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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 4 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
Is creating your own ActiveX wrapper for a visual .Net control still the best option to consume in PB 22
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  1. Last updated 6 hours ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 4 hours ago
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We current use a 3rd party ActiveX control (Accusoft ImageGear) from years ago in our classic PB apps. They do not have ActiveX controls anymore. They only have .Net components. If we want to upgrade, is the best approach to create an ActiveX control...
Ed Van Haren Ed Van Haren
  1. PowerBuilder
Could not open connection to SQL server error from Powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 5 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 hours ago
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Hi,   I am trying to setup the Powerbuilder application in my local laptop and it is working fine from citrix environment. I am using powerbuilder 2022 R3 version and trying to connect to SQL server. I have the SQL native client 2012 installed on t...
Sailaja Sumanam Sailaja Sumanam
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Release memory from datastore array
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  1. Last updated 9 hours ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 hours ago
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Dear all, I have heavy use of datastore array within an NVO and since it's batch operation I try to release memory, with very limited  It's something like that: u_nvo_test uo_testdatastore lds_try//simple "external" data object with three fields a...
Amit De Picciotto Amit De Picciotto
  1. PowerBuilder
TFS - Working With PB
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  1. Last updated 10 hours ago
  2.  John Valentin replied 7 hours ago
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So I have a new laptop. It seems that Visual Explorer 2013 couldn't be installed so we have a purchased Visual Studio 2013. We do have a licesnse for it but when I try to register it, I get an invalid key. I believe Microsoft will not support this an...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  TFS
John Valentin John Valentin
  1. PowerBuilder
Enabling Printing for PowerBuilder Application via HTML5 Webpage
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  1. Last updated 8 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 hours ago
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Hello , We are working on Powerbuilder 2019 R3 version. Client is trying to launch Citrix through HTML5 and it launch our appliaction successfully but printer functionality is not working there . As per as client , through HTML5 we cannot connect ...
himanshi tayal himanshi tayal
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Application getting crashed with connection errors
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  1. Last updated 13 hours ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 9 hours ago
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Hi All, We have a PowerBuilder based application build on PB 2017 R3 and its getting crashed with connection error frequently and attached the error snap shot as attachment. Can you please check and kindly provide your advises.  
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SANTHOSH S SANTHOSH S
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Dropdownlistbox items background - theme change
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  1. Last updated 12 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 10 hours ago
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Hi I am currently using Powerbuilder 2022 R2 where we are adding themes to our application.  We want to add a color to the hover state of a dropdownlistbox. The current color is as shown below.  We want to change the blue in the item list to #c4...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Theme
Deepti Nimmagadda Deepti Nimmagadda
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there way to set a different color of the selected row for active and inactive datawindow?
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  1. Last updated 15 hours ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 11 hours ago
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Hi I'd like set different colors of selected row for active and inactive datawindow. Ie. I have 2 grid DW in the window. First is active  - have focus and I preffer blue color of a selected's row. Second is inactive and I preffer here gray color ...
Břetislav Černík Břetislav Černík
  1. PowerBuilder
AppeonMobile Beta Has Expired. Any work around this issue?
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  1. Last updated 2 months ago
  2.  Benjamin Daniels replied 1 day ago
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Did something change with TestFlight and AWS for iOs with PowerServer 2020? When I installed TestFlight and them I go to the link to start testing AWS for iOs now I get a message "AppeonMobile Beta Has Expired". and the OK option. Any work around t...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Strange errors occurred after upgrading to PowerBuilder 2022 R3 3391 version.
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  1. Last updated 1 day ago
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Hi. I think there are some problems in version 3391. For example, the code snippet below works without any problems. But sometimes this line gives errors. A code that works continuously with a timer. But sometimes it gives the error below. I bypasse...
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Murat Yurdakul Murat Yurdakul
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Windows classic style with external manifest
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  1. Last updated 2 days ago
  2.  Tim Rehder replied 2 days ago
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Hi, we use several ActiveX components in our application that we have to register during installation. To simplify this process, we are currently looking into Side by Side manifests to access the ActiveX components without the need for registration...
Tim Rehder Tim Rehder
  1. PowerBuilder
IDE: registrationfree use of ActiveX-Controls - Use of Manifest file
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 2 days ago
4 replies
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Hi, We currently use some ActiveX controls in Powerbuilder. To be able to use the ActiveX controls without registering them at runtime, we decided to add manifest entries for the corresponding DLL files. The DLLs are deployed by us relative to the E...
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  3.  Installation
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Tobias Roth Tobias Roth
  1. PowerBuilder
How to get, change, then reset the default printer
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 days ago
3 replies
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Hi all, In my application, I have a user event for printing to a label printer, triggered from a right mouse menu option. I'm wondering how to get and save the current default printer, call PrintSetup() to allow the user to select the label printer...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Local Kestrel server error cannot reach license server
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Esau Redwan replied 3 days ago
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Running local kestrel server for powerserver is giving error that it cannot reach the powerserver license server. This use to work fine for us. I am attempting to run the local kestrel server to start recording in Jmeter for load testing the applica...
Esau Redwan Esau Redwan
  1. PowerServer
Self signed certificate in certificate chain
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  Pushparaj V replied 3 days ago
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Hi    We are trying to add OAuth Authentication in our Application, in my machine where the initial code was developed the authentication works fine, however when I share the code/Exe with team members in their machine it is not working, the first ...
Pushparaj V Pushparaj V
  1. PowerBuilder
Is DataLoad compatible with PowerServer 2020 and PB 2019 R3 ?
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 days ago
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Hello Appeon community.    Does anyone of you have experience with the use of DataLoad with PowerServer 2020 and PB 2019 R3? And if yes can you please share us more information? Thanks in advance!
Carmina GARCIA ALONSO Carmina GARCIA ALONSO
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
How to give the height to options window in dropdown?
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  1. Last updated 5 days ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 days ago
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Hi Team,    How to fix or give the height to the options windows in dropdown, please refer below image. we are using the Style Type of the dropdown is "DropDownListBox" and we gave the static values in the code table.  
santosh kumar balla santosh kumar balla
  1. PowerBuilder
Certificate for direct migration from PB 12.5 to PB 2022
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  1. Last updated 3 days ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 days ago
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Hi everyone, Just wanted to ask if there is any certification or documentation confirming that it's okay to migrate directly from PB 12.5 to PB 2022. Thank you.
  1.  Migration
  2.  PB Classic
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Avory Rose Pastoral Avory Rose Pastoral
  1. PowerBuilder
Issue related to loading the options in dropdown after migrating to PB 2022 R2.
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  1. Last updated 1 week ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 days ago
3 replies
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Hi Team, Previously, we worked with PB 2021, and last year we migrated to PB 2022 R2. After the migration, we encountered an issue with a dropdown button that loads options from an SRD file. On the first click, all options are visible (e.g. 4 option...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
santosh kumar balla santosh kumar balla
  1. PowerBuilder
Drag and Drop emails from Outlook Web version
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  1. Last updated 4 days ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 days ago
1 reply
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Hi All,  So far, we have been using a third-party DLL called dddll.dll to drop emails from outlook application to our PowerBuilder application. But it is not working for newer version of Outlook that is we based. Is there a way we can achieve this f...
Ameer Hamza Ameer Hamza
  1. PowerBuilder

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