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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
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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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Themes are practically useless for an existing mature application...
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Jones replied 5 years ago
8 replies
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Apologies to everyone but as a company that has been using Powerbuilder for more than 20 years and we were excited for the themes hence rant below: RANT BEGINWell, we have been disappointed by Powerbuilder again. We were excited to use themes to giv...
Mark Jones Mark Jones
  1. PowerBuilder
What are some web host that are suited to host a Powerbuilder application?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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What are some web host that are suited to host a Powerbuilder application? Our team is going from your standard Client/Server to deploying the cloud. Which web host will work out best for PB? Thank you
  1.  Deployment
  2.  PowerServer Web
Sabir Foux Sabir Foux
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Change default Directory for DataObjectFactory.LoadDataWindow
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I have noticed that DataObjectFactory.LoadDataWindow uses the App Domain's Base directory to find the pbwconfig file.  This will not work for us since we may have different DataWindow versions with the same name.  We need a way to dynamically set the...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  .NET DataStore
Bernie Rivera Bernie Rivera
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Enterprise Management does not list the SQL Anywhere 16 Native Driver under the "resources" section. We're unable to add a transaction object as a result.
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Sabir Foux replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, We recently installed SQL SA 16 and loaded our data onto this new version coming from SQL SA 9. We were going through the deployment wizard provided by the PowerServer ToolKit when we reached the part to add a transaction object. We could not...
  1.  AEM
  2.  PowerServer Web
  3.  SQL Anywhere
Sabir Foux Sabir Foux
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Local .NET Assemblies from Classic App (update?)
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
7 replies
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Hello    Back in 2012 Bruce Armstrong created a PowerBuilder.TV How-To video titled “Using .NET Assemblies with PowerBuilder”   The manifest creation tool he uses, GenMan32,   https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/junfeng/2007/04/14/genman32-a-tool-to-g...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  OLE
yakov werde yakov werde
  1. PowerBuilder
How to execute and Work with Data Pipeline
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I am new how to use Data Pipeline. So far I know how to create them and execute them in the GUI of PB2019 and it transfer the data with no issues. Now I want to use the pipeline object and execute it via PB Script and here it is where I do not know...
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Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerBuilder
How to open a internet browser on https site with POST method
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Jon Tzeng replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I am trying to open a https site with POST method to include ID and password to access the https site and open the site on the default internet browser. The POST I tried to use HttpClient and sendRequest method. But I cannot make it works. The return...
Jon Tzeng Jon Tzeng
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
How to activate PB2019 license in offline
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Balasubramaniam N replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi Team, I installed PowerBuilder2019 in my VDI machine, this machine has no internet access. When I tried to activate the license using "Activate offline license manually" option, it is showing the below message. Message: "You can only use an onli...
Balasubramaniam N Balasubramaniam N
  1. PowerBuilder
Runtime needed to run a Web Service
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hello: we have developed a Web Service using PB2017 Universal version. The .msi installer has been created and the Web Service has been deployed in the test server. However when trying to invoke the WebService, the following arises: Line 74:     ...
  1.  .NET Core Framework
  2.  Runtime Packager
Javier García Javier García
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Error creating an instance of a .net DataStore
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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I am getting the following error when attempting create a .net datastore in a deployed environment: Could not load file or assembly 'System.ComponentModel.Annotations, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its ...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  .NET DataStore
Bernie Rivera Bernie Rivera
  1. PowerBuilder
Outer Join syntax from PB to ANSI
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Luca DG replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello  I have several datawindows coming from an old application with graphic SQL written win Powerbuilder outer Join syntax (*= or =*). For example: select student.name, student_email.email from student, student_email where student.id *= student_e...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  SQL Server
Luca DG Luca DG
  1. PowerBuilder
Using a REGISTRATION-FREE .Net DLL in PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Aron Cox replied 5 years ago
6 replies
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I created a .Net DLL (COM) and managed to use it in PowerBuilder (12.5 Classic)... so far so good... The downside that we need te register this DLL in order to be able to use it. Ive read that theres possibility to use such a DLL without registra...
  1.  COM
Marc Schmidtmayer Marc Schmidtmayer
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2019 Migration Failure to Launch...
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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My application was developed in PB 12.5 and I am migrating it to PB 2019. It runs from the IDE, but the deployed version on IDE machine errors out with message: DBMS OLE DB is not supported in your current installation, where PROVIDER='SQLOLEDB'. On ...
Lynn A Haynes Lynn A Haynes
  1. PowerBuilder
Object dot notation examples for .NET Datastore
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Don Olliver replied 5 years ago
7 replies
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Using PB 2019, we have migrated several datastores to a SnapDevelop .NET assembly. Looking through the various tutorials and sample projects, we do not see any examples of accessing datastore column values using object dot notation. All appear to use...
  1.  SnapDevelop
  2.  .NET DataStore
Don Olliver Don Olliver
  1. SnapObjects
Should we replace POS with POSA in PB 2017r3
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hello All, During the migration of PB9 application to PB17r3. The POS function is automatically replaced with POSA in some places. However some places as it with POS function. So it is required to change manually POSA at the place of POS function. ...
  1.  Migration
prashant kaushik prashant kaushik
  1. PowerBuilder
PBC190 CGEN resource compiling error
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
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Using PowerBuilder 19 and standalone compiler PBC190. All works as expected in PowerBuilder 19. When using PBC190, the creation of the dll's failes.Elevated Commandline is:pbc190.exe /d "E:\_troubleshoot\Ada\ada.pbt" /o "E:\_troubleshoot\Ada\ada.exe...
Susana Domingos Susana Domingos
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PBC190 performance issues
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Susana Domingos replied 5 years ago
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Hi, We have a workspace with 10 different projects; one of the projects has 20 additional libraries. This project takes 1m24s to compile using the PowerBuilder 19 IDE. Using the PBC190 utility takes over 2h (using Microsoft Azure Cmd task). Is ther...
Susana Domingos Susana Domingos
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PB 2017 with Oracle 18c
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Thomas George replied 5 years ago
8 replies
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Hi Team, Can I use Oracle 18c with powerbuildr2017. Please advise.   Regards Nikesh
Nikesh Mishra Nikesh Mishra
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Decimal to Formatted String
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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Hello all, I need to convert a decimal number in a variable "1234.22" into a string and need it in the format "1,234.22" (money) such that I can display it on a text field when the program is run. I am unsure of how I can approach this.. I know the ...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Raj Kumar Raj Kumar
  1. PowerBuilder
Oracle PL/SQL
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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HELP!When we "upgraded" to Oracle 12C from Oracle 11g several years ago, we started seeing the following EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. we connected to a database in both SQL+ and when running a script in SQL+. We use standard PL/SQL and run the scripts in SQL...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
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