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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
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
Different Edit Mask for field in a Tabular/Grid Datawindow
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hello, Need to set different Edit Mask, all numeric with or without decimal, for a field in a Tabular / Grid datawindow.  Don't have a function like available for setting Format.  Is that possible to set ? The issue is for each row, user will be se...
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Tabpage disappear: strange behaviour?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hi, on a main window, we have a tab "A". In this tab "A" we have some tabpages. In one tabpage "X" again we have a tab "Y" with some tabpages. I don't have any code that hide the tabpages in tab "Y". But sometimes one (the first) tabpage disapear....
MARKOVIC Marko MARKOVIC Marko
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 R3 - OpenwithParm not working on windows 10 1709
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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We have migrated our application to PB 2017 R3. Application (exe) is working fine on window 7, but its crashing on window 10 1709 while calling OpenWithParm(). Its 32-bit application. Same code is working fine when I ran the application from PB IDE...
Sudheer bollapalli Sudheer bollapalli
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Ole custom control error accessing external object property value
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
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We have a Ole custom control (name ole_progress) defined in a window but when trying to access ole_progress.object.value property getting error accessing external object property value. what are the parameters i have to check to work the ole custom c...
amit kurhe amit kurhe
  1. PowerBuilder
Migration "bad runtime function" when invoking webservice
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Brage Mogstad replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello,We deploy our app by building exe+pbd+dll's.Since I migrated from PB 2017- PB 2019 I get an error "bad runtime function" when invoking webservice with CreateInstance in PB2019 runtime clients deployed to win10pro x64 pcs.I'm a 20 years+ PB deve...
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Brage Mogstad Brage Mogstad
  1. PowerBuilder
APPCRASH - Windows API
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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1 vote
  I added the Windows API  code below to my production PB 12.1 and Powerbuilder 2017 test applications (same exe)  and this is crashing my app. The crash happens on Windows Server 2012 R2 but fine on my desktop- (Windows 7). Does anyone have an AP...
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Kwadwo Boahene Kwadwo Boahene
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PB to PS web
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi All, I had moved my PB application into PowerServer web. And found a few problems: 1) alignment out, on the of_settimer at statusbar,(see attachment) can anyone enlighten me on this issue, how to fix this? Thank you. 2) Understood that classDef...
Sim Joo Pee Sim Joo Pee
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
What is the best practice to use source control with Powerbuilder and SVN?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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We recently upgraded to the Powerbuilder 2019 from PB 12.5. We also have increased the number of developers and would like to use the SVN feature with PB 2019. We found instructions on how to set this up (using instructions for PB 2017 R2 You tube vi...
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  2.  PBD
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  SVN
  5.  TortoiseSVN
Cyndi Harris Cyndi Harris
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Datawindow Report - PDF as Background Image
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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We have a need to use a standard PDF form as the background of a datawindow report so that it can be filled in with overlay-ed data. We have tried multiple approaches like converting the PDF to an image file and placing in the background. However, al...
Graham Miller Graham Miller
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Served license applies to multiple versions of PB?
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Guys, at some point our company may upgrade to PB 2019. We're currently at PB 12.1, and our licenses are administered on a server. Are served licenses restricted to specific versions, or can PB 12 and PB 2019 use the same?
Scott Gorke Scott Gorke
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connect to SQL database
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ replied 4 years ago
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I am migrating my aplication from powerbuilder 8 to powerbuilder 2019, but when i connect to my sql database and i try to retrieve data to my datawindow, i get this message: select error SQLSTATE = 42S02 Microsoft SQL Native Client invalid object nam...
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ
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eon_mobile_webviewex webview escaping url
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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, I have a mobile app using Powerserver 2017 R3 which has a page that loads PDFs using the Appeon WebView workaround (help file). This works fine for simple and public URLs. However when using Azure and having to pass an access signature it fails...
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerServer Mobile
  3.  URL
Alan Rice Alan Rice
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Code priority over theme
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I don't know if this is possible or not but I need to put priority on code over the theme.   I have a custom theme created by me using Flat Dessign Grey, but i have some statictext on my app where I don't want to apply the theme on it. So there's a...
Mariano Lago Mariano Lago
  1. PowerBuilder
Format of PBT causes Merge Conflicts on new PBLs
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
2 replies
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Hello We've been using PB 2019 and GIT (BitBucket Server) now for some time, and with some custom scripting (a refresh-all.ps1 that uses PBC to rebuild PBLs from source) its all working rather smoothly. However, I noticed that there is a problem wi...
  1.  Git
  2.  Library
  3.  Merge
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Chris Heale Chris Heale
  1. PowerBuilder
Changing the background color of a group header when a row of that group is selected
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, I have a group datawindow and I want to change the background color of the header of a group if any row inside that group is selected. I only want to change the header for that specific group, not all headers. In the detail band are multiple...
Lukas Kluge Lukas Kluge
  1. PowerBuilder
TreeView Control is not displaying children
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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Hi, TreeView control is missing children or items underneath in PB 2019 migrated code.    Am I missing something?   Thanks  
Sanjay Shivade Sanjay Shivade
  1. PowerBuilder
Check out locks on Azure dev ops
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 4 years ago
4 replies
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Hello, all We are trying to move to Azure DevOps Git source control and we have a theoretical question. Is it possible to lock access to a checked out file for all users, except for the one who did the check out?   If not, then how well does confl...
  1.  Git
Arcady Abramov Arcady Abramov
  1. PowerBuilder
Al usar odbc postgresql Powerbuilder 2019 no muestra los esquemas
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 4 years ago
3 replies
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He utilizado durante muchos años y versiones Powerbuilder, la última versión a la que he tenido acceso ha sido la 12.5 En todas hemos trabajado normalmente con Postgresql. Desde la versión 9 a las 12.5, sin problema alguno. Pero ahora al querer pro...
José Arturo Garcia José Arturo Garcia
  1. PowerBuilder
2017 Runtimes
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years ago
1 reply
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I have a server with the PB2017 R2 run times installed.  I want R3 run times. What is the procedure for this?  Must I uninstall R2 run times first?  Or can I install over the top of R2.  Or can I simply copy the ...shared/Powerbuilder directory from ...
  1.  Runtime Packager
Mark Lundell Mark Lundell
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Migration Errors
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  1. Last updated 4 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 4 years ago
6 replies
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0 votes
Hello All !!! Last Friday, i have downloaded the PB 2019 30-Day Trial Version and installed standard edition and added my workspace and target but today when i am trying to open the same target in my current version v10.2 it says it "Could not add t...
Bala Kotha Bala Kotha
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