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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 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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  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
Theme's problem
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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When I apply a Theme, windows can be resized by clicking on the border, even when the window's resizable property is disabled. Any ideas ? in the first image when I click on the border (painted yellow) it can make the window smaller as seen in image...
Marcelo Gil Marcelo Gil
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Migration from PB2017 to PB2021 - coolmenu.dll not compatible.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
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Greetings We are currently migrating from PB2017 to PB2021 and we have a software in production with multiple clients that stood with us for several years, it is critical to keep the library coolmenu.dll until we get enough time to refactorize it to...
  1.  Compiler
  2.  Configuration
  3.  Deployment
  4.  DLL
  5.  Error
  6.  Migration
  7.  PowerBuilder
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Esteban STD Esteban STD
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"ShareData" on DATA tabpage of a datawindow. What's it good for?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
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Hi, Does anyone know what this "ShareData" is for on the Data tab of a dw? Is it just an indicator to programmers that this dw shares data with another? Not much happens when you click on it, except for toggling the check on the contextual menu ......
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
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PowerServer setup issues
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 2 years ago
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I am new to PowerServer and trying to get my test environment setup.  I have watched the video from Elevate and tried to follow along, but there is a step I am missing somewhere.  I have setup a new internal IIS server for the test.  Added an FTP sit...
Rick Domogalik Rick Domogalik
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Upgrade to new ide version
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Malek Taha replied 2 years ago
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Hi    I haver an application compiled with an earlier version of the 2019 runtime ide. I upgraded my PB version to 2728 when i open the app  i get the message "The version you used to full build the target :LabelLibrary" is different from the curre...
Malek Taha Malek Taha
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Application PB freeze
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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Bonjour, j'ai plusieurs applications en Powerbuilder 2017 R3. Parmi ces applications, j'ai une seule qui se freeze de façon aléatoire et de façon intempestive.  J'ai remarqué que cela se prodduisait lorsque la température du processeur est supérie...
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  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Nathalie Meurant Nathalie Meurant
  1. PowerBuilder
dw_1.SaveAs() Functionality
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Jason Lipman replied 2 years ago
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Hello Fellow PB People, Powerbuiler 2019 R2 Here's one I have not run into yet. When utilizing SaveAs() with a valid filename in the parameters, it will not allow the popup, but automagically saves to the current directory. To assist the users, I...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Jason Lipman Jason Lipman
  1. PowerBuilder
Problema con tipo de dato, en parametro
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Walther Rodriguez replied 2 years ago
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El problema es que el modelo crea el parametro del Datawindow con un tipo de dato distinto al que esta en el Datawindow, o en la tabla o en store procedure y esto genera el error: " Select Error: The Byte type is not compatible with the data type of...
Walther Rodirguez Walther Rodirguez
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Can't find a Display Format
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
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Hi, We have a legacy PB 2021 application where a number of character DataWindow columns have a display format of [general] - note the lower case g. In the column properties of the DW painter, if I click on the arrow to select a new display format I...
Michael Connell Michael Connell
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Appeon Mobile - Download a File from URL
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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Hi, Is there an option to download a file (e.g. PDF) to a mobile device from the URL (without use of the Appeon File Server on the PowerServer)? At the moment our Appeon Mobile App is showing files from various servers/URLs inside the eon_mobile_we...
  1.  Download
  2.  Mobile
  3.  PowerServer Mobile
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Problems printing DWs on specific printers?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 2 years ago
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I just got a report from a user who is using our PB 2021 application that prints from DW reports in the application to their Konica Minolta C552 commercial copier/printer don't work: they say it prints "an endless number of almost blank pages - each ...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Print
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Adobe print to PDF no longer working in deployed Powerbuilder app
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Matt Kluzak replied 2 years ago
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Powerbuilder 2019 R3. My users have just this week begun to report an inability to print from the deployed Powerbuilder app to the Adobe PDF printer. I have verified the same on my end. The Adobe PDF printer *does* work from other applications, howe...
Randy Mathews Randy Mathews
  1. PowerBuilder
Registry webservice powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  equipe admdados replied 2 years ago
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Hello, we are having a problem with the powerbuilder webservice, where it cannot access the registry functions(registryget, registrykeys)   print: vls_aux = -1
  1.  Web Service
equipe admdados equipe admdados
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WebBrowser prevent header and footer with PrintAsPDF?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 2 years ago
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We want to use the WebBrowser control in PB2021 to load HTML files and save them as PDF. We have working code, but it is adding a header and footer to the page. We need to not have those! Is there a way to force that? Maybe some JavaScript? I have ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  WebBrowser
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
PrintSetup functionality does not work.
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
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Printsetup functionality does not work as expected on PB2019 R3. The Print Setup window opens but the printers are not displayed even if the printer is installed on the machine. Please find attached screen shots for reference. Could you please pro...
Mohan Gawade Mohan Gawade
  1. PowerBuilder
Default Printer behavior change from 2017 to 2017R3?
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Troy Cowan replied 2 years ago
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I'm seeing different behavior between two versions of our application. It just so happens that we changed versions of PowerBuilder from the first version to the second, so the behavior difference could be caused by a code change of ours, or some chan...
Troy Cowan Troy Cowan
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019R3, GIT and DevOps
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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We have just upgraded our applications from PB10 to PB2019R3 and was successfully able to get them loaded into Azure DevOps for source control.  Now we are running into issues when we need to make a change to the applications.  We only have 2 PB deve...
Connie Dove Connie Dove
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SQL 2019 connection in citrix environment
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
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hello we have an application that is accessed via citrix we are upgrading our database servers to Microsoft sql 2019 from 2012 apologies I am definitely NOT a database connection expert    historically our application INI file for connection wo...
  1.  Citrix
  2.  Configuration
Randy Zaffke Randy Zaffke
  1. PowerBuilder
Share connection
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi.   Is it possible to share connection between programs? Example. First app developed with PB connects to a database. Second app uses the first connection to comunicates with database.   Thanks.
Gilcemar Guizzo Zanette Gilcemar Guizzo Zanette
  1. PowerBuilder
edit items in a ribbonbar
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  kevin kevin rowe replied 2 years ago
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We have a complex (400 item) menu built in PB 2017. This menu is also viewable as a tree view. I am trying to convert the menu to a ribbonbar.   The security code for the menu looks hierarchically through the menu at the tag of each menu item and ...
  1.  XML
  2.  RibbonBar
kevin kevin rowe kevin kevin rowe
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