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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 9 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
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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
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Create a datawindow in code from existing datawindow object
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  kevin kevin rowe replied 1 year ago
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In my one of my libraries I have a datawindow dw_example. This datawindow is in use in other places and definitely works. I have a function that requires a datawindow as a parameter, because it is generally called from a report window. In this ins...
  1.  DataWindow
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kevin kevin rowe kevin kevin rowe
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Tabbed View causes IDE crash
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hi everyone! I just tried the new feature of tabbed view and activated it in my frame window. It's woukd be a nice feature and useful for my application.   My frame window first opens a fixed screen which is a not a mdi sheet, it's a child window....
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Stephan Schröpel Stephan Schröpel
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Name of property in Properties Window as PascalCase
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hi,   How I can set or change LowerCase label of my custom user object control to PascalCase ? I've typed the variable name in PascalCase, but on the properties window, it's written in LowerCase.      Regards, Pawel
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
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Ribbonbar use "ENTER" or more than one shrotcut
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 1 year ago
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Hi,   I've got a question about the "Enter" shortcut on Ribbonbar.  Normally, for the filter, we can use "F5" button as a shortcut, but my client would use "Enter" key. Is it possible or does there exist any workaround to replace "F5" or add an add...
Paweł Kasperek Paweł Kasperek
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Outlook styled calendar object
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  2.  William Beale replied 1 year ago
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I’m seeking advice on whether anyone can recommend a PB object that emulates MS Outlook’s calendar. I develop a client-server application used by law enforcement where date/time events play an important part.  Such events are now displayed in the ap...
William Beale William Beale
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Multicast DNS
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 1 year ago
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i need to use Multicast DNS to get information on network devices within my pb application. anyone have any ideas?  
mike S mike S
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FindFirstFile W, A returning negative value
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Aurangzeb Qaimkhani replied 1 year ago
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I'm new to PB, while debugging is see FindFirstFileW(as_FileSpec, lstr_FindData) returning negative value ?   Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Aurangzeb Qaimkhani Aurangzeb Qaimkhani
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Create PBDs with pbautobuild220
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 1 year ago
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We have just migrated the application to PB 2022, and we are using PBAutoBuild220 to compile the application, the question is, if it is possible to make an only one PBD of the project or if in the future it is foreseen the possibility of making unita...
David Lopez Sanchez David Lopez Sanchez
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"new C.A.L ready to be downloaded, call the administrator" message
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hi people After installing PB2022 R2, by running the CAL or clicking on the icon generated by the CAL. I get a message that I need to update the cloud app laucher. but this one it was created again from the CAL Profile with the latest version 22.1.0...
damian jimenez damian jimenez
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OLE Connecting to Libre Office Writer
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  2.  Douglas Ross replied 1 year ago
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Hi All, I have successfully been using this script to connect to MS word  iole_object.ConnectToNewObject("word.application.8")  , but I now need to do similar with LibreOffice writer if I can.  What parameter should I be applying to ConnectToNewO...
  1.  OLE
  2.  Open Source
  3.  PowerBuilder
David Lacey David Lacey
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Trying to chase a memory leak
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hi everyone I'm trying to chase down a memory leak in our application (PB 2022 1900) that appears to happen when a window is repeatedly opened and closed. (Symptoms: When I open a window inheriting from our base window class, used memory increases b...
Markus Eckert Markus Eckert
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow has invalid release number
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hi, When trying to integrate my report in KTP (Kondor Trade Processing) modified on infomaker, i receive this message "Datawindow has invalid release number". I tried many times by rebuilding, regenerating and saved the PBL containing the report an...
Amine Mef Amine Mef
  1. InfoMaker
Powerbuilder runtime behavior with dedicated GPU - performance
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 1 year ago
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Runtime environment: Powerbuilder 2019 R3 Hosted on Citrix Xenapp Users desktop is VMWare HVD   HVD Pool was moved to dedicated GPU.  Once this was done, the Powerbuilder application performance degraded so much that the application is unusable....
  1.  Performance
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Jeff Coronado Jeff Coronado
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COPYMEMORY
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Good day,   Hope you can help me on this matter.   I am using copymemory and it is working fine in 32bit.. however, I cannot used it in 64bit... any suggestions?    thanks in advance.
Winthor Caingles Winthor Caingles
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Need background on Accessibility dlls/setting
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hi. We have two different powerbuilder applications we support. I recently installed one of them to a new Windows 10 PC, and when I go to run it, I get the "Please check whether PowerBuilder Accessibility library can be located in the path." error di...
Troy Cowan Troy Cowan
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Powerclient: Release planning with test and productive versions
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hello Our procedure is as followsWe automatically create test versions on the build server. On day X, we copy the data of the released test version to the productive version. For this we only have to exchange the INI file with the connection paramet...
  1.  Release
  2.  PowerClient
Reto Stucki Reto Stucki
  1. PowerBuilder
full path where client app install was downloaded
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  damian jimenez replied 1 year ago
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Hi  There is a powerscript function to get the full path where the client app has been istalled ?attached a pdf file with images regarding this question thank you very much
damian jimenez damian jimenez
  1. PowerServer
Manage DB pwd for a PB app on a dev machine
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
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Hi all, I don't know how to avoid saving password in plain text when testing code from the PB IDE "Run" button. Goal is to protect sensitive data (password) on developer machines. PB encrypts and stores DB-profile passwords in the registry and uses...
Marco Meoni Marco Meoni
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Migrate to 2022 R2
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 1 year ago
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I am using PB 2022 1892. I would like to migrate to 2022 R2. So, Clients required to change Runtime ?
SHAMEEM KAKKAD SHAMEEM KAKKAD
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PowerBuilder with SQL Server db query slow
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Tim Bruce replied 1 year ago
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PowerBuilder version: 2019 R3 Build 2779 SQL Server 2019 ODBC Driver 17 for Sql Server I have a query that returns 109 rows in 2 seconds in Management Studio but takes upwards of 30 seconds in db painted within Powerbuilder.  Are there any setting...
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  2.  Query
  3.  SQL Server
Tim Bruce Tim Bruce
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