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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 7 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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  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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Power Builder Upgrade | Dw2xls Library
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Ramón San Félix Ramón replied 1 month ago
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We are currently in the process of enhancing our systems, and as part of this effort, we are looking to upgrade our PowerBuilder version from 2017 to PB 2022. In this transition, one critical consideration involves our internal reports that rely on t...
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Veerender Khanna Veerender Khanna
  1. PowerBuilder
Calling C# class dll in powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 1 month ago
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Hi Team,We have a requirement to modify the printer settings, earlier tried calling WIN API from powerbuilder but for some reason it got failed, so decided to create a C# dll and to call it.The C# dll works as expected and tested using console app. I...
  1.  DLL
  2.  .NET Core 3.1
Subbiya Vasumoorthy Subbiya Vasumoorthy
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ImportDatawindow returning -1 for SP datasource
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Dale Burts replied 1 month ago
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Hi,   I am trying use PDFDocument object to import datawindow to print. It seems that if the datawindow datasource is a Stored Procedure then ImportDatawindow is returning -1.   PDFDocument lpdf_doc Long ll_return   dw_1.SetTransObject(SQLCA) ...
Preetish Agarkhed Preetish Agarkhed
  1. PowerBuilder
Export PDF from datawindow with content hyperlinks
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 month ago
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In a datawindow object it is possible to insert an object of type hyperlink, which when exported to Pdf, hyperlinks also work. 
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  2.  Export
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RAUL GIL RAUL GIL
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2025 PBNative source control (unsupported?)
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 1 month ago
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Hi, Is it correct that PB Native Source Control is not supported when using the new compiler. If is there a step-by-step description (or video much more preferred) on how to set op PB with GIT source control ?   Also, will there be another beta d...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Source Code
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. Beta Testing
Error al presentar valores con decimales, los presenta todo entero.
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Jvlas419 Velasquez replied 1 month ago
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Cordiales Saludos....   Tengo el siguiente inconveniente con PB2019 r2 2328, cuando corro un script en el plsql de oracle los valores me recupera con el punto decimal, es decir para el ejemplo de este valor se ve de la siguiente manera, 234456.98 y...
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Jorge Humberto Peralta Molina Jorge Humberto Peralta Molina
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MAP Navigation
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
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Hello we are looking for a good solution for navigation to a given destination within a Powerbuilder 22R3 app. e.g. google maps in webview2. what is the best way to do something like this? using a URL call or using MapsAPI.   Thanks Heribert ...
Heribert Goeckel Heribert Goeckel
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The UI have changed when upgrade to 2022
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Johan Wallén replied 2 months ago
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Hello,   When I upgrade from version 2019 to 2033 the UI has changed for all controls. Is there an easy way to get the old look and feel back? I think I did a fix when I upgrade to 2019 but I have forgot how I did it.     Version 2019   Vers...
Johan Wallén Johan Wallén
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Recent experience run PB on MS Surface Copilot+ ?
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 2 months ago
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Hi all,Before I settle on next laptop to buy as my personal dev PC -- does anybody have good/bad experience run recent versions of PowerBuilder on Microsoft Surface Copilot+ Pro = ARM based processor? /Michael - turning focus back to PB!
Michael Kramer Michael Kramer
  1. PowerBuilder
Run PowerBuilder in MacOs (M3 harware) using Parallels
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Arthur Hefti replied 2 months ago
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Hi,   Can i run PowerBuilder 2022 R3 on MacOS (M3 hardware) using the Parallels Desktop. It features the Windows 11 Arm. But is there an emulator option to use x86 applications like PowerBuilder? I hope this makes sense, as i really want to get o...
  1.  macOS
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
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How to get mobile devices to access my powerserver app
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Orlando Alavarez replied 2 months ago
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I am using PB 2022 R3 and Powerserver. I would like to access my app that is on my cloud via my mobile application, which is an android app. I can get to the launch page, download the installer but it blows up after that. Can someone just send me in ...
Louis Arena Louis Arena
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PBTableOwner Issue
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
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PB/IM 2022 / SQL Server ODBC Connection. Our main database has dbo as table owner. A lesser used database has a different owner and was giving errors trying to select from the tables. This included viewing in the DB Painter and attempting to create ...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Tooltip / generic solution - this column
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 months ago
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Hi guys,   We have an inputscreen with about 100 inputfields. My goal is to have a database driven tooltip functionality. I can create a global function that has inputarguments for example : the column name and the language of the user How can i...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Not able to access the power builder EXE using Outlook add-in
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 months ago
4 replies
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Hi Team, We are using power builder version 2022, build 1900 to develop the windows application which handle motor vehicle insurance. We are using outlook (32-bit) add-in which is developed using visual basic which converts the selected email to PD...
Praveen Subramaniam Praveen Subramaniam
  1. PowerBuilder
Security risk with SnapDevelop’s Datawindow Converter tool
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 2 months ago
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Hello, Community. I apologize in advance if I seem naive or ignorant in asking for help on the following topic: SnapDevelop API projects based on the Datawindow Converter tool use the appsettings.json file, which contains the database's connection ...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. SnapDevelop
Connecting to MSOLEDBSQL using access token, issue with the DBparm length
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Jostein Ullestad replied 2 months ago
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Hi   We are attempting to connect to MSOLEDBSQL using an Access Token, but it is failing. We need some advice on this issue. We have tried the following setups: PowerBuilder 2022 R3 Build 3356 PowerBuilder 2025 Build 3398   We successfully...
  1.  Database
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  MSOLEDBSQL
Jostein Ullestad Jostein Ullestad
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.NET web service fails to connect to database
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 2 months ago
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Hi, I have a .NET web service built with PB 2017 R3 that fails to connect to an ASE 16 database. Web server: Windows Server 2019 / IIS 10 / ASE 15.7 DB client DB server: ASE 16 Webserver is set up with:- PB 2017 R3 runtime files (32 and 64 bit) a...
  1.  Database
  2.  Web Service
Harald Høgestøl Harald Høgestøl
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Ghostscript problem with Pwerbuilder 2019 on Win11
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 months ago
4 replies
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Hi, I have a problem when saving DW content in PDF format using Distill! mode . Windows 11 PowerBuilder 2019 R2 Ghostscript 9.19 , 9.27 or 9.56 (I tried with all versions...) with any version of ghostscript the created PDF is empty.Using Win10 t...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Luca Militello Luca Militello
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to get the rows count with SQLCA.sqlnrows with ADO.NET Provider
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  David Xiong @Appeon replied 2 months ago
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I am using the configuration below to connect to the database using the ADO.NET provider, and it connects successfully.  // Profile ADOTest SQLCA.DBMS = "ADO.Net"SQLCA.LogPass = **************SQLCA.LogId = "***"SQLCA.AutoCommit = FalseSQLCA.DBParm ...
Sreekanth Thorpunuri Sreekanth Thorpunuri
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Trapping the pbm_lbuttondown event within the object the event is defined in
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Jeff Gibson replied 2 months ago
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I'm in the process of mocking up a tool style window that will allow me to place grippers on the window depending on where the window is located within the MDI frame. I need to be able to click on this area/gripper. I added a mouse down (pbm_lbutton...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
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Jeff Gibson Jeff Gibson
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