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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
  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
Chrome version 98 causing duplicate launching of app exe
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hi Team, Greetings! Recently Chrome browser was upgraded to version 98 and post that the PowerServer 2021 deployed apps are getting triggered multiple times at the same time. Upon analysis we found that the browser is automatically making an addit...
Nilotpal Bera Nilotpal Bera
  1. PowerServer
PowerServer 2021 Cloud App Launcher - Not Launching!
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Rajaram Palanisamy replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, I am developing an application using PowerBuilder 2021 Build 1506.  My development PC is Windows 10 but the PowerServer deployment is on nginx server with .Net Core 3.1.  When the the application package is deployed to test server, URL launch...
Rajaram Palanisamy Rajaram Palanisamy
  1. PowerServer
serverapi "hot-reload"
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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1 vote
Hello, when serverapi is re-deployed, running ICAs get (correctly) invalid session and must be restarted, see picture below.Any chance to avoid this? In old (sweetie) PS we could just redeploy an app while keeping existing clients running.     M...
Marco Meoni Marco Meoni
  1. PowerServer
Appeon Web Plugin - Printing Issues
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
I work with a vendor that publishes their application using the appeon plugin.  I have a work from home user that cannot print from the application, it gives them a 'Communications Error' popup.  I have narrowed it down to their firewall (its locked ...
Steve Grabowski Steve Grabowski
  1. PowerBuilder
Does Oracle interface PBO10.dll work with Oracle 19c ?
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
PB 2019 R3 build 2703 Old Database Oracle 10g New Database Oracle 19c   We have to change our database application to the new Database Oracle 19 c (before it was Oracle 10g). Does we have to change to the new Oracle interface (PBORA.dll) as it m...
  1.  Oracle
sebastien lietart sebastien lietart
  1. PowerBuilder
Special Characters in DW Parameter entry fields
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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I have a question that I need some assistance solving. An application I am working on requires that the PowerBuilder Datawindow argument entry window is popped up requiring the user to enter the parameters for the retrieval process. One of the para...
William Grafton William Grafton
  1. PowerBuilder
In web browser control, PB 2019 R3 while printing from user event unable to print from print().
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Sathishkumar S replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Hello!1.In web browser control, PB 2019 R3 while printing from user event unable to print from print().I am having web browser control to display pdf documents(which is converted from images and docs). which has to be stamped then to print from the u...
Sathishkumar S Sathishkumar S
  1. PowerBuilder
Popup Window Move function works differently in PB2017 and PB2019R3
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Daryl Foster replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I just noticed an issue with the windows restore function I've been using without any problems for the past 10 years in PB10.5 and PB2017.  It seems that the Move function for a popup works differently in PB2019R3 when using multiple monitors.  I...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Daryl Foster Daryl Foster
  1. PowerBuilder
Zxing.Net
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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I wonder if you have any examples of using the Zxing.Net library to read barcodes in PDF files. It would be nice to have a DLL to be able to use it in PowerBuilder! I have been exploring the project https://github.com/zxing/zxing but my knowledge o...
Ramón San Félix Ramón Ramón San Félix Ramón
  1. PowerBuilder
手机端使用定位为什么同一地点点击定位的位置偏差比较大，不准
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
inv_gps.of_getcurrentposition( lstr_coordinates) lwei=lstr_coordinates.dec_latitude ljin=lstr_coordinates.dec_longitude 我用上面方法得到 经度和纬度， 但我点击多次，每次得到的值都不一样，偏差比较大，定位不准，怎样可以准确,不要变来变去？还有我现在这样是得到经度和纬度，但怎样可以得到具体的地点呢？如果不行那或者哪个网站可以通过经度和纬度查询到地址？ 谢谢
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  1. PowerServer
Baffled by button and tab colors
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Mark Jones replied 2 years ago
2 replies
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When my colleague runs a compiled version of our application he sees the modified back color of unselected tabs.   For some reason on my computer with the same application (and on our citrix farm) the color does not change (whether set in script or i...
Mark Jones Mark Jones
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Command Line compile issue
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Mariano Collado @Appeon replied 2 years ago
8 replies
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I am trying to execute a command line build : pbc170.exe /d "C:\Build\PBTit-CCH-17\PBL\ge_imed\imed.pbt" /o "C:\Build\PBTit-CCH-17\PBL\ge_imed\imed.exe" /r "C:\Build\PBTit-CCH-17\PBL\ge_bitmaps\imedicons.pbr" /w n /f /m y /tr n /in n /op 0 /x 32 /bg...
  1.  Command Line
  2.  Compiler
Marius Visser Marius Visser
  1. PowerBuilder
PFC_Print, Print Preview fix/advice
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Michael Quintus replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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I'm tasked with maintaining/updating a legacy app that was written in an early version of Powerbuilder. We've upgraded to 2021 and are trying to make some menu modifications with 'Print' and 'Print Preview'. Currently when hitting 'Print' it fails w...
  1.  Menu
  2.  PFC
  3.  Print
Michael Quintus Michael Quintus
  1. PowerBuilder
avoid blank browser page when closing PC/PS application
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Good day, as you can see in the picture, when starting a PowerClient/PowerServer app from the web browser, an empty page is left there. I haven't found any option in index.html, autoconnect.html, autodownload.html, autoinit.html to avoid this. Thi...
Marco Meoni Marco Meoni
  1. PowerBuilder
CONNECT TO PORT AND LISTENER
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  lingaiah T replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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Dear Team, I have a Biometric Device ZKTECO IFACE 950, whenver employee is punching in the device, I want to monitor , device configured to specific port ( 8085) and host is listening but chiness charectors. I want to read from PowerBuilder.  This ...
  1.  Port
lingaiah T lingaiah T
  1. PowerBuilder
RowsCopy Fails
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 years ago
5 replies
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0 votes
PB 2019 Build 2170. The following code gives -1 from the RowsCopy. The datawindow ldw_Export has 161 rows with 297 columns. The first 14 columns are string or long, the remainder are decimal(2). ldw_Export is a reference to a visible DataWindow on a...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Need for documentation on all existing PB.INI entries
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Simone Olianti replied 2 years ago
5 replies
1701 views
4 votes
Hi, I've created a ticket, asking Appeon for clear documentation on valid PB.INI entries: https://www.appeon.com/standardsupport/search/view?id=7750 That might take a while though. So what I've done, is create a little Google-Site (you may laugh, m...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Android 13 Virtualization and PB Applications
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
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Hello, https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/14/android-13-virtualization-lets-pixel-6-run-windows-11-linux-distributions/ It says we can run Windows 11 in Android 13.  Will it be possible to run PB Applications to run in that mode?  Any ideas? Hap...
  1.  Android
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Applications are crashing when Printer spooler is disabled.
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 2 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi,   PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Applications are crashing while calling PrintGetPrinters() function. This is happening only if the  Printer spooler is disabled. Apricate any solution or workaround for this issue.     Thanks Regards, Jeyakumar
Jeyakumar Chinnapillai Jeyakumar Chinnapillai
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon website question - qualifiers for msg list
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  1. Last updated 2 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 2 years ago
3 replies
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Not sure where to put this, but have suggestion for the website. I use this link to keep up with the PB forum. Above the list there are 5 links listed (All, Unresolved, Resolved, Unanswered, Unread). None of these 5 links limit the results to the PB...
Brad Mettee Brad Mettee
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