, the datawindow converts the column to a varchar(5), which I assume is for 'FALSE', is there a setting in the PBODB.INI to convert ...
Richard Murray Richard Murray
  1. PowerBuilder
NSSM - PB as service - Log files and Err files being empty
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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Hi,   I have setup NSSM to execute a powerbuilder application and make it run as service. I have setup the I/O options to write the logs to a file and also the stderr to another file. However when the service is started and the application is runni...
Sailaja Sumanam Sailaja Sumanam
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer_ConnectionConfig table
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  John Raghanti replied 3 months ago
2 replies
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Hi all! Running PB 2022 R3 build 3356. I have a question about the PowerServer_ConnectionConfig table that is created for dynamic caching. Is it possible to add columns in there for specific application usage? If so, how would we get the data from ...
John Raghanti John Raghanti
  1. PowerServer
Blue screen when run my aplication
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 months ago
4 replies
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I made a program (I use PB 2023) called setup.exe and when it runs with the client it shows the blue screen attached. (Microsoft Defender SmartScreen unknow the Editor When I generate the .exe in the security tab I am using Embedded Manifest and Run...
Adolfo Chairez Gallegos Adolfo Chairez Gallegos
  1. PowerBuilder
Deployed app built in powerbuilder opens file explorer instead of sheet when clicking item in menu
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  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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I have an MDI application where there are several sheets. When a client maximizes both the sheet they are in and the parent window, and click to open another sheet, the file explorer opens as shown in the attached screenshot. They are only able to re...
  1.  Debugging
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  User Object
Misbah Yasin Misbah Yasin
  1. PowerBuilder
Windows 11 Context Menus - Possible Enhancement?
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 months ago
1 reply
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Curious if there is anything on the planned enhancement list for Windows 11 Context Menus.https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2021/07/19/extending-the-context-menu-and-share-dialog-in-windows-11/ And let me add. I know I could throw up a cont...
  1.  Enhancement Request
  2.  Menu
  3.  PowerBuilder
Jeff Gibson Jeff Gibson
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