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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  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
Change of database column size effect efficiently, How?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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Hello Appeon Folks, Greeting! I need to increase the column size of one database field. What is the best and optimal way to reflect those changes in all Powerbuilder objects where it has been referenced? Thanks, Vipin
Vipin Dwivedi Vipin Dwivedi
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Calling ancestor's event
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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Hi, When overriding an ancestor, you can call the ancestor's script by doing: super::event pfc_some_event( ) Now what I have to do is call the script of the ancestor of the ancestor.I've tried: super::super::event pfc_some_event( ) but of course...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Error starting Salesdemo in browser at different pc's than development pc:
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Salesdemo_cloud works when running on development pc.  When starting Salesdemo_cloud from browser at different pc's (see attachment) than development pc: I am getting : Application execution error (R0222)  Application terminated. "Error cannot c...
Håvard Heide Håvard Heide
  1. PowerServer
PB2021 Beta testing salesdemo app - DBMS provider is not supported
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hi,   I am testing PB2021 Beta deployment of salesdemo_cloud   app. Deployment described in : https://www.appeon.com/products/powerserver    and https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019r3/pbug/ch07s03.html#tutorial_deploying_your_first_PowerClient_project...
Håvard Heide Håvard Heide
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PB 2021 Beta. About switching runtime version.
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi. I was testing PowerBuilder 2021. One thing I wanted to try was to migrate an application from PB 2019 R3 to 2021 Beta and then test it. After I wanted to use PB 2019R3 2670 runtime (from PB 2021 IDE) to rebuild that application. But it seems tha...
Andreas Mykonios Andreas Mykonios
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Update your PFC platform object
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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--- EDITED --- n_osversion.of_pbvmname(), used by the code waaay below, will return "pbvm190.dll" for ALL different versions of powerbuilder 2019. I've adapted it in the hope it will now also return the correct name for pb2019 R3, R2 and R1.So my be...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
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access the shared network folder protected
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hi, from Peru I have a question.   I'm using PB 2017 I must save image into sharedfolder How to access the shared network folder protected by username/password?   Thanks.
Cesar Lirato Cesar Lirato
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RUN
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Aldo Amarilla replied 3 years ago
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Hi, I am wanting to run a .bat with the RUN function, but not run the .bat in PB R3 version
Aldo Amarilla Aldo Amarilla
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Ancestor Conflict Question
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ashutosh Varshney replied 3 years ago
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Hi Guys, I hope someone can throw some light on this. I have a window w_ord_detail which has been inherited from w_ord. There are 2 copies of w_ord in two different libraries lib1 and lib2. Say lib1 is higher on my library list, my application woul...
Ashutosh Varshney Ashutosh Varshney
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon sample database
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hello, How can I get the appeon sample database in Oracle? Thanks in advance for your help.  
Patricia Guzman Patricia Guzman
  1. PowerBuilder
Crear Ejecutable PowerBuilder 2019
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Buenos dias, estoy intentando crear un Ejecutable desde el PB2019 y se muestra este error check if tha application file exists and it is a valid executable file Alguno de ud a pasado por este problema  
Gissela Mancilla Gissela Mancilla
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Save as PDF Not working for predifined filename
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Yiannis Papadomichelakis replied 3 years ago
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Hello, I am having a problem when creating multiple PDF reports, I have to print a lot of reports using a composite datawindow, then i decided use the function save as , using a system produced filename, when i use this file name the saveas funct...
Jhonns Salas Jhonns Salas
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer 2021 beta
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ng Chuen Seng replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, Under web APIs database configuration, apparently you cannot use the same transaction object name for different cache name (database). How an application run on different database on different occasion, if the application transaction object n...
Ng Chuen Seng Ng Chuen Seng
  1. PowerServer
How to stop notification emails from being sent to licensed users
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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As the Administrator for the Appeon PowerBuilder account I receive email notifications pertaining to the account, however, all the users of the PowerBuilder licenses received the same email.  Is there a way to turn off email notifications for the use...
Robert Risley Robert Risley
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow edit option for parent and child type datawinows
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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Hi All,   I have a scenario where I need a main datawindow with child datawindow. Both datawindows has Update properties correctly configured. My issue is I cannot make datawindow editable. I mean though the tab order is defined, the edit option i...
Falguni Patel Falguni Patel
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019R3 - RichTextControl - Set Default Font
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, Was wondering if there is any way to set the default font of a RichTextEdit control at runtime? I'd like the control to remember what the user has chosen and to default to this the next time they access the control. Part of the problem is the u...
Peter Moran Peter Moran
  1. PowerBuilder
Error when running a powerserver 2021 client
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I am testing Powerserver 2021 with one app, on development machine al works fine, but when deploy the app to a server and try to access the client app gives a License Error, using Fiddler is returning the error attached in the image  
CRISTIAN MEDINA CRISTIAN MEDINA
  1. PowerServer
PowerClient Deployment Error
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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We are trying to deploy an application (PB 2019 R3 build 2703) using PowerClient.  I successfully deployed to a local instance of IIS on Windows 10 and then zipped the two folders that were created in inetpub/wwwroot and gave them to the clients IT t...
  1.  Deployment
  2.  IIS
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  PowerClient
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. PowerBuilder
How call VBA macros und functions written yourself?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Konrad Kaltenbach replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Dear Experts, I want to call VisualBasic for Application (VBA) macros and functions in Word or Excel documents which I have written myself out of/from PowerScript functions (instead of rewritting them in the PowerScript functions). Is this possible...
  1.  API
  2.  Excel
  3.  Office
  4.  OLE
  5.  PowerScript (PS)
Konrad Kaltenbach Konrad Kaltenbach
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2019 R2 application closes after starting
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I recently migrated a client application to PB 2019 R2.  When I run the new exe for the application it starts, opens, connects to the database and then suddenly closes with no error message.  This happens on a Windows 10 machine.  It runs fine from t...
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Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
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