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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
Log Modes in Appeon PowerServer 2017 Build 1858.00 64-bit Edition
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Edson Teixeira replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, I have a question concerning to the Log Modes in Appeon PowerServer 2017 Build 1858.00 64-bit Edition. As we can find in the documentation here the Standard log mode is described as: Mode 2: Standard mode Standard mode is the default mode,...
Edson Teixeira Edson Teixeira
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PowerBuilder 2017 R3 popup box display issue in Windows 10 VDI
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Steven Turner replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Good morning,When running PB17 R3 within Appeon, all messagebox and/or popup windows display correctly (Windows 10). When running the executable within a VDI environment, we don't see the full outline of the box. The bottom right corner is invisible....
Steven Turner Steven Turner
  1. PowerBuilder
Upgrading from PowerBuilder Enterprise Version 9
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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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Hello everyone and thank you for taking my question.  Our department wants to upgrade our current PowerBuilder Enterprise (not Standard) version 9 to PowerBuilder 2019.  We have the very basics in how our applications were built, we are just utilizin...
  1.  License
Mike Greiner Mike Greiner
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow Column long text only visible when column has focus
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I have a problem with a column in a datawindow. The column is a string column and is supposed to contain a subject of a text. If I type a long text without spaces in the column (like a filepath) and the column does not have focus part of the ...
  1.  DataWindow
Lukas Kluge Lukas Kluge
  1. PowerBuilder
Date convert
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Rômulo Sorato replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hello. I´m trying to convert a string date coming from user input   the string is for example "05/2015" in the format "mm/yyyy"   and i want to convert to /01/05/2015 in the format "dd//mm/yyyy"   ldcompetencia = date(em_competencia.text)  ...
  1.  PowerScript (PS)
Rômulo Sorato Rômulo Sorato
  1. PowerBuilder
client performance, powerserver web application
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Juan Pedro Sanz Diez replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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  Hi,  I'm using Powerserver Appeon PowerServer 2019 Build 2151.00 Powerbuilder Universal Edition. Version 2019 Build 2082   We have performance problems with some PC Users when executing a Web PB App.   I mean, in my  PC and other 4-5 Users I...
  1.  Performance
  2.  PowerServer Web
Juan Pedro Sanz Diez Juan Pedro Sanz Diez
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Using a Blob
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I am using a web service to retrieve a picture from cloud. The picture is stored in a blob. I can show the picture using the picture object. Now i need to the following three tasks 1. Save the picture 2. Email the Picture. I am not sure how ...
Yasir Masood Yasir Masood
  1. PowerBuilder
Command Button Theme
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I have migrated my application to PB 2019 to improve Usability since “Themes” can be applied and it looks great.   However, the Theme defined for the CommandButton control applies to the "Call to Action" button and the "Cancel" button. Thi...
  1.  Design
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Theme
Jorge Escobar Jorge Escobar
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2019R2 - how to initialise ribbonbar control
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Kari Paukku replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, how is the ribbonbar control initialised using PowerScript? In the documentation/How to guide there is only this : wf_init_ribbonbar(rbb_1,False) and I dont have the sample application the above is referring to. Thanks, kp
Kari Paukku Kari Paukku
  1. Beta Testing
NativePDF ! Headers
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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 when i use NativePDF! with datawindows with several pages , in the second page the header dont work and the letters is over it . What can i do?
Diego A Villegas R Diego A Villegas R
  1. PowerBuilder
application built using Powerbuilder 2019 database connection failing when TLS 1.2 enabled on database.
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I am trying to have an application built using Powerbuilder 2019 connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database with TLS 1.2 enabled. The Database connection fails with a SSL Security Error. However, I am able to connect from within the Powerbuilder Dev ...
Sandeep Pattanayak Sandeep Pattanayak
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2017 R3 - Git (should .pbls be committed)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Good morning,Upon making a change to an object within a particular .pbl (acme1.pbl for example), I right-click on that .pbl (using TortoiseGit) to commit the change to that specific object. This commit is reflected in the ws_objects folder.If I do a ...
Steven Turner Steven Turner
  1. PowerBuilder
Themes and titlebars
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi.   We have successfully migrated our application to PB2019 and have also implemented the option to change theme. But why is the titlebar on the windows left unaltered? Here is our application using the "Flat Design Dark" theme and Microsoft Fi...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Theme
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
Generate C# Model Syntax Issue (Oracle)
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I'm getting a parsing error in the C# model generator for a datawindow that I am not sure how to resolve -- see attached.  The datawindow works fine in PB when doing a preview and passing the required arguments.  The issue appears to related to a sub...
  1.  Oracle
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  SnapDevelop
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. SnapDevelop
PB Apps crash when Windows magnifier is active
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
13 replies
6391 views
1 vote
Hi Experts! We've identified a strange problem. On some computers (with probably only Windows 10) our programs written in PowerBuilder 2019, 2017 and 12.5 crash when you activate the Windows screen magnifier (full screen). On other computers (also ...
Benjamin Hübner Benjamin Hübner
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed Unit Tests in SnapDevelop
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Thomas Rolseth replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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We are using xUnit for our unit tests.  Tests – very simple ones – will often fail with the attached error when doing a 'Run All Tests' operation.  And it is random.  If I select the failed test that is highlighted below and do a 'Run Selected Test' ...
  1.  DataStore (C#)
  2.  Unit Testing
  3.  SnapDevelop
Thomas Rolseth Thomas Rolseth
  1. SnapDevelop
List of unused objects in a PB2019 project
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Mihai Apostol replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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Hi all,    How can I find the list of unused(not referenced by) objects in a PB2019 project?     Thanks      
Mihai Apostol Mihai Apostol
  1. PowerBuilder
TEXT DON´T DISPLAY ON DATAWINDOW
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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I have a datawindow that was created on powerbuilder 8, when i migrate to PowerBuilder 2019, i saw one problem: In the datawindow i have many columns , one of them is a text type , in the previous version it works, but in the new version , i can ins...
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Catalog Owner / Oracle DB profile connection
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, I am new to PB community and recently our company purchased and installed 2019 standard license to migrate PB9.0 application we had, which was last  updated in 2010.  Created a  DB profile , giving connection Error " Please connect as PB cata...
  1.  Database
  2.  Database Profile
Gaurang Patel Gaurang Patel
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot regenerate datawindow objects in PB2019
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
5 replies
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0 votes
I just installed PB2019 on a Windows 2016 server (64-bit) and migrated our application. No errors. Did the same last week on a Win10 desktop. Migrated the application there as well.  I noticed that I cannot regen any datawindow objects in the 2016 s...
Larry Molter Larry Molter
  1. PowerBuilder

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