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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
InternetResult in Windows Server 2008 R2
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Hi. I am using the InternetResult object and when distributing my application it does not work in the same way in Windows Server 2008 R2, as in Windows 10. What do I have to include in order for it to work correctly? Will I need any dll? Thanks
Menna Pablo Javier Menna Pablo Javier
  1. PowerBuilder
UI Themes: datawindow with transparent background
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Jeff Martin replied 3 years ago
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We have a mdi parent/child application where we do some resizing of the child windows as they open (originally based off of the PFC libraries, I think). When a theme is applied to our compiled application with the "window"."drawing":true, the child w...
  1.  Theme
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin
  1. PowerBuilder
Alternate/faster technique for creating an Apache e-chart dataset
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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I have been playing around with the Apache e-charts implementation provided with PB 2019 R3.   I have found it to be very slow when dealing with large amounts of data.   A key factor in this is the use of getitem to extract data from datawindows to b...
Mark Jones Mark Jones
  1. PowerBuilder
Pre install application to user machine automatically
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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, We are developing and testing Web application using poweserver2021. The problem that i have is that the users wants the application to run without letting the users install in their machine. its true it doesn't need a admin rights. This app is ...
mathews rutto mathews rutto
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
pb ide and pbni dll localization
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, if I do pdb from dll (pbx2pbd) everything works with PB IDE if I upload dll to C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Appeon \ PowerBuilder 19.0 (my installation). How to make this upload unnecessary. Regards. WS
Wojciech Sawicki Wojciech Sawicki
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Using the new RichTextEdit control in PB2019 R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
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PB219 R3 Build 2670 Project properties set to "Built-in TX Text Control ActiveX 28.0" 32-Bit Application Believe it or not, I've never had to use a rich text control in PowerBuilder over all these years as a developer. But now someone want to desi...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  TX Control
Aron Cox Aron Cox
  1. PowerBuilder
Old PB 12.5 - IDE - can it run in AWS?
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Douglas Ross replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, we have an old PB 12.5 app that calls and checks the DB for needed updates. After checking and updating if necessary, it calls the PB 2019 application. We need the two versions so that if the runtime dll's in the PB 2019 changes, we can overwrit...
Douglas Ross Douglas Ross
  1. PowerBuilder
RestClient and Windows Server 2012
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Arthur Hefti replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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We are using Powerbuilder 2019 build 2082 and the deployed applications are running on windows server 2012. The restclient object sendGetRequest() is returning a -1. This works great on windows 10 from the IDE and it also works when deployed to a wi...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  REST
Steve DeWitt Steve DeWitt
  1. PowerBuilder
App Compiled in R2 fails after installing R3
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 3 years ago
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I installed R3 a few days ago. Today I tried to run an app compiled in R2 that is installed on my DevPC like it would be on a normal client. The R2 runtime is installed. I'm getting the following error: Faulting application name: longbow.exe, versio...
Shawn Davis Shawn Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerClient CloudAppInstaller is not starting the application automatically.
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi  Today we tried app installation using powerclient. We activated iis and compiled using powerclient as application named pbclient .    On Client pc - we opened http://localhost/pbclient and we got a download installer page. On clicking it downl...
Sripal Bachawat Sripal Bachawat
  1. PowerBuilder
Migration of old PB6 code to latest version
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hello. The company I'm working for has some PB6 windows desktop applications that used to be maintained by a developer that is no longer with the company. Is it a major undertaking to migrate the code base to the latest version of PB for ease of mai...
  1.  Client
  2.  Migration
  3.  PowerBuilder
Gunnlaugur Sigurdsson Gunnlaugur Sigurdsson
  1. PowerBuilder
Semicolon in Select SQL datasource. Is there any Bug in PB 2017R3 MR#1858
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Hello Appeon Team, We have PB application running in background as service which process some files. We are facing one issue where we have written one function in NVO object and doing below. Create local datastore using n_ds setting dataobject se...
Vipin Dwivedi Vipin Dwivedi
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer converstion issue
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chen Mey Lee replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, How to resolve this issue ? 
Chen Mey Lee Chen Mey Lee
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Full build and optimize of each library
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Narayanamoorthy Thangavel replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Team,   I am new to the PowerBuilder. Actually our application is windows based application and build client side as PowerBuilder 2017 version and we recently doing published to the user for testing . But they faced some problem search screen an...
Narayanamoorthy Thangavel Narayanamoorthy Thangavel
  1. PowerBuilder
Open your PowerBuilder application in SnapDevelop
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Daniels replied 3 years ago
6 replies
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Hello I would like to test PowerScript Migrator. I installed PowerBuilder 2019 R3 and SnapDevelop 2019 R3. According to Using PowerScript Migrator (appeon.com) I have to "Open your PowerBuilder application in SnapDevelop (right click in the Solution...
  1.  PowerScript Migrator
Guy De Smedt Guy De Smedt
  1. PowerScript Migrator
Using PBDom on 2019R3 where is the PBD
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 3 years ago
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In the process of migrating from 2017R2 to 2019R3.  My application implements PBDOM and we have PBDOM170.PBD in our lib list. seems simple enough I'll just grad a copy of the PBDOM190.PDB and adjust the library list.... Turns out I can't find the l...
  1.  PBDOM
  2.  XML
Maurice Losier Maurice Losier
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerClient Setup
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Danish Ahamed LiakathAli replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi ,     I am trying to create and deploy  our application using new Power Client feature. I find little hard time to get it done.  1. Libraries :- I am not able to choose or map the PBR file under Libraries Tab - I have a resource file stored unde...
  1.  Deployment
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerClient
Danish Ahamed LiakathAli Danish Ahamed LiakathAli
  1. PowerBuilder
PB R3 just spinning
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 3 years ago
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Using PB R3 Build 2670 and all of sudden whenever I open up the application my mouse cursor just constantly shows that the PB IDE is busy.  I can't do anything within the IDE but kill the process in Task Manager. I already uninstalled and reinstalle...
Shenn Sellers Shenn Sellers
  1. PowerBuilder
PB users in civic services
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
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Good morning!   I would like to connect with PowerBuilder 2017Rx or 2019R3 users in the civic services domain. Thank you 
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
Peter Andrews Peter Andrews
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer2021 Beta: SQL Select Error: Execution Timeout Expired
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Zhang JX replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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To all, I am testing on the PowerServer2021 Beta CloudApp deployment, and hit error when retrieving a report with large amount of data - took around 15second to retrieve the report. Observed such Phenomenon: 1st try got below error message, while n...
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)

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