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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 8 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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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Filering Items in a dddw
  1. Resolved
  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  James Medick replied 5 years ago
14 replies
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Is there a way to filter out some selection options from a dddw at run time?  Example, starting with a list of 10 items, and then only showing 7 of those based upon the user's actions.  PB 12.8, Windows 10.
James Medick James Medick
  1. PowerBuilder
AppeonGetHttpInfo help
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Does anyone know what other attributes are available for the AppeonGetHttpInfo function. help docs only mention 'HOST' and 'COOKIE'. trying 'USER_AGENT' but that gives a error. TIA Mike
Michael Johnson Michael Johnson
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PowerServer DW Graph Limitation
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello All is there any limitation of the graph type over powerserver 2017 for some reasson i have no manage to find out some of the DW graph are not dysplay under PowerServermost of the type col are not dysplay with no error in the appeon log serve...
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
System Tree window unable to dock
  1. Resolved
  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  JOHN THOMAS replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi community  - somehow I undocked my System Tree window and I cannot make it dock again. I read the help link below and tried the #2 item, but this does not enable docking. Very annoying. Any ideas? Thanks.   ===================== The Workspa...
  1.  Dockable
JOHN THOMAS JOHN THOMAS
  1. PowerBuilder
Drag & drop from PowerBuilder App to Windows Explorer
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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HI,   im looking for a code example where i can drag a file from my PB App to Windows Explorer (or any other App where i can drop files). My files are stored in the database and i have a datawindow with a list of all files. i want to write the fil...
bernd beisel bernd beisel
  1. PowerBuilder
How I can access office365 IMAP UID from powerbuilder.
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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Hi , How I can access office365  IMAP UID from powerbuilder. Any example, other than chilkat.   Regards Antony    
Antony Xavier Antony Xavier
  1. PowerBuilder
IDE Build over commandline does not put the icon in the .exe
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Richard Brady replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Currently I am trying to execute the IDE compiler via the command line. The problem is that although it compiles correctly, it does not set an icon. If I start the IDE by hand and press the Deploy button, it builds me correctly and the icon is also d...
  1.  Build
Tareq Haschemi Tareq Haschemi
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerserver - DW updates not working when using RowsDiscard
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Here's a weird one we just found.  If you have a datawindow and are using Rowsdiscard to remove rows there seems to be an issue. Scenario. Any datawindow will do, retrieve at least 10 rows.  Update record on row 8 and then using rowsdiscard remove ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerServer
  3.  Update
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
mouse pointer stays as hourglass
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, i use PowerBuilder 2017R2. Sometimes when I open a window by cliking on a button, my app change the mouse pointer to an hourglass.  The look of the pointer stays the same (hourglass)  even if the transaction is completed. The pointer changes bac...
eric bernard eric bernard
  1. PowerBuilder
NativePDF Print with Master Password
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Thai replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all,   I am trying to learn the settings for the NativePDF exporter. Here is the code I am using:    dw_print.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.UsePrintSpec = 'Yes'dw_print.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = NativePDF!dw_print.Object.D...
Kevin Thai Kevin Thai
  1. PowerBuilder
Using orca to create and import to pbl libraries from source
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Richard Brady replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I have started to look at an Orca script to create our pbl libraries and import source (boot strapping). This is based on Bruce Armstrong's blog (https://community.appeon.com/index.php/articles-blogs/tutorials-articles/2-powerbuilder/175-continuous-...
Stuart Macandrew Stuart Macandrew
  1. PowerBuilder
How to get PBNetRunTime.msi in PowerBuilder 17R3 ?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Carpenter Xu replied 5 years ago
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In PowerBuilder 17R3, I can't find PBNetRunTime.msi . How to get it ? I use soap client to access webservice, but my webservice can't work in IIS now.  Who can helo me ? Very anxious now !   
Carpenter Xu Carpenter Xu
  1. PowerBuilder
Slow DW retrieve compared to actual query
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 years ago
10 replies
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Hi.   I have a very basic query which selects about 25 columns from 2 tables using inner join and where-statement on one of the indexes (SQL Anywhere 16). This query returns 19.000 rows and takes 0.04 seconds in Interactive SQL, but almost 5...
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Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder 2017 lost link to the existing offline license
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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The program “PowerBuilder 2017 R3” lost its link to the existing offline license. How to fix this problem? The point of the  system restoring works with the mistake of impossibility to change system files.   Order Number Product Edition Va...
Sergey Bogdanov Sergey Bogdanov
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerbuilder calling REST API with data
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Daniel Ferreira replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi guru guys, I have been successful  calling a REST API using OLE Objets Msxml2.DOMDocument.6.0 and MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0. Now, I have an API with "Request Data" that I'm not being able to call from PB. Can any of you help? This is the sample ...
Daniel Ferreira Daniel Ferreira
  1. PowerBuilder
Autosize Height does not work for group header in Appeon
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hello all, Just wondering if there is a solution for this issue on the web:'Autosize Height' does not work on the WEB for the Group Header Band. It's working perfectly in Powerrbuilder client-server environment, but does nothing in the Appeon WEB, th...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Header
Viktor Genel Viktor Genel
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 R3 - DataWindow Exec Procedure with output cursor
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Joshua Corcoran replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I am running PowerBuilder 2017 R3, I have a data window that executes an Oracle procedure with an output parameter as a cursor. If I execute the datawindow from within the powerbuilder IDE the results are returned and I can see the correct data. Wh...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Oracle
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Joshua Corcoran Joshua Corcoran
  1. PowerBuilder
Powerfilter display value
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Does anyone know why the Powerfilter 2.0 will not show the dddw display value when the filter is used and will only show the underlying table data value. Its extremely frustrating since I though the tool was built just for this feature. I see code in...
Richard Carrier Richard Carrier
  1. PowerBuilder
How to connect my 32 bit app to a PostGreSQL database?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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PowerBuilder v12.1Windows 7, 32 bit platformDue to the insanely high cost of Oracle, our company has decided to migrate our databases to PostGreSQL.We currently connect to the Oracle databases using the native Oracle driver for Oracle 10: PBO10120.DL...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Change EditMask on Mobile
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, Is it possible to change date format on an editmask control? When I try to save em_date.Mask = 'dd/mm/yy' I get an error:"A readonly property can be modified only in an event or function in its parent class" Is this normal? Regards,Marcin
  1.  PowerBuilder
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerBuilder

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