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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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  2. How-to
  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
  1. PowerBuilder
Delete Trigger Causing "Row Changed Between Retrieve and Update" Error
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Géza Bartha replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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PB2017 R3, SQL Server 2014   I'm miigrating an application from PB9 to PB2017 R3. I'm receiving a Row Changed Between Retrieve and Update error when I try to delete a row through a datawindow. I narrowed the problem down to the attached trigger tha...
Joe Hess Joe Hess
  1. PowerBuilder
Error uploading app to Google Play
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Oihana Goikoetxea replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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Hi: I'm triying to distribute the app through the Google Play and  if I upload the APK generated from the package created in PB I have the message: APK without optimizationWarning: This APK has unused codes and resources that are being sent t...
Oihana Goikoetxea Oihana Goikoetxea
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
SetFullState load error PB 12.6
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I have a report window with an empty datawindow control on it used to display reports. A non visual user object determines which report is asked for, retrieves the reports datawindow syntax from the database, creates the datawindow in a work pbl and ...
Jay Hastings Jay Hastings
  1. PowerBuilder
Can't open instance of a ddatabase
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I have a pb app that connects fine to a servername but when I try to connect to a particular instanc3e by setting the servername to that instance:   servername=myDbServer\myinstance   it failes, am I maybe spoecifying the server instance the wron...
Rik Brooks Rik Brooks
  1. PowerBuilder
WebBrowser Control in PowerServer Support
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Peter Thiem replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Would the new WebBrowser Control (Chromium based, in PowerBuilder 2019 R2) ever be supported by PowerServer?  
  1.  PowerServer
  2.  WebBrowser
Peter Thiem Peter Thiem
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Attempt to load Oracle client libraries threw BadImageFormatException
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, i am getting this error while adding datasource for PowerServer2020. My OS is 64bit and Powerserver is 64 bit installed. Could you please help/suggest a way to overcome this error. Attempt to load Oracle client libraries threw BadImageFormatExc...
rohit ranjan rohit ranjan
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Is PowerBuilder IDE 32 bit or 64 bit and which version of Oracle Client does it need to connect to an Oracle database
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Leonid Shchervinsky replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi: Is PowerBuilder IDE 32 bit or 64  bit and which version of Oracle Client does it need to connect to an Oracle database? In Downloads I can see just one version and I cannot tell whether it is 32 bit or 64 bit. Thanks Leoni
Leonid Shchervinsky Leonid Shchervinsky
  1. PowerBuilder
Git, is this Powerbuilder Bug or wrong Settings?
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Please advise is there any way to configure ??? (Git, Tortoise, Powerbuilder...) or this is a Bug?
  1.  Git
· Dainis · Dainis
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Web Vs Citrix and how big Webserver (hardware) must be
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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HI, Is there somewhere a document that compares Citrix with current Powerbuilder Web? Can someone also please tell me how big my web server (hardware) must be to run let say 200 people.   Regards MLB  
Marie Bisschoff Marie Bisschoff
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
application gets closed while calling a function
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Andrew Barnes replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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hi  i am using powerbuilder 8 version. suddenly my application gets closed in a particular screen in which whenever i click ok button.In ok button it calls the function updaterightstree(root); in that line app gets closed.Its an existing screen only...
backya ayyappan backya ayyappan
  1. PowerBuilder
Issue with retrieving datastore dynamically created at runtime.
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi. We're working on coverting our app from PB to C# and using the Appeon DWNet extensions for our datawindows.  Our customers have custom dws and we are trying build datastore objects by loading the dw .srd files at run time.  Using this example to...
Joel Norby Joel Norby
  1. .NET DataStore
SMTP 64 BIT failure in PB 2019 R2
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I converted an app from 32 (PowerBuilder 2017 R2) to 64 bit using PowerBuilder 2019 R2. The SMTP connection works for the 32 bit but not for the 64 bit. I have scanned through here and seen suggestions to use PBNISMTP sample code. I tired compiling t...
  1.  64-bit
Kwadwo Boahene Kwadwo Boahene
  1. PowerBuilder
webbrowser zoom
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Luis Pesaressi replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, how make a zoom in a webbrowser, I have a picture but when apply the zoom function , not working but return 1 or you know another way   thanks     Hola, como puedo hacer zoom en webbrowser estoy visualizando un jpg pero cuando le doy la fun...
Luis Pesaressi Luis Pesaressi
  1. PowerBuilder
Pb2017 Topwiz EmailSMTP 64 bit program fails
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Kwadwo Boahene replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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When I run 64 bit exe (Topwiz EmailSMTP) to send email, it fails with an error "A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has faile...
  1.  Email
  2.  SMTP
Rajesh Selvam Rajesh Selvam
  1. PowerBuilder
ORA-12504: TNS:listener was not given the SERVICE_NAME in CONNECT_DATA
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Leonid Shchervinsky replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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ORA-12504: TNS:listener was not given the SERVICE_NAME in CONNECT_DATA What are the steps to do this?
Leonid Shchervinsky Leonid Shchervinsky
  1. PowerBuilder
Header Sort : Row keeps moving
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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HI, Why does the row move if I have sort on the header and the values is the same and I keep hitting the sort.     Regards MLB
Marie Bisschoff Marie Bisschoff
  1. PowerBuilder
of_getDeviceID & can't find an app in playstore on TabletPC But on Smartphone
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Guys, I need some advice from you. 1. of_getDeviceID    According to Appeon Workaround, we can get a unique identifier which depends on the manufacturer, product type, and operating system.. is it possible we can get the same Device id from the...
  1.  Mobile
  2.  Play Store (Google)
MH Lee MH Lee
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
pbm_tbnmoved event for toolbars
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi all, I'm trying to prevent a user from changing the position of a menu toolbar. What I'd really like is to get rid of the handle that allows you to change it in the first place, but that seems to be difficult. So I thought, let me restore the me...
Miguel Leeuwe Miguel Leeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
pick a local file from android app
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Simone Olianti replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, is there a simple way to emulate a getfileopenname on a mobile application? in particular i would like to show a system dialog box to let the user select a local image file (for example a screenshot) and get in return the path where it is loca...
Simone Olianti Simone Olianti
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Error: Please Connect as a PowerBuilder Catalog Owner
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi: I am getting the following error: "Please Connect as a PowerBuilder Catalog Owner. This is necessary for the initial connection to Oracle to GRANT privileges on the repository." How would I resolve this error? Thanks
Leonid Shchervinsky Leonid Shchervinsky
  1. PowerBuilder

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