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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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  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
  1. PowerBuilder
Set application icon when building .exe with pbc170
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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The build generated by calling pbc170.exe creates .exe file without application icon. Another mystery is: the icon file is set when open application Addition Parameters within PB IDE. But exported application .sra file does not contain it.  How t...
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Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
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String field size per procedure
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Good Morning!I need to return a string value by a procedure in PB, but the data is not complete.Is there any solution for this case? Grateful.
marco gaspar marco gaspar
  1. PowerBuilder
Cryptography
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Alzate replied 2 years ago
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Hi, We are trying to encrypt log on information using Asymmetric Encryption RSA 2048 using PB17 R3 The Public Key is being provided by another system using OpenSSH which we are receiving as a .PEM file. When I try and use this Public Key to encryp...
  1.  Encryption
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Phil Roth Phil Roth
  1. PowerBuilder
Could not load file or assembly 'OracleManagedDataAccess'...
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Using PB2022 Beta I was able to take our existing client/server app and create a working PowerServer project.  However, after I uninstalled the Beta and installed PB2022 build 1878, the web version no longer works.  Trying a Build/Deploy gives the er...
  1.  Oracle
  2.  PowerServer
J-Craig Maxie J-Craig Maxie
  1. PowerServer
PowerBuilder 2021 login issue.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi,  I cannot login to PowerBuilder 2021, below error message displayed. Can you help ?
Chen Mey Lee Chen Mey Lee
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerFilter alternatives for modern Excel-like datawindow filtering?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Jim Reese replied 2 years ago
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Is there an alternative to PowerFilter? Does PB2017 R3 have capabilities for modern excel-like filtering? If not, are there any plans for that in 2018 (and beyond) versions?
Dmitry Nevelev Dmitry Nevelev
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Cloud Launcher Folder?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Just started working with PB22 but it appears I'm missing some files.  Since the Cloud Launcher was introduced, all runtimes included the CloudAppInstall folder.       However, with PB22 runtime, I don't see that folder anymore.  I made sure eve...
Shenn Sellers Shenn Sellers
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Is it possible to do a "Bulk Update" on C# DataStores?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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I'm looking into making updates to a database. So far I have normal updates working "datastore.Update();" However I'm curious if there is a way to do Bulk Updates with the C# datastores? 
  1.  C#
  2.  .NET DataStore
Igor Perisic Igor Perisic
  1. .NET DataStore
Title: PowerServer failed to start. Failed to verify the license
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Bryant Burnard replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
PB 2021 Build 1509, Oracle 19 Something has changed in my environment, and not sure what else to check. I manually checked each of the sites mentioned in the error message:   https://apips.appeon.com, https://apips.appeon.net, https://apipsoa.appeo...
Bryant Burnard Bryant Burnard
  1. PowerServer
Less than sign is converting to ('%lt;) in DW to XML file save
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 2 years ago
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I have a DW save to XML file then eventually to KML file (GOOGLE EARTH) project, where I need to append this predefined XML as a HEADER section (below is a small sample) to the top of the DW generated XML file.  how do I prevent Powerbuilder from con...
alex co alex co
  1. PowerBuilder
Appointment template
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, Anybody have a template like this appointment system (Calendar view) ?. This is just design. 
SHAMEEM KAKKAD SHAMEEM KAKKAD
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 6.5 - Deploy in network directory
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, I have an application in PowerBuilder 6.5. I wanted to know if it is possible to deploy it on a network directory and be executed by several users and workstations. Are there any contraints for its implementation ? Thank you for your answers.
  1.  PowerBuilder
Najim AIT EL ASRI Najim AIT EL ASRI
  1. PowerBuilder
Changing Tab-Text Color with themes active
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  kitty he @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi,   is there a way to change the Tab-text color dynamicly while themes are active? We tried disabling drawing of the tab-control in the theme.json. But when using a dark theme it doesn't look good at all. Regards Stefan    
Stefan Zierold Stefan Zierold
  1. PowerBuilder
Converting External dlls from PB to C#
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi! I am converting a few PowerBuilder apps to C# but I am not sure how to convert dlls from PowerBuilder to C#. One of my dlls in PB is defined as FUNCTION longptr Decrypt(ref longptr decryptMem) LIBRARY "DecryptDLL.dll" alias for "Decrypt;Ansi" ...
  1.  C#
Igor Perisic Igor Perisic
  1. PowerScript Migrator
Select Error: Transaction does not exist. Transaction ID
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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We are in the process of converting our application to a PowerBuilder application. We use dynamic connections and after a while we get the following message. 'Select Error: Transaction does not exist. Transaction ID xxxx-xxxx-xxx-xx-xx' We don't c...
Stèphan Eizinga Stèphan Eizinga
  1. PowerServer
WebBrowser Control and the Escape-Key - PB 2019 R3 LTS
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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I wonder why the ESC-Key does not work for Input Fields on websites in the WebBrowser Control. For example https://www.google.com Escape-Key does not fire :-( I ran into that issue while porting OLE WebBrowser Control to PowerBuilder's WebBrowser ...
Arnd Schmidt Arnd Schmidt
  1. PowerBuilder
Webbrowser navigate returns -1
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi all, The Navigate function always returns -1 even with static url.Here is a sample code: is_url = message.StringParmli_navigate = wb_1.Navigate("http://www.appeon.com") // Return -1li_navigate = wb_1.Navigate(is_url) // Return -1 Any idea? Tha...
Rachid Sbaibi Rachid Sbaibi
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Retrieval argument issue
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
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Hello, Using PB 2019 R3, PostgreSQL 11.11, compiled by Visual C++ build 1914, 64-bit, PgAdmin 4.27 When I run the below query in PgAdmin, it works correct SELECT x::time FROM generate_series(timestamp '2000-01-01', timestamp '2000-01-01 23:59', in...
  1.  PostgreSQL
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
New PDF Builder (beta feature) in pb2022ga
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Steen Jakobsen replied 2 years ago
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Hi,   Anyone tried this new PB2022 PDF feature : New PDF Builder (beta feature) - - What's New (appeon.com)   Thanks Steen
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerScript (PS)
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. PowerBuilder
Custom Font in DataWindow PDF Generation from .NET Web Service
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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I have a .NET Webservice that when called, generates a DataWindow from DataWindow Syntax passed in as a parameter. The service then creates a PDF file from the generated DataWindow using SaveAS. It then takes that PDF and saves it to a row in a datab...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Font
  3.  PDF
  4.  PowerBuilder
  5.  Web Service
Christopher Gonzalez Christopher Gonzalez
  1. PowerBuilder

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