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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  2.  Manuel Rivera replied 2 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
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Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  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
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COPYMEMORY
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years 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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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years 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 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years 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...
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  2.  PowerClient
Reto Stucki Reto Stucki
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full path where client app install was downloaded
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  damian jimenez replied 2 years 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
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Manage DB pwd for a PB app on a dev machine
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years 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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  2.  René Ullrich replied 2 years 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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  2.  Tim Bruce replied 2 years 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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  3.  SQL Server
Tim Bruce Tim Bruce
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Connecting to a GIT repository that is not secured (no SSL)
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
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I'm currently working a contract with a company that is trying to implement Source Control within their environment. Since they consider their code to be extremely sensitive, they didn't want to house a GIT repository outside of their firewall.  One...
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Jeff Gibson Jeff Gibson
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Web Application in PowerBuilder.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi Experts, My Client is asking an web application, Is it possible to develop a web application using PowerBuilder, If yes then kindly provide me the steps that I need to follow. Thanks Deva.s
Deva Shanmuga Deva Shanmuga
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SMTPClient without authentication
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  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
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Hi, How to use the new PB2022R2 SMTPClient without authentication? I mustn't authenticate to the SMTP server because it's set to reject authentication attempts. I tried simply not set username and password but I'm getting error -15 when I'm trying...
  1.  Authentication
  2.  Email
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
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PB2021 supports calls to WebServices using certificate files?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
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I have to call a WebServices using HTTPS and I need to pass the certificate file, I have seen it is possible in PB2022 but PB2021 has something similar or an alternate work around?
Raul Contreras Vargas Raul Contreras Vargas
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Problem with Web Browser in android app
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Jesus Perez replied 2 years ago
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Hi, i'm trying to use a Web Browser in android app but doesn't work, in fact i can't see it where is supposed to be What can i do?  I'm using PB2019 and powerserver 2020. Thanks
Jesus Perez Jesus Perez
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problem at migrating CEF to Webview2
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi Everyone,   I am trying to migrate my app from CEF to the new Webview2 control. I could manage to navigate to the desired html, load its javascript, register a PB user event, trigger the user event from Javascript and call EvaluateJavascriptAsy...
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András Balázs András Balázs
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GRID datawindow - restore UI issue
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
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allowing a user to move/resize columns is the main (only?) reason to use a grid dw. users EXPECT the system to remember their grid settings, and also expect a way to restore the original layout.  pretty much a standard of software since the mid 90s....
mike S mike S
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Pipeline Column Mismatch
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
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PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2170 We have a utility app that copies default data from a reference database (SQL Anywhere 12) to the users SQL Server database. The end user runs this utility when upgrading to a new version of the main application. The pr...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Power-Client -
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi Team, We have successfully deployed one of our PB application to powerclient build. Please let me know if there any solution for the below scenario. In external file tab, we have added the ini file in INI configuration and set the update strateg...
Rajkumar K S Rajkumar K S
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ClassName() Null object reference
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  2.  Tomas Beran replied 2 years ago
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PB2022 R2 2819, this code: window lw_wnd string ls_classname if ( IsNULL( lw_window )) then return ls_classname = ClassName( lw_window )   triggers "Null object reference" at line 4 exception. Is this correct and expected behavior?...
Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
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PBSHR.dll 0x0008ed1e
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi One of my users reported pbshr.dll appcrash 0xc0000005 at 0x0008ed1e Have you seen this error? If so can you please write where (what action triggers it)? Do you know what's at this offset and where is it called from? The occurrence is rare bu...
Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
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Simulate printing via DOS on PB
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Good morning!How to send a file with this content to a USB printer, simulating a paper cut.Example: I print a receipt at the cashier and I need it to be cut automatically by the printer.This is the contents of the file:blank lineblank lineblank lineE...
marco gaspar marco gaspar
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computed.expression - decimal point issue
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Jober Campos replied 2 years ago
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Hi I'm investigating a new strange behavior of PB2022. I've never seen it in previous PB versions. It looks like computed.expression='0.7' is sometimes interpreted as '0'. It looks like the part after the dot is cut off. Regular columns are not aff...
  1.  Computed Field
  2.  DataWindow
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tomas Beran Tomas Beran
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