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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
Using OLE MS Word crashed in PB 2017 R3
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Mark Goldsmith replied 3 years ago
6 replies
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Hi Everyone, In my PB application (PB2017 R3), I created an OLEObject variable and connect to MS Word's OLE interface (word.application). I want to allow user to enter information in the .dotx template in MS Word. The template has no edit restrictio...
Toan Nguyen Toan Nguyen
  1. PowerBuilder
Customer Paper Size in Infomaker
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Jared Dyck replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Is there any way to choose a customer paper size in an information report? I seems I'm only able to choose from a predefined list. I need to choose a page size for a pallet tag
Jared Dyck Jared Dyck
  1. InfoMaker
DW Retreives from the IDE, but not from the EXE
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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PB2019R3, b2703When running the EXE compiled with the same code using PB2019R3, b2670, all DW retrieves work correctly.When running the EXE compiled with b2703, though, the first DW retrieval fails: The same code run from the 2703 IDE works.The same...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Nested Report Disappears after Filter (2019R2)
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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We just updated from PB12.5.2 to 2019R2, and noticed an issue filtering one of our reports. The report is a composite DataWindow, grouped, with nested report objects in the group header bands. It displays properly on the initial retrieve, but nested...
Daniel Johnson Daniel Johnson
  1. PowerBuilder
Calling PrintGetPrinter() causes app crash in PBv12.1
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
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Update:This turned out to be a different issue than what I thought. We have been compiling the EXE without checking the PBD or DLL boxes on the library tabpage in order to compiled the entire application into the EXE. This has worked well for decades...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
License issue
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hello,   I have problem with my PB license. I installed new windows and hence I have re-installed PowerBuilder. After re-installing, I try to log in with my credentials but It say you already log in and PB closes.   Login: prabhakar.rathinam@vo...
Prabhakar Rathinam Prabhakar Rathinam
  1. PowerBuilder
change fontsize in an webbrowser Object
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, i hvae activate the designmode in my webbrowser object with: wb_1.navigate("javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0") now i try to change the font size with: wb_1.navigate("javascript:document.body...
Tom Holscher Tom Holscher
  1. PowerBuilder
Running two IDEs at the same time
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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I just set up a server for testing the beta. Our current version is PB 2019 Build 2170. We are hoping tp skip R2/R3 and convert to 2021 for our Jan 2022 release. I was under the impression that a change was made to allow for running two IDEs at the...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. Beta Testing
Calling, from one window, a function in another opened window
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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In an MDI configuration,  want to call a function that is in an already opened widow (say w_main) from another opened widow (say, w_detail) and, once the function is executed, close the calling widow (w_detail) to return to the original window, (w_ma...
William Beale William Beale
  1. PowerBuilder
Licensing for PB 12.6
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Phil Wallingford replied 3 years ago
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I have just getting a license failure trying to start PB 12.6. Not sure when this would have started happening, but have been using 12.6 routinely to support customers for many years.I know this is not supported by Appeon, but I'm curious if any of ...
Phil Wallingford Phil Wallingford
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2021 beta?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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I see only PowerServer 2021 beta page saying beta ends in 43 days but no info on PowerBuilder 2021 beta download. How does PowerServer 2021 work without PowerBuilder 2021?   please advise when PB 2021 beta will be available with a link to the page
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sanjay B Sanjay B
  1. PowerBuilder
PBNETRTxxx_net.msi for PB19RC3
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Laurent Lagamme replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hello Testing PB19 RC3 to migrate one of our Webservice (.asmx) from PB12.5 I'm looking for the equivalent for  PBNETRT125_net.msi But didn't find any runtime on the trial version  Is there a solution to find the same for PB19RC3 ? Thank's    ...
  1.  Runtime Packager
Esteph Esteph Esteph Esteph
  1. PowerBuilder
Info required on Powerbuilder 2019R3 JDK 1.6 usage areas
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi,This is regarding third party software JDK 1.6 used in power builder  IDE. we need information on which functionality uses JDK 1.6 in Power builder IDE.   As per the appeon documentation at (Documentation link : https://docs.appeon.com/pb2017r3/...
Sreerama Harikrishna Sreerama Harikrishna
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer 2021 Beta Question
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hello, Any updates on when the PowerServer 2021 beta will start? Thanks, Chris
Christopher Altvater Christopher Altvater
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
WebAPI Tester and optional parameters
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Gian Luca De Bonis replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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My API has a method with an optional parameter, that is passed as path: api/v1/ISV/Credits/[Channel] It is marked as [HttpGet("{customer?}")] and is declared as: public string Credits(string channel="") in the WebAPI Tester, it is listed ...
  1.  Testing
  2.  SnapDevelop
  3.  Web API
Gian Luca De Bonis Gian Luca De Bonis
  1. SnapDevelop
Background colour of a dropdown datawindow (using theme)
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, Using PB 2019R3 Build 2703 - Using Theme Flat Design Blue Need to set a (different) background color for dropdowndatawindow from datawindow.  Having the same background color for both datawindow and dropdown datawindow is bit confusing. Fla...
  1.  JSON
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Theme
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Do we need to partition app logic for PowerServer?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Since database operations will be done only on PowerServer, do we need to partition db logic into nvo’s before going PowerServer way? Or does PowerServer do it automatically moving all db operations to the server? I’m referring to an object like a wi...
  1.  PowerServer
Sanjay B Sanjay B
  1. PowerServer
powerbuilder was carshed when the calling of function within DLL was complished
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Albert John replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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0 votes
Hi Guys     I have built a DLL for Powerbuilder and I tried to calling a function from it, inside of function DLL I have debuged, it just worked fine, but it has crashed after PB called it when PB was complished the program, it's not carshed during ...
Albert John Albert John
  1. PowerBuilder
Oracle SET ROLE issue
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, We have long-connection and dynamic connection setting. In our PowerServer 2017 application, Oracle is the database and database user password is used as application password. We use 'SET ROLE ' to set oracle database role to control if user'...
Jon Tzeng Jon Tzeng
  1. PowerServer
How to display list of Images in a DLL?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Christopher Craft replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Is there a way to display a list of images in a DLL without having to extract them first? I am wanting to provide a dropdown list of Icons from pbresource.dll so my users can select those instead of having them exist on the file system.  Thanks, C...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
  1. PowerBuilder

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