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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
WEBBROWSER AUTHENTICATION
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  lingaiah T replied 3 days ago
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Dear All I have webapi URL, it returns file attachment, URL: http://xxx.xx.xx.xx/api/ErpAttachments/GetDocumentlist?code=10trccode=000vrno=10001 Authorization: Basic ADMIN ADMIN123 Http method :GET I am accessing this file using browsercontro...
lingaiah T lingaiah T
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EOL Apryse PDFLib
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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Hi, we are currently using PDFLib to merge PDFs and stamp information together with our product developed in PowerBuilder. We have heard from Apryse that PDFlib has reached EOL. Have you heard anything about this, and what impact will it have on Nati...
Torgeir Lund Torgeir Lund
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PBDOM_ELEMENT - How to Output NULL String as
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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Using PBDOM... Rather than precondition null string values as empty strings... IF IsNull ( anv_params.their_id ) THEN anv_params.their_id = "" END IF lpbdom_their_id.settext ( anv_params.their_id ) ...to arrive/output at/to... MY_ELEMENT/M...
John Strano John Strano
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Stop Theme being applied to a window and all objects on that window
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Gastón Clara replied 4 days ago
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Hi, I'm trying to disable the theme for an specific window. I followed the intrsuctions from https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/stop-theme-being-applied-to-a-window-and-all-objects-on-that-window and also https://community.appeon.com/ind...
Gastón Clara Gastón Clara
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PowerServer deployment with .exe "license has not started error"
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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Hello, I am trying to install a PowerServer deployment with an executable. The launch page shows up fine but when I try to launch I get the following error. This error is not mentioned on any of Appeons troubleshooting documents. All other depl...
Esau Redwan Esau Redwan
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Calling parent window's ancestor function from tabpage control datawindow?
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 days ago
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Hello, I am attempting to call a window's ancestor function from a datawindow object on a tabpage control on the same window, and having no success. Specifically the rowFocusChanging event of the datawindow. Is there a way to do this? Snippit be...
Ray Cockerham Ray Cockerham
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assigning array to empty array doesn't work
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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I have values in an array that I am not assigning to it. I declare some arrays INTEGER li_rowINTEGER li_indexINTEGER li_failedSTRING ls_sch_cd STRING ls_school_nameSTRING ls_to[], ls_cc[]STRING ls_school_81[], ls_school_86[] //Seval added 1...
Ruth Spradlin Ruth Spradlin
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Powerbuilder 2022 R2 will not open.
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 days ago
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My powerbuilder crashed, now it won't open. powerbuilder 2022 R2 No one responds in the chat session
Philip Troise Philip Troise
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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
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HyperLinkToURL (and OpenURL) in kiosk mode
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 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
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Looking for a Certified PowerBuilder Developer Exam
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 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
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Performance issue when PB2022 application is started on a VM
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 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...
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Guido Hinrichs Guido Hinrichs
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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 5 days ago
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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
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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 5 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 5 days ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 5 days ago
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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
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Updating DataWindow Expression using PowerBuilder Script
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 days ago
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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 ...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
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Candis Knott Candis Knott
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Editing source outside of the IDE?
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Richard Hartman replied 6 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...
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  2.  IDE
  3.  PowerBuilder
Richard Hartman Richard Hartman
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pbvm.dll error for 64-bit application
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  1. Last updated 6 days ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 6 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...
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  2.  Runtime Packager
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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 6 days ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 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...
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  2.  Messagging
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Ashok Kumar R Ashok Kumar R
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Silent Installation of PowerBuilderRuntime-3397
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  1. Last updated 1 week 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
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