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Hello, this setting works in my pb.ini for the PowerBuilder IDE. For a deployed application it does not have any effect. The pb.ini is located in the applications directory, next to the exe and pbd files. Does anyone have experience with thi...
We would like to create a PDF from a DataWindow that contains a hyperlink Is this possible? ...
Hello all, I posted a similar question/issue in a previous post, but this is a slightly different situation, but the same unsolved problem. I think I confused people by talking about "PSR to PDF", rather then just saying "Datawindow to PDF" ...
From a discussion thread dated approx. 8 months ago, I see where Native PDF generation can be utilized at execution time by adding NativePDF_Valid=1 (zero is the default) to the [Data Window] section of the pb.ini file. There is also a way to include...
I have a bunch of PDFs that are saved in our database using the OLE Database Blob control in a DataWindow.  Is there a way to save these PDFs as a standalone PDF file using code?  Right now, if I use the code below, I am unable to open the "Test.pdf"...
Hello, I am doing some research and trying to find a tool that will extract text from a PDF and dump into Power BI...thank you ...
Hi, We are currently using Amyuni with the lock/unlock calls to enforce single thread pdf generation. After watching Chriss elevate session I am assuming native PDF generation is not safe for Citrix and terminal server installs. Is this corr...
I have looking for ways to speed up PDF generation. I wanted to let everyone know my findings. My test was done in PB 2017 Build 1666. The DataWindow is a basic grid with enough rows to fill two and a half pages. I ran the test ten times for each ...
Hi all   My applications as my data windows are in Hebrew which is Right To Left . after installing the latest path for 2017 ( build 1681 ) the saveas function for pdf starts to converse the words in the pdf file . Does any one else got i...
When saving a dw as pdf (NativePDF method) and datawindow has fields in Hebrew, All the fields and text titles in Hebrew created in pdf are reversed. Any suggestions ? TIA Yosi ...
I have a process (PB 12.5.2) which generates a PDF of tax forms and saves them to the database for viewing later. The process is slow so I am looking for a method for generating the PDF entirely in-memory. I would then use UPDATEBLOB to save it in...
Hi All, Im working with the trial version of PowerBuilder 2017...currently using v 11.5.1. We currently use Ghostscript to SaveAS PDF.  Ghostscript also has functionality of being able to programically combine multiple PDFs into 1 PDF which has...
Hi all   After migrating an app to 2017 , what do i need to do within the code in order to save to pdf without any PDf printer installed or GS installed ?   Thanks   Moshe ...
When DWO is in preview mode, it looks fine on the screen. It prints fine too.  When savedas PDF! using the nativePDF! apporach, the resultant PDF introduces extra blank pages. dw_Main.Modify("Datawindow.Export.PDF.Method=NativePDF!") dw_Main.Modi...
The default for PDF is A4 instead of the using datawindows defined paper size.     This is some code i put together so that the pdf saves the way you probably expect it to:  it will use settings from the datawindow     ls_size = dw.descri...
Hi,   I would like to create a multipage document using PB 2017 PDf creation feaure. The task I have is to combine multiple invoices for a customer and send it to them in one PDF. How can I do that in PB 2017? Currently the dw retrieves one ...
One of our major reasons to switch to PB2107 was that we can get rid of Ghostscript.  After we made our first tests with NativePDF we are very disappointed: The quality of the PDF created via NativePDF is very bad compared with the one created via Gh...
When saving a dw as pdf (pdflib method) that has a picture and data then picture is not saved in the pdf. I use it to make invoices to send via email to costumers and thats a big bug. have i missed something? (the variable in pb.ini has bin set...
Hi, I did my first test of using the new native PDF SaveAs type, first with the scripted method from the help file:  dw_1.Modify ("DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = NativePDF!") dw_1.Modify ("DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.CustomOrientation = 2"...
A comment on a question from a few days ago leads me to this question. Is the new native PDF generation the default or do you have to set the DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method property? I saved a few PDF files but I am unsure which method it used.  ...

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