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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 2 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
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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
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Appeon PB Training missing files from demos download
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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I'm working on the Appeon PB training and I am supposed to see several files in the directory under Demos folder that I unzipped.  According to the training video I'm supposed to see the files to create the app but  instead I see just the exe.   What...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Trial
Kelly Loree Kelly Loree
  1. PowerBuilder
OLE modul doesn´t work / PB hangs
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Marco Armbruster replied 4 months ago
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Hello everyone, I need to integrate a foreign modul which is available as an ocx. After having registered this ocx I can insert it in PB as an OLE-object. It´s running fine but when closing the window which contains the OLE object my app (or PB) is ...
Marco Armbruster Marco Armbruster
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Access the version information defined in Build Object using PB Script
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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The version information will display in the Windows property, but how does one access this to display it in a Power Builder window? Using the GetContextService for the ContextInformation returns version information for Power Builder itself and not th...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerScript (PS)
  4.  Versioning
John Greiner John Greiner
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Docking examples PBL
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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ive been searching for more info on docking windows under the mdi frame. It is my understanding that there was an example project that came with pb2017. Is there a way I can get this. We are already on 2023. all im trying to do is have two windows, ...
erwin monreal erwin monreal
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Excel with format
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 months ago
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Hello,Some time ago there was a feature in the roadmap to export to excel with format,Currently there is no such feature in the roadmap, has it been cancelled, in which version is it planned to be released to production?Best regards
David Lopez Sanchez David Lopez Sanchez
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PB 2022 R3 not able to launch the application
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 months ago
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When i try to install our application which has been migrated to PB2022 R3.i am getting below error.     How to proceed with this.   Kindly provide the suggestions for this.    
Tharani Santhanam Tharani Santhanam
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Powerbuilder Report with multiple Nested DWs - Save As PDF - Line Break Issue
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Dipankar RSG replied 4 months ago
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Hello, We're trying to migrate our PB2021 App to PB2022. I'm noticing an issue while saving a Composite Report with multiple Nested DWs as a PDF. With PB2021, there was a line break coming after a DW with Grouped Rows with Summary while with PB 2022...
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Dipankar RSG Dipankar RSG
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Compare IP address to determine if within given IP range?
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 4 months ago
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Hello Here's an interesting seemingly simple question: Is the IP address 172.18.13.127 between 172.17.0.0 and 172.19.0.0  ?   (note the comparison values can change) more generally stated is IP address1 between IP address2 and IP address3 An IP a...
yakov werde yakov werde
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Dynamically change datawindow syntax for nested report
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  mike S replied 4 months ago
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Is it possible to dynamically change the datawindow syntax for a nested report in the group header datawindow?  I have a header and footer on a nested report.  I want to be able to assign the datawindow syntax to the nested report at runtime.  I am ...
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Kristin Sisk Kristin Sisk
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Getting an Outlook Throwable Error during Send
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  Christopher Craft replied 4 months ago
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PB 2022 1900 We recently changed our Emailing from MAPI to use Outlook OLE instead.  This has been working great but every so often we get a customer calling in reporting a throwable error during the send operation ("Error accessing external object ...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
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WebView Runtime warning popup message
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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Is there anyway to suppress the "WebView runtime not installed" message when opening a window that has the WebBrowser control on it and the WebView2 Runtime does not exist?  We are currently transitioning from using old OLE controls for URL function...
  1.  OLE
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  WebBrowser
Tim Ford Tim Ford
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Tabpage colors, global look UI architecture
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  1. Last updated 7 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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PB 17 Q1: How can I change the tabpage tab color? The part where the writing is? I thought it would be TabBackcolor but that doesn't work.   Q2: Is there a 3rd party UI tool that would globally change colors of objects at runtime? For example, ...
Robert Sawyer Robert Sawyer
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Power Client - Cloud App Launcher - PB 2022 with multiple INI file configuration
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Sathishkumar S replied 4 months ago
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Hi All, I am creating a Power Client - Cloud App Launcher - in PB 2022 R3,how to keep the same build which will be deployed with different INI file configurations in the production. Currently I am adding the INI file in External file list, each tim...
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Sathishkumar S Sathishkumar S
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Pass retrieval argument to dddw
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  1. Last updated 5 months ago
  2.  mathews rutto replied 4 months ago
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Hi, Please help how to pass retrieval argument to a dddw datawindow? with kind regards.
mathews rutto mathews rutto
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Capturing multiple instances in Ribbonbar history button
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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I have recently added a ribbonbar to one of our Powerbuilder applications as part of our modernization efforts.  One thing I really like is that the history of opened windows can still be captured and the customer can move between the open windows. ...
Miller Rhodes Miller Rhodes
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Inquiry on how to resolve banner link error in Work Space
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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Hello?Thanks to your help, our sea refrigerator was able to create both 32-bit and 64-bit Android APK files well, so it was successfully registered in One Store. Thank you again. And I am planning to create Work Space with version 2703 and upload it...
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Shin Jungi Shin Jungi
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I am trying to log into Info maker and it is telling me that I am logged in already?
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 months ago
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I am trying to log into Info maker and it is telling me that I am logged in already.     How do I find where I am logged in so I can log out of that session.?Thanks sam Ellis YCCC
Samuel Ellis Samuel Ellis
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SMTP Client error message
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  1. Last updated 6 months ago
  2.  Zhang JX replied 4 months ago
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Hi    I am using the new smtpclient to send email from my PB2022R3 application. It worked fine but sometimes or some users keeps getting error code 13 and 14 and we are not sure what the error message means. 13- -- Failed to send network data. 14 ...
Malek Taha Malek Taha
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Power Builder compiler error
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 4 months ago
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Dear all, On the Compilation of PB 2022 R2, using the stand alone compiler (NON IDE), I'm getting and error: (mCompiler exited with an error code: -1073741819 Follow by: ##[error] PB Build failed, xxx.exe is not created The last accessed object ...
Amit De Picciotto Amit De Picciotto
  1. PowerBuilder
Save the web page from the web browser control to a PNG or TIFF file
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  1. Last updated 4 months ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 4 months ago
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Do we have possible steps to save the web page (which is loaded in the web browser control) to a PNG or TIFF file in Appeon PB2019 R3 version?
Kiran Kumar Bodagala Kiran Kumar Bodagala
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