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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  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
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Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  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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PowerBuilder 2021 Application is not running
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
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Hi everyone,      I migrated my source code from PowerBuilder 2019 to PowerBuilder 2021 , then I compiled my app in 64 Bit format. After that I created the MSI 64 runtime installer required to run my app in 64 bit.     The runtime Packager was inst...
Erick Siliezar Erick Siliezar
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MultiSubnetFailover on SQLNCLI11
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
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we are using dbparm to connect to ms sql server 2019 SET %DBPARM%=TrustedConnection=1,Database='%Database_Name%',Provider='SQLNCLI11',AppName='ixapp', Host='%username%.%computername%',Identity='SCOPE_IDENTITY()',Encrypt=1,TrustServerCertificate=1 ...
Daniel turner Daniel turner
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PB2021: Webbrowser and external Dll failure like Mw6
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  MARKOVIC Marko replied 2 years ago
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Hi, we have encountered that the webbrowser has bad interaction with external Dll's like MW6 which create QrCodes, for what reason ever. If someone can give the solution for that worked together, i'm in! We tried a workaround to user the QREncodeDe...
MARKOVIC Marko MARKOVIC Marko
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AUDIO MP3
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello Its only a question for knowledge   Is there an object to play mp3 records?? There is an object Animation, but it just calls .avi files.  Maybe in a webbrowser object, i dont know   Thanks
Samuel Sanchez Avila Samuel Sanchez Avila
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PB 2021: Copy & Paste Text from Word
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 2 years ago
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Hi, when the user copypaste text from Word that contains " or ' it will be replaced by ¿ , how can you explain that and what we can do to avoid this behaviour? The ' or " from Word are not the same hex value than normal ' or " from Ultraedit for ex...
MARKOVIC Marko MARKOVIC Marko
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How can I close GetOpenFileName Windows Common Dialogs after closing the App?
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  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi, everyone.   I made a application using GetOpenFileName Window API. (Powerbuilder 2019 R3) It is working well. But the dialog is still opened even the app was closed, if I didn't close manually the dialog. How can I close the dialog when close...
Jeong Hwan Jang Jeong Hwan Jang
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How to use SetSqlSelect on a report using SnapDevelop
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  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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We are migrating an existing PowerBuilder application to make use of SnapDevelop to handle the datawindow calls.  Our system has a reporting area, where we give the user a selection of criteria they can use to customize the report.  As the current sy...
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Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley
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Round corners in a window
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
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Hi... I have a silly question. Is it possible to have round corners in a window?   Something similar like if you turn on the TitleBar property in a DW. The DW corners instead of 90º square they become 90º Round.   Regards,   Clarence.
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Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
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Appeon server mistake
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  2.  FILIBERTO SOSA replied 2 years ago
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Hi everyone, I need your helps, I have a problems with the connection of the sessions because the session go to the limit, this error is because the sessions are not closed. In attaechment the problems. Two months ago, I wrote with similar problems ...
Jose Alberto Ochoa Medina Jose Alberto Ochoa Medina
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OPEN MDI from MDI
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hello Just a simple question, is there  way to open a windows with windowtype = mdi inside another mdi window? Open Function open 2different windows, but no second inside first one...   Just to know if its possible Thanks
Samuel Sanchez Avila Samuel Sanchez Avila
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Set color on part of the text under Datawindow RichText edit style column
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
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Dear Sir, User want to change color on part of text under a datawindow text column. I change the column edit style from "Edit" to "RichText" format. It allows user to select part of the text, and change it's font properties but changing color is not...
Edward Chan Edward Chan
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How to use unicode characters on a powerserver cloudapp
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  David Xiong @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi, is it possible to use unicode characters on powerserver cloudapp? On a native powerbuilder app we have to append "DisableBind=0,NCharBind=1" to the DBParm, if we don't use that, some chars are recognized as questions marks (?). Example: The fol...
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S&F Datentechnik S&F Datentechnik
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Set an environment variable
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Good morning communityI need to set an environment variable and read it later. I found: www://https://codeverge.com/sybase.powerbuilder.general/creating-setting-environment-vari/954332   I try to set it: FUNCTION boolean SetEnvironmentVariableA (...
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
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Powerbuilder 2022 - Missing PBX files
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Daryl Foster replied 2 years ago
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Hello everyone,    We start to evaluate Powerbuilder 2022 Beta with our application but at the migration we face a problem.  The common PBX files that come along with powerbuilder are not there. PB2022 there is only the PBDOM.PBX.   it will be ...
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Aquitetura Corporativa Unicred Aquitetura Corporativa Unicred
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Windows sdk for .net framework 4.0 was not installed. Soap proxy
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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PB 12.5   I am trying to save a webserver proxy using .NET I am getting the error:"Windows sdk for .net framework 4.0 was not installed." I installed the sdk: "InstallationFolder"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v10.0A\\bin\\NETF...
Dawn Browneyes Dawn Browneyes
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Using PBC210 cannot include resource files in PBD
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Building Application Blues: Being a small organisation with three developers and hence three Appeon licenses we do our building on a separate dedicated PC which does not have an Appeon license and so we use PBC1210.EXE (we are currently using Appeon...
  1.  PowerBuilder Compiler
Larry Peters Larry Peters
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PVVM170.dll wasn't found
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi guys, I installed PowerBuilder 2021 and I am trying to run the EZORDER demo executable, the app I am supposed to be building.  Everytime i run the app, in the new folder I created called fundamentals, I get this error message: Where can I fin...
Oscar Freeman Oscar Freeman
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SQL AnyWhere example database
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Hi guys, I am completely new to Powerbuilder and I want to follow the self-guided tutorial on Appeon's website.  It requires me to download SQL Anywhere 17, which I have done, and get the EAS Demo db vnn example database that comes along with SQL A...
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Oscar Freeman Oscar Freeman
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Are MS Accessibility Features & PowerBuilder Incompatible?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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I've noticed what I consider to be a large number of questions/issues raised on the QA Forum regarding PB applications experiencing performance problems and/or suddenly stopping/crashing... and in many/most of these cases, disabling of PB's used of M...
John Fauss John Fauss
  1. PowerBuilder
Runtime path not exist on PowerBuilder 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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I did  upgrade my application from PB2019 to PB2019R3 on my VM. It worked fine. Then I recompiled it and move to another server for users use. I got the error message : "Runtime path not exist, path C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\Common\PowerBuilder\R...
Kelvin Doan Kelvin Doan
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