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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
Chromium Web Browser
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Tracy Huang @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I was planning to deliver the new browser and noticed in Help that it says ("pbcef" folder will be automatically copied). What does that mean? I thought I would need to package up that folder and extract it during our install but that statement leads...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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PowerBuilder application not able to connect to Outlook 2016
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 3 years ago
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Hello,   I am from the IT department of my company Sedgwick. We seeking some technical support.   Situation: One of our business application is written in Power Builder 12.5 runs in an exclusive Remote Desktop environment. It makes calls to Outl...
Hari KrishnaBolla Hari KrishnaBolla
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nested datawindow optimization
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hi all,  i am currently creating a calendar style report that splits the AM and PM with two datawindows, however i'm finding it painfully slow to run for even a week, upto 1 minute for just a week and it only generates 6 pages. Does anyone have any ...
Neil Prichard Neil Prichard
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PowerBuilder Runtime Packager - Required DLL's?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I ran the runtime packager and only selected my Oracle Database. When I extracted the files from the MSI I have some DLLs (and a PBD?) that I cannot find referenced in help anywhere or are required by another option I did not select. Can someone tell...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
  1. PowerBuilder
Oracle client for 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hi,Does it matter whether I have a 64-bit or 32-bit oracle client for Powerbuilder 19 R3? /Anders
Anders Ångström Anders Ångström
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow button image is not display
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, I using PowerBuilder 2021 (beta version).   Datawindow button image displayed when running the could app in Web server.   But it not display when running in user deskotp :
Chen Mey Lee Chen Mey Lee
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Trouble Connecting to AdventureWorks2012 Database in SnapDevelop
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hello, I'm attempting to follow the instructions at https://docs.appeon.com/snapdevelop2019/Create_a_Web_API/index.html, but I'm running into an error when I attempt to Add - New Item - DataContext. After selecting my Server name, the, "Connect to d...
Jeff Henninger Jeff Henninger
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PowerClient Deployment Server
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  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Will Power Client deployment will work on Jboss Application server hosted in Linux OS. Do we have any system requirements document  for the On-premise Power Client Deployment? 
Danish Ahamed LiakathAli Danish Ahamed LiakathAli
  1. PowerBuilder
Match pattern in PB filter
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 years ago
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Hi ,   I have a question related Match pattern in PB. Is "match" work like "REGEXP_LIKE" of oracle? "select 'jj' from dual where REGEXP_LIKE( 'ada;abc;yrhfjs;37;hgs', '(abc)+*([3][6-9]|[4-9][0-9])')" Does "match" have group expression '()' and a...
Nguyen Xuan Huy Nguyen Xuan Huy
  1. PowerBuilder
Changemenu
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Good morning GuruI need to change the window menu, but something is not working for me. Let's go in order. I have a window with a menu I don't know the name of.When certain conditions occur, I have to change the menu.In the end I have to restore th...
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
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What is the best secured way to call sp_approle from Power Builder
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Dear Appeon Team, We are using MS SQL Application role in our Power Builder Desktop application, and the SP sp_setapprole called through power builder code by passing Role name and Password. We have an security issue here as the password is hard-co...
Suresh Kolanu Suresh Kolanu
  1. PowerBuilder
Reports crashing in Windows Server 2016
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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We have a client using our application through a Citrix environment, although they state it happens locally too, when they print reports it crashes once they moved to a Server 2016 environment but doesn't happen in Server 2008.  The dll it is crashin...
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  4.  Windows OS
Tina Prestas Tina Prestas
  1. PowerBuilder
Match PowerScript function
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 3 years ago
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Hi, Why regular expression match('','^[0-9, ]*$') = false ? * (asterisk) Indicates zero or more occurrences An empty string must meet the condition.   Regards, Andrey  
  1.  PowerScript (PS)
Andrey Dudochkin Andrey Dudochkin
  1. PowerBuilder
Window Animation Issue in PB 2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Hnat replied 3 years ago
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We recently upgraded from PB 2019 to PB 2019 R3 (2670), and we're seeing a strange issue with response windows moving after they are opened. Specifically: if the window has any opening animation specified, then the window will open in a location oth...
John Hnat John Hnat
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Scheduled Task Print Problem
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Murphy replied 3 years ago
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We just moved a bunch of scheduled tasks from Win Server 2013 to 2016 and now scheduled tasks cannot print.  It leaves an instance of splwow64.exe in task manager for each print failure. Using 2019 R2. Any Ideas?
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Windows OS
John Murphy John Murphy
  1. PowerBuilder
Empty String in Appeon Server and Oracle 19c
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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We have Oracle 19c database and PowerServer 2020. We found an external function called by Oracle package with return as a space the, the PowerServer 2020 seems it would return as an empty string instate of a space. We don't see that happen when runni...
Jon Tzeng Jon Tzeng
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Power Builder 2019 runtime, Delay on screen, when write numbers on DW.
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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Tengo en una Pc con win10 instalado PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2082 1.- Migré una App de PB 12.7 a PB 2019. 2.- Corro el Deploy Proyecto, para generar App.exe + App.PBD's. 3.- Entro a una pantalla donde capturo números.    3.1. Si corro la App (App....
  1.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Miguel Angel Alvarado Ramirez Miguel Angel Alvarado Ramirez
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Common Item Dialog for Folder Selection Dialog Prompt
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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I needed a better select folder dialog option PowerBuilder's default GetFolder option. The base PB function is too basic in many ways. I found the "Common Item Dialog" solution Bruce Armstrong presented a while back and after some fiddling got it w...
Joseph Vendra Joseph Vendra
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder EXE still runs in background process in Windows 10 1903 after exiting the application
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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Hi, My existing application was in PowerBuilder 12.5 and migrated the application to PowerBuilder 2019 and running in Windows 10 version 1903 desktop. When I run the application exe, the application runs fine. But when I exit from application or X it...
Chhaya Bisoi Chhaya Bisoi
  1. PowerBuilder
Radio button control with Left Text not displaying properly
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hi everyone, Env.: Windows 10 64 bit Build 19042.867   PB2019R3 Build 2670 I'm currently in the process of migrating/ testing an application in PB2019R3 which happens to have a number of radio buttons with left text set. When it is set the right si...
Mark Goldsmith Mark Goldsmith
  1. PowerBuilder

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