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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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- Last updated 4 years ago
- Manuel Rivera replied 2 weeks ago
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...
            Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :) 
            Runtime error. My app closes without displaying an error on execute JSON Files Generator
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 months ago
Good morning, dear all. I've been trying for weeks to figure out what the error is when generating JSON files en masse.
The statement is a for loop, in which JSON files are generated, but the application always closes completely and doesn't displa...
            Question regarding obsolete PB features
- Misc
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 months ago
Hi all, again!
A question out of pure curiosity:
Why, if an obsolete feature once existed, does Appeon decide to remove it? It would be great to keep it, even if its no longer updated, improved, or supported by Appeon. Why throw away so much work t...
            InfoMaker Page Break before last line
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Arnd Schmidt replied 4 months ago
Is there a way around the page break always printing the last line of data on a second page even if there is room on the page? I am working with a school and they want a large amount of data to print on the last page by itself. Ive tried doing it in ...
            Hi all,
I need to create an mdi form but i don't want the client area start a x position = 1 . I'd like to put a menu on the left side of my form and open alla my forms ( tabbed) in the mdi client area. I'm using pb 2025 and i remember this was poss...
            PowerBuilder creating multiple connections to DB in certain scenario
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
Hi Gurus
We are using PowerBuilder 2023R3, Sybase ASE 6.0 and SQL Server 19.
We have noticed that in certain condition, PB Client is creating a new connect to DB when doing a select to address table to fetch existing data.
Create New Account
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            PB2025 Script editor copy not working in Citrix
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- Issue
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 months ago
Recently installed PB2025 on both a local machine and a remote dedicated workstation accessed via Citrix. Trying to edit powerscript in the new editor, it appears the copy (Ctrl-C or toolbar or RMB popup menu) isn't working. Pasting what I just attem...
                    
            DBerror Event SQLERRTEXT getting truncated
- Issue
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
Hi Team,
I am raise error thru SQL server trigger , I am getting the full response when i am fire thru SSMS.At the same time if i am executing in PowerBuilder DB error event automatically truncating the error text is there any limitation.
            I have PBv11.5 created .Net Web Service target/app that is deployed to .Net on a Windows server (under .Net 3.5) and requires a PowerBuilder .NET runtime (PBCLTRT115_DOTNET.MSI) to be run/preinstalled on that server for the SOAP Web Services to funct...
            Inconsistent print behavior
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
My printer was preloaded A4 paper as the default paper and itreports wrong paper size with following code.
dw_1.Modify("DataWindow.Print.Paper.Size=256")
dw_1.Modify("DataWindow.Print.CustomPage.Length=297")
dw_1.Modify("DataWindow.Print.CustomPag...
            How to delete an ancestor's control including all descendants?
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- John Fauss replied 4 months ago
Hi,
what is the best procedure to remove a control from all window descendants?
I have deleted an ancestor's control.
I have tried steps from help: Browser/Window tab/show hierarchy/regenerate. It regenerates a few descendants well but many with e...
            Run time DLLs to use the PDFDocument object
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- Advice
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Raja Chinnappan replied 4 months ago
We are going to use PDFDocument object in our application.
Do we need any run time DLLs to be deployed along with the application to use the PDFDocument?
            PBNI & LUA -- Use PBNI to encapsulate the functions provided by Lua
- Advice
- Last updated 4 months ago
- YuSeok Kim replied 4 months ago
Can Appeon provide some Lua functional extension libraries encapsulated with PBNI, so that developers can use some functions that PB itself does not have, such as HashTable, and it can also provide another solution for multithreading.global type n_lu...
            Hello all,
PB 2025 3683, I converted my workspace to a solution without issues.
Now in some Windows I am missing some scripts. There is no script on the event.
Entering edit mode I can find, but not in the IDE - see following examples:
IDE:
Ed...
                    
            Customize my regional settings in my app
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- John Fauss replied 4 months ago
Good morning everyone. Is there any way to customize or define my regional settings for my app?
I have an app that apparently changes the regional settings, so in PowerBuilder I get this example:
June 5, 2025
sometimes it's reversed. 05/06/2...
            Runtime error. My app closes without displaying an error.
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- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- JOSE WILLIAM ROMERO OLIVOS replied 4 months ago
Good morning, everyone. Is there any way to identify or capture a runtime error? My PB 2022 R2 app simply crashes, completely dying without showing me an error.
I'm running a for loop and in that loop I generate some jsonfor i=1 to jfx_generate_json...
            Hello,
Using PB 2019R3 Build 2803, Runtime: 2703. 32 bit application
Getting the following error, when running the application
Load Library failed: dll name pbvm.dll, runtime path: C:\Appeon\PowerBuilder Runtime Packager\Runtime 19.2.0.2703
Thi...
                    
            App window becomes maximized after the screen turns on again
- How-to
- Last updated 4 months ago
- William Hong replied 4 months ago
I have set the screen to turn off in 1 minute after there is no operation on my Windows 10. But after the screen turns on again, my PB window will be maximized automatically, anyone knows why?
            Problems with RibbonBar: It consumes too much GDI resources.
- Issue
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 months ago
130 GDI handles / per RibbonBar control.
Our program uses Tab controls in many windows, with a large number of tabpages. In each tabpage, RibbonBar is used instead of CommonButton. However, one consequence of this is that the RibbonBar consumes too ...
            Appeon Web Library error: The column type does not match.
- Issue
- Last updated 5 months ago
- Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 4 months ago
Dear PowerBuilders colleagues,
I encountered this issue when using PowerBuilder 2019 R3 on the front end and SQLServer 2018 on the back end.
I deployed my application as a web application, created a package, and then installed it on the client serv...
            PowerBuilder IDE Crashing randomly on open or close of window
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- Issue
- Last updated 6 months ago
- Jeff Gibson replied 4 months ago
PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3397Windows 10 Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045, 4651)I have a contract that I'm deep in the middle of that is for a state federal organization that unfortunately can't release the code to Appeon to look for this bug. Either wa...
                    
            
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