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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
Comparison of methods accessing SQL Server from PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Dear PowerBuider Programmers, this might emerge as a philosophical question, but I still hope to get some answers: PowerBuilder allows many different ways to access Microsoft SQL Server databases from classic (client/server) PB windows applications...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  OLEDB
  3.  SQL Server
  4.  MSOLEDBSQL
Roland Mühlberger Roland Mühlberger
  1. PowerBuilder
RibbonBar XML using Picture attribute
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Mark Cabanlit replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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After using the RibbonBar Generator, one of my menu pictures was converted to  PictureName="picture!", which is a very grainy picture of a person's head. so where and how do I get the best quality picture to use in my application? 1) I would Imagin...
Philip Troise Philip Troise
  1. PowerBuilder
Read Ribbonbar object at runtime
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Stefano Calciati replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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I need read all the control of a Ribbonbar at runtime. I need know all the small, large, tab button in a ribbonbar and read the relative properties. I have the object ribbonbar, but i don't know the structure of this ribbonbar in memory, how can re...
Stefano Calciati Stefano Calciati
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 R3 RibbonBar. How to force dropdown menu on LargeButton
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Mark Cabanlit replied 3 years ago
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Hi,   I'm using the RibbonBar a lot! .. it works brilliantly.   My question is: in a "LargeButton" having an associated menu, can I trigger the menu to drop (appear) when the user clicks on the button it self, similar to when the user clicks the...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  RibbonBar
  3.  RibbonBar Builder
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
  1. PowerBuilder
Fail to generate dwsql
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, Just updated to PB 2019 R3 Build 2670, Runtime 19.2.0.2670 from PB 2019 R2 all CloudPro editions. I am using PowerServer (PB Edition 2020 Build 2670) and Ora Client 19, 32 bit. I was able to deploy to the power server without issues in R2, but i...
Bryant Burnard Bryant Burnard
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Install PowerServer Toolkit failed
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hello,  I have would like to to try PowerServer 2020 but I have trouble to install PowerServer Toolkit on my PowerBuilder. I have PowerBuilder 2019 R3 build 2670. Do you know how may I fix it.  Thank you.
Jon Tzeng Jon Tzeng
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PowerClient: "startup with background service"
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi eveyone; I'm starting with PowerClient and I'd like to be more clear when to use "startup with background service" option and what effects would it have on the user's PC, for example a Windows service would be created automatically? Thanks in ad...
Pablo Perez Pablo Perez
  1. PowerBuilder
Feature Request: Git Login with Token
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi! I just successfully forked and pulled the PFC (thanks Bruce!) according to his very good instructions on his community post Quick Start for contributing to PFC. It worked right out of the box and I can use it as expected with our current PB 201...
Peter Piechutzki Peter Piechutzki
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer 2021 Embedded Stored Procedure Declare and Execute for Sybase ASE
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, Greetings! In the PowerScript, while declaring and executing the embedded stored procedure, it is giving parse error during runtime stating that stored procedure not found. Upon debugging Server APIs, found that it is using below query to look...
Nilotpal Bera Nilotpal Bera
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PowerServer 2021 Beta SnapDevelop Embedded SQL file appended
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, I faced few issues while deploying PowerServer project using PwerServer 2021 Beta. Though I cannot replicate it but it happens randomly. Issue: While deploying project, the C# solution sometimes gets messed up like for example the embedded SQL...
Nilotpal Bera Nilotpal Bera
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
REST API calling returning -14 - Code conversion failed.
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Daniel Ferrreira replied 3 years ago
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Hello folks, I'm calling a woocommerce API using PB REST Client. Using Postman it works, but when calling from PB (2019 R3 Build 2670), I get return code -14 (Code conversion failed). I think it has to do with the headers, but I'm not being able to...
Daniel Ferrreira Daniel Ferrreira
  1. PowerBuilder
Use CD Tool, How to Deploy PowerClent Commandline
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I want CICD PowerClient Deploy Option   use gocd deploy CI TOOLS GITLAB CD TOOLS goCD this script in bat file orcascr190.exe "C:\go\Go Agent\pipelines\orca\cbnu-ppms.orca"pbc190.exe /c "C:\go\Go Agent\pipelines\ppms-deploy\cbnu-ppms\m...
Sang Chul Song Sang Chul Song
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer 2021 Beta Project Run Options
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Nilotpal Bera replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi,   If we make changes to the PowerServer project under "Run Options" related to desktop and start menu shortcuts, it only works for the first time. First deployed using both options as checked, works fine. Second run, deployed using both as un...
Nilotpal Bera Nilotpal Bera
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Control (get/set) the display on the second screen of POS
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 years ago
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How to display on the second screen (screen for customer) on POS of retailed shop? The content is different from the main screen. Thank you
Nguyen Xuan Huy Nguyen Xuan Huy
  1. PowerBuilder
What is the best approach to display a menu with pictures
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I am looking to enhance the look of our application by adding a menu option on the left side of my frame much like Microsoft Teams has.  I would like the ability to have the image select and unselect either by highlighting it or having the image chan...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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Tableblob not working when MultipleActiveResultSets=FALSE
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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I support a mature application using PowerBuilder 2017 R3 and SQL Server via ADO.Net. Our user community recently requested we add signatures onto some of our datawindow documents.  The 'tableblob' datawindow object seems perfect for this, but unfor...
  1.  ADO.NET
  2.  BLOB
Brad Howie Brad Howie
  1. PowerBuilder
Launch PB 2019 R2 And R3 ...
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi group, We are maintaining an in house developed software. We use Powerbuilder 2019 build 2170. I wanted to try the migration to PB 2019 R3, so I installed PB2019 R3 in a VM, I copied the sources to the VM, migrated and was ready to test. I qui...
Philippe PILAT Philippe PILAT
  1. PowerBuilder
Decimal Precision 28
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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 use decimal 28 precision in my powerserver 2020 application. Other than being slower (as per the documentation) there have been other problems with using precision 28 (graphs apparently).  I am coming across decimal problems in PS 2020 that i don'...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PB Application Screens look fuzzy in Chrome browser
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Hi We migrated our PB application from Appeon 6.5 server and PB 12.5 to Powerserver 2020 and PB 2019 R2. The Appeon 6.5 server was only compatible with IE browser. The new PS 2020 is supposed to be compatible with all browsers. Since IE is going ou...
  1.  Browser
  2.  Chrome
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  PowerServer
Munther Khatib Munther Khatib
  1. PowerBuilder
How to open a Popup Window on the System tray in PB 2019 R3?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Jeong Hwan Jang replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, everyone. I made a popup style window to show new message alert on the System tray. This is good working in PB version 9. (please see the attached image1)But this has a problem after migration to PB 2019 R3.The window pop up on the center of sc...
Jeong Hwan Jang Jeong Hwan Jang
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