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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
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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
PB R3 just spinning
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
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Using PB R3 Build 2670 and all of sudden whenever I open up the application my mouse cursor just constantly shows that the PB IDE is busy.  I can't do anything within the IDE but kill the process in Task Manager. I already uninstalled and reinstalle...
Shenn Sellers Shenn Sellers
  1. PowerBuilder
PB users in civic services
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
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Good morning!   I would like to connect with PowerBuilder 2017Rx or 2019R3 users in the civic services domain. Thank you 
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
Peter Andrews Peter Andrews
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer2021 Beta: SQL Select Error: Execution Timeout Expired
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Zhang JX replied 4 years ago
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To all, I am testing on the PowerServer2021 Beta CloudApp deployment, and hit error when retrieving a report with large amount of data - took around 15second to retrieve the report. Observed such Phenomenon: 1st try got below error message, while n...
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Trap validation Error on DDDW
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  William Beale replied 4 years ago
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I’m trying to trap an item error event message to enable a user to enter a new text value to a code-based drop down datawindow.  The DDDW is set to allow editing. ‘Empty String is NULL’ is checked. Is not set as a ‘required’ column. The DB is MS SQL...
William Beale William Beale
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 R3 compile problem
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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I just ran my first 2019 R3 compile, and ran into a problem. On my development machine, when I tried to run the executable, I received an error message:"The code execution cannot proceed because pbvm.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fi...
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Douglas Holt Douglas Holt
  1. PowerBuilder
Opening C# .NET window from PB resizes PB and everything in it
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Using PB 2019 R2 build 2353We built a C# .NET screen to be used by both our Powerbuilder and C# .NET WPF applications. I wrote in C# .NET a function that takes 8 arguments (all strings) and returns 1 string. The function uses those arguments to open ...
Scott Gorke Scott Gorke
  1. PowerBuilder
Getchild not working after upgrade
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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I migrated a Powerbuilder application from 8.0 to 2019 R2. I have a Getchild call that is returning -1 but it works in 8.0. There have been no modifications. Is there something I should consider about the datawindowchild after a migrationmigra?
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Migration
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Raymond Longoria Raymond Longoria
  1. PowerBuilder
SQL Server and PBMaxBlobSize in PB 2017 R2
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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We are connecting to SQL Server using ODBC Driver 11. Any embedded SQL using SELECTBLOB or UPDATEBLOB truncates data at 32K, which is the default for a SQL Server driver. I have been unable to modify the default size to 1 GB, either by setting PBM...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  SQL Server
Don Olliver Don Olliver
  1. PowerBuilder
Database connection
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Vladimir K. replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi,   How to connect to MS SQL SERVER 2019 using the Database  Profiles in  Powerbuilder    Thank you and Regards,   Benjie  
Benjamin Trinidad Benjamin Trinidad
  1. PowerBuilder
'full build'
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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"build" in application development has a specific meaning and that is not what that is. the terminology should have been corrected years (decades!) ago.  such a simple fix. smh        
mike S mike S
  1. PowerBuilder
Shellexecute with Printto
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
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I have an application that uses ShellExecute and Printto to Batch print documents.  The program needs to be very specific and print them in order.  The issue I am having is the order.  When I send the batch print, based on what native application is ...
Rick Domogalik Rick Domogalik
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 r3 SourceControl: GIT - Save taking longer
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Recent upgraded to pb2019 r3 from pb2019 r2 / source control - GIT   it takes longer to save changes.  Other panels will flash.   What is PB doing differently from r2 to r3 during the save process? Thanksjeff
Jeff Hersey Jeff Hersey
  1. PowerBuilder
Question about Powerclient feature in Powerbuilder 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
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Hi....our office is using Powerbuilder 2019 R3. We currently compile our project but use a 3rd party software instalshield to create the install for the users.....I see R3 has the Powerclient feature....but in reading the documentation is sounds like...
Mickeal Farris Mickeal Farris
  1. PowerBuilder
SqlExecutor.Select Question
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Thomas Chiu replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Our team is starting to develop WebApi's using Appeon's Snapobjects.  One of the main libraries we are using is the SqlExecutor class to create our data access layer. One of the things that got us confused was the ability to use the SqlExecutor.Sele...
Thomas Chiu Thomas Chiu
  1. SnapObjects
export data in specific JSON-Format
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I'm looking for a way to generate data in a specific JSON format to sent it to a unknown web server.  I have two tables (table1 with column1, column2, column3 and table2 with column2, column4). The table1 has a foreign key to table2 (column2). ...
Wilko Lindemann Wilko Lindemann
  1. .NET DataStore
Rest API error from Quasar-405 HTTP Method not supported!
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Alessandro Bracco replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hi All I'm trying create a REST API based on below video, and getting error like below :   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRKNPA1EM_ofeature=emb_logo) It could be possibile to dowloand the sample in the video somewhere?   Thank you very muc...
Alessandro Bracco Alessandro Bracco
  1. SnapDevelop
Datawindow embedded data
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  William Hicks replied 4 years ago
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Using PB 2017 R3 build 1915 I have a datawindow that has a row of data unintentionally embedded in it in. Using 'edit text' on the datawindow I see a data entry immediately after the stored procedure reference. It prevents the normal retrieval behav...
  1.  DataWindow
William Hicks William Hicks
  1. PowerBuilder
Capture ‘ENTER’ in Ribbonbar Combobox
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Is there any Possibility to catch Enter Key press in Ribbonbar Combobox?
Dainis Mors Dainis Mors
  1. PowerBuilder
SnapDevelop2021 to run on IP not localhost
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Daryl Foster replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, Need help, am learning SnapDevelop2021 beta when i run SnapDevelop2021 beta the app start well and i get below response. ...Now listening on : http://0.0.0.0:5009 i want to be change to http://myip:5009   Was able to change IIS (Default web...
mathews rutto mathews rutto
  1. SnapDevelop
PB 2019 R3 crashes on context menus with MenuImage
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I recently migrated my application from PB 2017 R3 (1880) to PB 2019 R3 (2670). One issue is that PB crashes if a context menu is populated with the PopMenu(x,y) function. The crash happens only in the runtime version, not when I start it f...
  1.  Crash
  2.  Icon
  3.  Menu
  4.  PowerBuilder
Martin Kaltenböck Martin Kaltenböck
  1. PowerBuilder

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