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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 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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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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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
PB2019R3 Execute Stored Procedure crashes
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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We have migrated our applications from PB10/12.5 to PB2019R3.  We have a lot of stored procedures being called via the Declare/Execute statements.  When the process gets to the Execute statement it crashes the application.   We are connecting to MSS...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Connie Dove Connie Dove
  1. PowerBuilder
I need a windows SDK .net for Windows version 10
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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I am trying to create proxies and I am getting the error: Windows SDK for .Net Framework 4.0 was not installed.  Please install it before use this feature. I searched and I found I have to download:   Download Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and...
Dawn Browneyes Dawn Browneyes
  1. PowerBuilder
List Images used in PB Application
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
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Hi All, Is there an easy way of listing all images/icons used/referenced in objects within a Powerbuilder Application? I am hoping to modernize a lot of the icons/images we use but need a comprehensive list of everywhere they have been used within ...
  1.  Icon
  2.  Picture
  3.  PowerBuilder
Michael Hartnett Michael Hartnett
  1. PowerBuilder
Serena CM build tool and PB 12.6 - no images are shown in app
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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We are using PVCS and Serena Dimensions CM to build a PB 12.6 app.  The icon and bmps are in the pbr and are in the PVCS subdirectories.  But when the application is built, they are not included in the EXE (which is where the pbr is).  What do I have...
Dawn Browneyes Dawn Browneyes
  1. PowerBuilder
Custom Theme Control Buttons
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All, Hoping to get hold of Ronnie Po's EPS file for creating Custom Theme Image files for window Control Buttons. As part of the - "Themifying" a Mature PowerBuilder Application: Aging Gracefully in a New Skin - session video, Ronnie had said he...
Michael Hartnett Michael Hartnett
  1. Elevate Discussion
32-bit ODBC for SQL Anywhere
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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When choosing a Database Configuration for the PowerServer project, it only lists 64-bit SQL Anywhere 17 odbc's.  Is it not supported with 32-bit ODBC?
  1.  Database Driver
  2.  PowerServer
Olaf Brungot Olaf Brungot
  1. PowerServer
Use C# for Replace() function
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 2 years ago
8 replies
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2 votes
Hi, TIP: I don't know if anyone has a similar function, so this is just a tip. We have a global function "f_str_replace()", which uses a loop with the powerbuilder Pos() and Replace() functions to replace all occurrences of an "old" piece of strin...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
how to change the image of a picture control to a built-in image in code
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  kevin kevin rowe replied 2 years ago
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I have a picture control in a user defined object that will be set by a function call  If I pass a disk file name, the function works. If I pass a built-in file name like the one that it displays correctly if unchanged ("Prior1!") like "CustomerBig!...
  1.  Picture
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  RibbonBar
kevin kevin rowe kevin kevin rowe
  1. PowerBuilder
Calling a WS using httpClient with a text with accent cause error
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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hello all We are using this code to call a WebService :Please help  lo_client = Create httpClient lo_client.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml;charset=UTF-8") lo_client.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction", ls_soap_action) lo_client.SetRequestH...
  1.  HTTPClient
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Web Service
Cesar Albospino Cesar Albospino
  1. PowerBuilder
PS 2020 to PS 2021 migration
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  VINOD NAIR replied 2 years ago
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We are currently running our web application on PS 2020 on Azure. We have several clients and in AEM we define the connection caches for each client. These connection caches reside in connection-cache.config file. When a server is provisioned all we ...
VINOD NAIR VINOD NAIR
  1. PowerServer
Obsolete SaveAsType DataWindow constant
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All, I am trying to migrate my application from PB 7.0 to PB 2017.  When I used Migration Assistant, I got the following error message :- "Obsolete SaveAsType DataWindow constant". Could you please suggest a workaround for this error mess...
  1.  Data
Ankush Rai Ankush Rai
  1. PowerBuilder
power client
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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hi, i am trying to use power client i notice that the deployed libraries on client machine are very small in size each pbd become a folder contains a small file where is the actual code and how it works regards  
ayman ahmad ayman ahmad
  1. PowerBuilder
IDE showing open script.. under declare variable
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hello all..  This started happening suddenly.   I have done the obvious .. logged out.. rebooted.. rebuilt .. reconnectedDB  etc etc. Happens everywhere..     If I created a new window..  and add a global or instance variable.. when I look at the...
Ravi Pathirane Ravi Pathirane
  1. PowerBuilder
SQL Server / ODB ODBC and PBMaxBlobSize in PB 21
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Paul Shue replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Selectblob is returning only 32767 characters using PB21 and SQL server using ODB ODBC database profiles. I have modified the C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder 21.0\IniCache\pbodb.ini sections for both [Microsoft Sql Server] and [Sql Server]...
Paul Shue Paul Shue
  1. PowerBuilder
How to use nested Json data class?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Zhang JX replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Hi all, I am trying to work on API service for our ERP system Invenotry function, need make use of nested Json structure to pass values: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Newtonso...
  1.  C#
  2.  JSON
  3.  SnapDevelop
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. SnapDevelop
Dynamic RIBBON BAR
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  lingaiah T replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Dear Team, Is there any advise to create dynamic ribbon bar without xml or menu? I want to read data from sqlserver Table.  Top Level1 - Sales         Level2- Asset Sales              level3- 1 . Fixed Asset sales              level3- 2 . Curre...
lingaiah T lingaiah T
  1. PowerBuilder
Using PB C# Migration tools to Create a Blazor Application
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Alexander Strelkov replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Everyone It's late frinday afternoon and I have spent the day musing an idea: Can I use the Snap Develop C# migration tools to rapidly migrate a PB application to Web using Blazor Server and .Net Datastore for the data access layer? Obviously t...
  1.  SnapDevelop
  2.  .NET DataStore
David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. SnapDevelop
POWERBUILDER DYNAMIC REPORTS
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Dear Team, In powerbuilder 2021, or any older version, Can you have a Dynamic reports like Crystal reports?  
lingaiah T lingaiah T
  1. PowerBuilder
Provision to choose Color palette similar to powerpoint while displaying Charts in Powerbuilder
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hello Team, We have implemented charts in our application. But colors in it are constant. Is there a provision to give users a color palete, so that if the user chooses ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Dhanya K Dhanya K
  1. PowerBuilder
Migration from PB 2017 R3 to PB 2019 R3
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi, Our source code is in power builder 2017 R3 Build 1880 and using Microsoft Visual Source Safe Version 6.0 (VSS) for source code repository, now we are migrating our power builder 2017 source code to power builder 2019 R3 Build 2728, After migra...
sachidhanantham ramalingam sachidhanantham ramalingam
  1. PowerBuilder

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