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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 3 weeks 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 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 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
Powerbuidler 2019 R2
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  ATK Gimmy Susan replied 5 years ago
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Does the beta of Powerbuilder 2019 R2 use the same installation folder of Powerbuiler 2019 ? I need to have both in the same machine.   Thans for answer.   GImmy
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem Powerbuilder+GIT
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  ATK Gimmy Susan replied 5 years ago
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Good morning. We've been using GIT for months now, but we still have problems with PBLs in a group of 10 users.It is not clear to us how they should be treated in PB-GIT. What is the behavior protocol for configuring POWEBUILDER+GIT? Let me explai...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
2019 Migrated App issues in production , working in Dev Environment
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Gaurang Patel replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hello There Again,     As mentioned earlier, am new to PB ,  and migrating application from PB9.0 to PB19.0.  With Contractor's help migrated PB9.0 application to PB19.0 version, in development. Users were able test the application, hardware co...
  1.  Installation
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Gaurang Patel Gaurang Patel
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer support for WebSphere Liberty
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  sean flynn replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Over the last couple of years IBM is advising their clients to move away from "traditional" WebSphere application server to their new server named Liberty. IBM WebSphere Liberty is not derived from "traditional" WebSphere product and they actually ha...
  1.  Server
  2.  WebSphere
sean flynn sean flynn
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Same app on different regional settings
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Giuseppe moglia replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Guys how can I manage the same pb application on different regional settings at the same time, so with different decimal separator and different date format for different users? Any hints?   thanks in advance
Giuseppe moglia Giuseppe moglia
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MTOM/XOP Web Service Client
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Wanted to check if the new version of PowerBuilder with HTTP Client supports the MTOM/XOP web service client.  
shaila panwar shaila panwar
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2017 - supported operating systems
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Phil Roth replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Is there any Appeon documentation to show which version of Windows are supported for a particular version of Powerbuilder? e.g Powerbuilder 2017 R3 - Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016 ?   We have external clients running our software, s...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Windows OS
Phil Roth Phil Roth
  1. PowerBuilder
Windows API DLLs
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Community! When declaring and invoking Windows API DLL's in Appeon Web apps, wich libraries are used, server or client side? Thanks in advance for helping!
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Error "The installed version of the application could not be determined" when installing PB 2017 R3
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Connell replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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When attempting to install PowerBuilder 2017 R3 I get the error Message "The installed version of the application could not be determined. The setup will now terminate". I have PB 2017 R2 build 1769 installed. Do I need to uninstall this Version be...
Michael Connell Michael Connell
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017R2 Black Screen on Citrix
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello All, Appeon PB2017 on Citrix shows black screen while processing huge data in background and user tries to move the window whereas with previous versions of powerbuilder (sybase PB's) we used to get either Waiting or 'Not Responding'. Consider...
  1.  Citrix
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Nitin Tripathi Nitin Tripathi
  1. PowerBuilder
Random Crashes on app migrated from PB 7 to PB 19
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Julian I. replied 5 years ago
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Hello, We have migrated our application from PB7 to PB19 (Build 2082). We have pcs in W7 and W10. The application seemed to be working fine, but for some weeks some users reports random Windows errors "App.exe stopped working." This is the re...
Julian I. Julian I.
  1. PowerBuilder
Difference between embedded SQL statement Vs Calling using Declare and Execute Procedure
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Vipin Dwivedi replied 5 years ago
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Hi PB Appoen Folks, Greeting! and Happy ThanksGiving!   What is the difference if I call the stored procedure using Select statement Vs Declaring and executing the procedure. See below sample example. select 1 From sp_test(:a); Vs DECLARE Test ...
Vipin Dwivedi Vipin Dwivedi
  1. PowerBuilder
OrcaScript export all objects in a pbl
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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I have a powerbuilder app with several pbls.  I would like to export all the objects in my pbls to the harddrive.  I've been researching orcascript but I do not see any commands to export an object stored in a .pbl to a file.  Any help would be appre...
  1.  OrcaScript
  2.  PowerBuilder
Weston Goodwin Weston Goodwin
  1. PowerBuilder
Why is there a different experience between the IDE and EXE?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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I have an application that has been successfully migrated to PB 2017 R2. When I execute the application via the IDE I have no issues, I am able to navigate - pull data and even insert into new content. I am successful in deploying the complete appl...
  1.  .EXE
  2.  32-bit
  3.  64-bit
  4.  ADO.NET
  5.  IDE
James Pendarvis James Pendarvis
  1. PowerBuilder
installable web app IWA
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mariano Collado @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Can anyone help   It has been suggested to me that i try using an installable web application rather than the ordinary powerserver mobile, via a browser - as I have a group of users whose browser is giving problems with the plug in Can anyone expl...
  1.  IWA
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Using Russian font
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Alexander Eydel replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I need to develop a screen which uses all Russian labels, command buttons, static text displays, etc. For example, instead of "Hello", command button would display "Привет". This would need to work for input as well as display. What would...
Alexander Eydel Alexander Eydel
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder Mouse Pointer 2019 Windows 10
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I am experiencing issues with pointer persistence with the native PowerBuilder SetPointer function and the external windows function call: //...//... create hourglass.//... ulong ll_handle ; if ab_mode then ll_handle = handle(this) ; ii_return = s...
Richard Mendez Richard Mendez
  1. PowerBuilder
Very large PSR file
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, I have a PSR (Powersoft Report) file that contains many visual objects, has no database connection, and it has been detected that it has grown twice the size when modified with PB2017R3: Old version: 25MBVersion with PB2017R3: 59MB Internal cha...
Eduardo G. Eduardo G.
  1. PowerBuilder
Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0 Column does not exist - PB2019
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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We have migrated from 12.5 to PB2019 - now connection is working but for one of the datawindow we have three columns one is checkbox and from query we are getting only two columns from simple sql query and check box we are setting. while retrieve we ...
Kalpana Snehi Kalpana Snehi
  1. PowerBuilder
RowsCopy(): how much should data types match?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows how much column datatypes of datawindow objects must match in order for RowsCopy() to work. For example, are "number" and "decimal" compatible? Or "char(10)" and "char(100)"? "Date" and "datetime"? Unfortunatel...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Konstantin Goldobin Konstantin Goldobin
  1. PowerBuilder

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