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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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  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
Powerbuilder 19 and Terminal Services
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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We upgraded from PB 12.5 to PB 19 and we have had some clients report issues in their TS environment with Server 2016 and SQL Server 2019.  Clients running through Citrix or on-premise aren't reporting any issues.   Does anyone know if there are comp...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tina Prestas Tina Prestas
  1. PowerBuilder
WampServer Blocked
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I just installed the latest version of PB.  It installed without error.  However, I'm using WampServer with MySQL and WampServer will not start (Apache hangs).  The error message is: Port 80 is used by Microsoft - HTTPAPI/2.0. Is there a fix or work...
James Medick James Medick
  1. PowerBuilder
Convert postscript to PDF using NativePDF
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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PB-2017 32bit. I have a complex reporting process that creates a Postscript file that is converting to PDF using Distill method. Is there a way to convert this Postscript file to PDF using the NativePDF approach? If Yes, please provide brief descri...
  1.  NativePDF
ilya Milin ilya Milin
  1. PowerBuilder
Commandparm not remembered in restarted session
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Is there a way when the session timeout occurs and the Restart link page appears in the browser when you click it to make it recall the "commandparm" used in the expired sessions URL? e.g. https://mysite.com/myapp/?debugWhen I click Restart, it load...
  1.  PowerServer Web
Tim McGill Tim McGill
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PB. Net WebService 20219 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Good Morning! We have a PB .Net Webservice and it worked fine with 2019R2.  We've upgraded to PB 20219R3 Build 2703 for 2 days and there have been emails about SQL Native not installed sent to us at night and these emails were sent at the top hour ...
Kieu Parrish Kieu Parrish
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with amyuni in PB 2019 R3 - SetDefaultPrinter not working
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I am migrating a client/server application from PowerBuilder 12.5 to PowerBuilder 2019 R3.  We are using Amyuni PDF Converter version 6.0.4.1 to create a PDF file from a report : IF ab_concatinate THEN SetFileNameOptions (al_handle, NoPromp...
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Print
Franky Ruzeré Franky Ruzeré
  1. PowerBuilder
Generate PDF/A from RTE?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, We have an application generating PDF documents from a RTE control, and need PDF/A as output (for long time archiving). Any suggestions on how to generate PDF/A from RTE in Powerbuilder? From what I can see in the documentation for TxText cont...
  1.  PDF
  2.  Rich Text
Geir Magne Vangen Geir Magne Vangen
  1. PowerBuilder
JsonImport trim trailing white spaces
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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SQL Server setting is "ansi_padding"=ON and using JSONIMPORT to import data into datawindow but wherever data type of column in SQL server is CHAR, trailing spaces are coming. If we don't use JSONImport functionality to import data into Datawindow s...
  1.  JSON
jayesh Gupta jayesh Gupta
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Calling an event in an (instance) window from another window
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  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 3 years ago
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Hello, PB 2019 R3  I'm calling one window (w_called), as an instance from another window (w_calling).  The code in w_calling windoww_called       w_1Opensheetwithparam (w_1, param, w_main, 0, Original!) After processing, at closing time of w_call...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
PBv12.1 b7055 - What's needed to SAVEAS ".xlsx"?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 3 years ago
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PBv12.1, build 7055Windows 10, 64 bit platformOracle 12C We use SAVEAS to save reports we create. We can save as .XLS, which is Excel 5 and 8, but we cannot save in the .XLSX format (Excel 12).I've read in this forum that PBv12.5.1 can SAVEAS to Exc...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
FYI: Create multiple DSNs from a single PostgreSQL driver
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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FYI - Summary:   You can create multiple databases from a single PostgreSQL driver. Details:PowerBuilder R2019R3 PostgreSQL 12Windows 10 These instructions assume that at least one PostgreSQL driver has been successfully installed onto the Windows ...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Deadlock by API_Cursor SQL Server
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Dear community: This is not a PBL issue, but maybe someone has experience here: My clients DB is deadlocked, and the culprits are multiple  FETCH API_CURSOR0000000000000... processes coming from the API Server. How to disable such processes?   ...
Alexander Skorokhodov Alexander Skorokhodov
  1. PowerBuilder
Table blob cannot be found?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, For our database driver we are switching to MS OLE DB. During testing it came to my attention that datawindows containing table blobs are causing dwruntimeerrors. I get the message "Select Error: Blob Column doesn't exist". Now I checked th...
  1.  BLOB
  2.  DataWindow
Mathias Jespers Mathias Jespers
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer 2021 Pricing
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Since PowerServer is basically a completely different product, is the pricing going to be changing? The following is likely for the existing version: https://www.appeon.com/pricing#powerserver  
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerServer
Problem with web app running on iPhone
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hello everyone, i need an advice on how to solve this issue. I state that I do not have much experience about iOS environment, but i got a new client that uses iPhone and for now i am not able to make my app work on it. The same app is working grea...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
timer event not working
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Dear Appeon: i have a generic PBL timer event defined in my main app window calling a window function. Timer interval is set to 1 min. I released my system to two win 10 servers. On one server, timer works fine. On another server, timer does not ...
Alexander Skorokhodov Alexander Skorokhodov
  1. PowerBuilder
Power Client issue
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Rajkumar K S replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Hi Chris, We have deployed our application to a remote web server using PowerClient and I can download and run it from my machine just fine.  But some of the Windows 10 users even the CAL installed, not able to start the application the microhelp on...
Rajkumar K S Rajkumar K S
  1. Beta Testing
Calling a Function
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  James Medick replied 3 years ago
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I cam across this function code useful for checking whether required columns have been filled. How does one call this function (pass a datawindow object?), when the argument is a datawindow? Thanks, Jim -------------------------------------------...
James Medick James Medick
  1. PowerBuilder
Upgrade PFC pbls for app which is in GIT repo
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Aleš Vojáček replied 3 years ago
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Hi all, I have some application which I merged from PB 12 - PB2019R3 and add it into GIT repo. That app uses old PFCs/PFEs. How I have to upgrade PFCs? Is it ok that I will update PFC pbls and It will generate new ws_objects for changed pbls? Or...
Aleš Vojáček Aleš Vojáček
  1. PowerBuilder
Question about shared objects
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 3 years ago
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I'm making a simple app that uses Winsock to receive messages. It then uses shared objects to process the data. I am giving each request a different instance name in case a second call comes in while the first one. If I call the shared directory fun...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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