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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
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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
how to measure service response time or any time duration in seconds with miliseconds using Oracle .
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
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hello friends ! i want to share with you , how to measure service response time or any time duration in seconds with miliseconds using Oracle . PB CODE: RESTClient clientclient = create RESTClientclient.SetRequestHeader ("Content-Type", "applicati...
Michael Bestikov Michael Bestikov
  1. PowerBuilder
Users my document path
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Andrew Davis replied 3 years ago
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Hi All I think this is probably and easy question but i can't find it documented - it probably is but i cant find it.   I am using pb2019 and want to choose the users my documents path "%userprofile%\documents" I want to be able to have this as t...
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
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Scroll Menu not working when Theme is enabled
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Without a theme enabled, the user can right click on a vertical scroll bar to get a scroll menu, as shown in my attached image. However, when the theme is enabled, right clicking on the scroll bar does not bring up the scroll menu.How may I fix this ...
  1.  Bug
  2.  Menu
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  Theme
Jacob Osborne Jacob Osborne
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 - web service save as pdf
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I am converting web service from PB 11.5 to PB 2017. I am having problem on the "Save as PDF" after the conversion to PB 2017. I installed Ghostscript to "Sybase DataWindow PS". However, the "Save as PDF" generated a blank pdf file. Can someone help...
Ying Chin Ying Chin
  1. PowerBuilder
ASP.NET Core Web API targeting .NET Core 5.0
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Francisco Martinez @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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How can I create ASP.NET Core Web API targeting .NET Core 5.0 ?
Olivier PAVLIN Olivier PAVLIN
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SnapDevelop Versions
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 3 years ago
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We currently use PB 2019 Build 2170. We'll likely move to PB 2019-R3 in December. Can I install and use SnapDevelop 2019-R3 without PB 2019-R3? I haven't used it before so I don't need to migrate any projects.
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. SnapDevelop
Printer issue with RemoteApp and Windows Server 2016
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Scenario:- In Windows client printer settings "Let Windows manage my default printer" is checked- Local printers are redirected to remote server- Our PowerBuilder application starts through RemoteApp Issue: At first print in a RemoteApp-session Prin...
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  2.  Windows OS
Leif Olsson Leif Olsson
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Timing Problem with initialisation of Visual User Object
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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We have a custom user object (visual) with a custom editmask control on it.Another window is creating this UO if the Enter Key is pressed.On initialization of the UO there is a editmask.POST SetFocus() called.in the editmask.keydown event i can read ...
Jakob Schrödel Jakob Schrödel
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Authoritation with Webbrowser Control isn't working
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 3 years ago
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Dear Community, I’m working with the PowerBuilder R3 Build 2703 and I want to navigate to an signin page with ntlm-Authentication via WebBrowserControl. After input and confirmation the credentials it shows the popup for the authentication again and...
Sandra Steil Sandra Steil
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Powerclient issues
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  William Nevins replied 3 years ago
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Hello, I'm setting up Powerclient and have a couple of issues. How do I get the desktop shortcut to be created with my icon and application name?  It shows the name I use on the server but does it have some setting for a 'freindly' name?  If I try ...
William Nevins William Nevins
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DNS-less ODBC Connection for PostgreSQL
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 3 years ago
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PB2019R3, build 2703I read through the previous post on this topic:   https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/dsn-less-connection-postgresql-solved This was the template solution listed:   Sqlca.DBMS =ODBC   Sqlca.DBParm="Driver={PostgreSQL OD...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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ImportFile : large datablock locks up memory
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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  All - I've searched and not found an answer to this solution.  Apology if there's a thread on this  ( feel free to point me that direction ). Working on a new application ... User has text based files that we load for editing.   We were using I...
John Brown John Brown
  1. PowerBuilder
Select varchar(max) field on SQLServer return the value truncated
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I select a field declared as nvarchar(nmax) from a table in sqlserver using an odbc connection (even with a native driver). The result from the select is truncated if the value in the column has more then 32676 character. I use Power Builder 2019R2. ...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  SQL Server
Carlo Guglielmi Carlo Guglielmi
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Application with Embedded database
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hello I want to distribute application with embedded database that could be run without installing anything at clients computer.  Seems Sqlite fits this better.  Seems need to install sqlite driver.  Is there any way to automaticaaly install driver...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  SQLite
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Move from MSSCCI Git to PB 2019R3 Native Git
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Tim Ford replied 3 years ago
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Has anyone moved from Git using MSSCCI to native Git in PB 2019R3 and been able to maintain source control history? Given that native Git in PB (as of 2017R2) creates a sub-folder named "ws_objects" for the source controlled object files (*.sr?), is ...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  Versioning
Tim Ford Tim Ford
  1. PowerBuilder
How to decide, whether email client is installed?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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Hi.When executing "mRet = mSes.mailLogon(mailNewSession!)" on a client, where no mail client is installed, this message appears:=Screenshot 2021-06-10 153238.pngWhereas on a machine with a mail client installed, I am able to select a profile:=Screens...
  1.  Email
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Rolf Knaden Rolf Knaden
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019: web page shown in the webbroser control does not behave the same like called separately
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Thorsten Kummer replied 3 years ago
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Hello,   I am using a webbrowser control on a tabpage. I am using the navigate(..) function to load that URL. The page displays a PDF, has other controls for downloading the PDF etc. Those downloading controls do not work at all. I can click the...
Thorsten Kummer Thorsten Kummer
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Scripting solution for users using our PB applications
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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I'm wondering whether anyone has done any enhancing of their PB applications to allow users to do scripting of the app's functions, and if so, what sort of technologies and techniques they used. Here's an example of a user request we got today. A us...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Script
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Menu Item Event
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Pete Yankovich replied 3 years ago
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Is there a way to dynamically change menu item event code? The Retrieve menu item has this code in clicked event, of_SendMessage ("pfc_retrieve") I'd like to change that code to reference another event of the DW.  There are other DW's on the scree...
Pete Yankovich Pete Yankovich
  1. PowerBuilder
does anyone know the limit for a numeric computed column?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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I'm having to calculate the initial and end coordinates to draw a trend line (linear regression line). To do so, I put the values of my points in a graph in a datastore and one of the computed columns is X2.  The only problem I'm having, is that my...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
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