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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
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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
3 replies
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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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Tab Controller Color change
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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We are trying to change the back color of a tab header but seems it wont apply even tough we set the color property. Always displayed in grey color as you can see. Please take a look the below image and let us know a solution for this issue.   Tha...
Lalanke Karunaratne Lalanke Karunaratne
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2019R2 Native PDF and PNG in Detail Band
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Daniel Johnson replied 3 years ago
4 replies
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Has anyone else had an issue converting a DW to PDF with a small PNG icon in the detail band?The first page renders just fine:.. but it starts overlapping multiple images on subsequent pages:It happens on Grid and Freeform, but I was able to verify t...
Daniel Johnson Daniel Johnson
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On-Screen Keyboard on powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 3 years ago
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Hello everyone, I need to show On-Screen Keyboard on my application, but (run("c:\windows\system32\osk.exe")) it's not working for me. If someone could tell me how to show it I'll be so grateful.
Pau Haro Pau Haro
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Appeon need to learn jetbrains
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Sally Li @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Appeon need to learn jetbrains,allow user to by appeon product online. Especially for independent developers,Eduction developers jetbrains allow everyone buy jetbrains's products online ,for China users ,can use alipay to pay it is a suggestion h...
youping ouyang youping ouyang
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powerbuilder19 Excel saveasascii
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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I am trying to convert the Datawindow to txt file by using the command 'saveasascii' and then convert it back to Excel.However, the Datawindow is not displayed as it is.If the Datawindow is freeform, the line is pushed.Is there a workaround in the 20...
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Elevate 2020 Replay
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
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The 2-day online conference Elevate 2020 has concluded successfully! We greatly appreciate all the hard work from our MVPs Community Presenters. Not only did they share their knowledge through videos, but they also joined the session Live to answer ...
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Sally Li @Appeon Sally Li @Appeon
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Database Truncation Errors
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 3 years ago
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I am having a problem where I am getting errors when PowerBuilder tries to update the database and there is a "truncation" issue with one of the columns in the table it is updating.    I am in the process of upgrading from PowerBuilder v7 to versi...
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Jon Stoller Jon Stoller
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12.5.2 Web Browser control - dddw not working in EXE
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
7 replies
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We have a super weird issue with a browser control.  We have an external vendor supplied .NET 1 page app that we host and call from PB 12.5.2 (build 5609).  The control sits on a response window.  We've been in prod for almost a year with great succe...
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  2.  OLE
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Kevin Ridley Kevin Ridley
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Set HTTP headers in WebBroweser control
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Stanislav Kapelkin replied 3 years ago
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Is there a way to set a header in webBrowser control? In particular I want to set an "Authorization" header.
Stanislav Kapelkin Stanislav Kapelkin
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Expression on Datawindow display only property
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 3 years ago
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You can put an expression on the procect property on a column in a datawindow, which allows you to specify that when in querymode user can type here otherwise he can only read. The problem is that sometimes you want user to copy from that column, bu...
Jan Hoppe Jan Hoppe
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Changing ToolBarItemName doesn't work anymore for .PNG icons
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Roel Pollet replied 3 years ago
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In the menu bar we change the toolbar icons when the user clicks on it. m_color.clicked : IF this.toolBarItemText = "Yellow" THEN    this.toolBarItemText = "Red"        this.toolBarItemName = "red.png"    ELSE    this.toolBarItemText = "Yellow"    ...
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  2.  Menu
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Roel Pollet Roel Pollet
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Themes - JSON Modification 2019 R2 build 2328
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Requesting help to modify the json file for themes. we have modified json file - datawindow property but it got effected across the datawindow i.e. header, detail etc. in this freeform style along with across the application. That is label font colo...
sekhar sai sekhar sai
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removing trial word from the application
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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  Recently we have migrated application to 2019 in trial version. Now after building it is showing trial word in all screens.we have purchased licensed version before 1 week. now how can i remove that word without making build in licensed version....
backya arun backya arun
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Google Charting in PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
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Where can I find example code for implementing google charts in Chromium browser control?
Richard Granquist Richard Granquist
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Opened sheet has been covered by the Ribbonbar window when clicked from folded menu button
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
2 replies
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Hi There,  We have just added the new Ribbonbar feature into our PFC framework system at main-sheet level - eg. keep using pfc mdi windows and MDI menu while adding ribbonbar to main sheet for individual modules. We faced wired issue when the numbe...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  RibbonBar
Zhang JX Zhang JX
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow from Stored Procedure
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Good Morning Everyone! I'm trying to populate a Datastore directly from a Stored Procedure (first time that I do this) I create the DW as a Grid, then select Stored procedure and choose it from the list, everything fine.  It asks me for the retrie...
Pepe Cuenca Pepe Cuenca
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Applytheme function 2019 R2 Build 2328
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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We have applied Theme in the object by using "applytheme()" function in open event of window (Screen A) and It was working as expected.   But without closing the screen A, if we try to open another screen (Screen B) which we have not applied theme ...
sekhar sai sekhar sai
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.NET DataStore and Visual Studio
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, I understand that we can open a SnapDevelop project in Visual Studio. Is there a PowerBuilder licence needed on a PC with Visual Studio using project with .NET DataStore? Thanks,Marcin
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  SnapDevelop
  3.  .NET DataStore
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. .NET DataStore
PB2019R3 MSOLEDBSQL and MARS
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Jim Gunzelman replied 3 years ago
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We downloaded PB2019R3 and converted our PB12 application.  We switched the db driver to msoledbsql to connect to our Sql Server 2016 database.  My activity monitor shows 2 connections with the same session ID leading me to believe the multiple activ...
Jim Gunzelman Jim Gunzelman
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Download PowerBuilder 6.5 for Migration
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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Hi Team, Requesting to share the knowledge for how to download the PowerBuilder 6.5 software for PowerBuilder Migration. i would need to Migrate the source to PowerBuilder 17.  Thanks in advance.
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JIJO THOMAS JIJO THOMAS
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