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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
6 replies
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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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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer Installation issue
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Cami Lawson replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi all,   I'm installing PB 2019 and need to install PowerServer to my local PC (Windows 10).  I'm getting the message IIS is not installed.  You will not be able to install the PowerServer   PowerServer says available to install but the box is ...
  1.  Installation
  2.  PowerServer
Cami Lawson Cami Lawson
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
ShareObjectRegister() crashes the app
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Yiannis Papadomichelakis replied 5 years ago
4 replies
2681 views
0 votes
In PB2019, the application crashes when I use ShareObjectRegister() after dynamically changing the library list (by adding one or more pbds). This behavior is exactly the same as in PB 12.6.  I noticed that Shared Object functions like SharedObjectG...
  1.  Bug
  2.  Multi Threading
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Yiannis Papadomichelakis Yiannis Papadomichelakis
  1. PowerBuilder
Web API in SnapDevelop
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Cami Lawson replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I was working with the Create Web API tutorial and tried to add another call for another table other than Departments.  I created a Controller for Persons and all subsequent items, which would take the RetrieveOne for an int on the AdventureWorks2017...
  1.  API
  2.  DataStore
  3.  SnapDevelop
Cami Lawson Cami Lawson
  1. SnapObjects
Appeon Elevate 2019 Educational Sessions - available as downloads?
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I was considering attending the Appeon Elevate conference this year, there's a lot of interesting sessions I'd like to be able to see: https://www.appeon.com/conference/elevate-2019/session.html  There's so many that I'm concerned, even if I at...
  1.  Elevate Conference
Dan Black Dan Black
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrate NVOs from EAS web app to REST Web API with PB 2019/Snap Develop
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ricardo Jasso replied 5 years ago
4 replies
3250 views
1 vote
Hi all, We are evaluating the efforts to migrate PB NVOs from an EAS web app to REST API using Snap Develop and PB 2019. We already migrated few methods using the IDataStore object. However we noticed that several methods were missing from the orig...
  1.  API
  2.  C#
  3.  DataStore (C#)
  4.  Embedded SQL
  5.  Migration
  6.  NVO
  7.  REST
  8.  SnapDevelop
  9.  .NET DataStore
paulo gomes paulo gomes
  1. SnapObjects
Duplicate objects in different PBLs not handled by PBC or Orcascript
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Source control in PB2017 and 2019 was improved to no longer export all objects into a common folder. It now creates a subfolder for each PBL and extracts it's source there. This avoids the problem of having objects with the same name in multiple PBLs...
  1.  AutoCompiler
  2.  Build
  3.  OrcaScript
Noel Hibbard Noel Hibbard
  1. PowerBuilder
Is there some way to programmatically trigger a refresh in the IDE
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Noel Hibbard replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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The implementation of Git in 2017 and 2019 is very minimal so you end up doing a lot of stuff outside of the IDE. Mainly creating, switching and merging branches. Anytime you do something outside the IDE you have to remember to do a refresh (to be sa...
  1.  Automation
  2.  Git
  3.  PBL
  4.  Source Code
Noel Hibbard Noel Hibbard
  1. PowerBuilder
Working with PBL directory on mapped network drive
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Pierre DETE replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hello PB users,   It takes a very very long time to open (+read/save) a workspace on a mapped network drive. I think it's a network issue but as Powerbuilder environment is the only one to have this problem for now on my laptop, I don't know what t...
Pierre DETE Pierre DETE
  1. PowerBuilder
PDF Conversion from multiple file formats
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
I had an earlier post about creating a PDF Portfolio, but have come full circle with the scope of the project and realize I am struggling with determining a good starting place and method for some basic PDF manipulation with PowerBuilder.   I am loo...
Rick Domogalik Rick Domogalik
  1. PowerBuilder
How to conduct transaction when autocommit set to true
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Song Tom replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Dear Appeon:              thanks your support always, we found a database connection issue, it is a dynamic call the begin tran in the application, when transaction autocommit set to true, it is run normally in the OLE DB, but fail in the SNC conne...
Song Tom Song Tom
  1. PowerBuilder
Is PB2019 Build 2082 compatible with MySQL 8.0
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Gerry Whitmarsh replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Hi, Due to a MySQL bug regarding auto increment columns, I am investigating upgrading from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0 where the bug has been fixed. I have successfully upgraded the database but as I have table names and columns that are now reserved words I h...
  1.  MySQL
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Gerry Whitmarsh Gerry Whitmarsh
  1. PowerBuilder
Fill in some PDF properties with NativePDF method
  1. Resolved
  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mark Lee @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All,Generate PDF with PDFLib is a very cool new feature ! Thanks a lot for that.By checking the properties with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC of a pdf file generated with PB2017R3 by the NativePDF method, I saw that there is some fields named "Title", "...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PDF
Sly B Sly B
  1. PowerBuilder
SnapObject web services 2 IIS
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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hello guru. I developed a pair of WS in C# with Snapobject. Now I have to publish everything on the production server which is an IIS. How should I proceed ? Is there any 'step to step' document?   Thanks   G.
  1.  IIS
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. SnapObjects
Appeon Mobile App Fingerprint Verification
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi, We would like to add fingerprint verification to our Appeon Mobile App.At the moment I'm at the point where I can check fingerprints/touch id but I don't know how to send success(or error) status code/message back to the app after the verificati...
  1.  Cordova
  2.  Mobile
  3.  PowerServer Mobile
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
App para MAC
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Buenos dias.  Tengo desarrollada una aplicaciones en power builder ver 11.5, hay forma de ejecutarla en una Mac ?  en entorno windows se ejecuta perfectamente pero al querer ejecutarla en una Mac dice que tiene que ser una aplicacion para ese entor...
Guillermo Tamburo Guillermo Tamburo
  1. PowerBuilder
powerbuilder and print from mobile
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  aron warner replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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can i print to spesific printer on my server from mobile ?? or how can i print to printer installed on my android device  i wrote that printsetprinter not supported on mobile application
  1.  Build
intouch intouch intouch intouch
  1. PowerBuilder
"Transaction is not connected" error on database commit
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Does anyone know why I might be receiving the following error when commit; is executed in embedded SQL in WebServer?     The code connects to the database and retrieves data properly.   Primary Code transaction l_trans if -1 = this.trigger eve...
Phyllip Hall Phyllip Hall
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Receiving WM_COPYDATA messages
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hello, I want to send an ‘WM_COPYDATA’ message from an C# application to an PowerBuilder application. I have created an struct with the message and other C# can read the message. How can I catch the ‘WM_COPYDATA’ message from PowerBuilder? There is...
Stèphan Eizinga Stèphan Eizinga
  1. PowerBuilder
How to solve HTTP 417 error?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Wayne Wan replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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0 votes
My pb IDE: pb11 i call a webservice and it works well for serveral months. but it showed error last month, "HTTP 417".  i asked the server side, they told me to add this sentence before I call the webservice: "System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect10...
Wayne Wan Wayne Wan
  1. PowerBuilder
Header / Footer in Richtext Presentation Style
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi I'm trying to create a Richtext DW with a Header and a Footer. However, both Header and Footer always have a margin of about 1.5 cm to the top and bottom of the page, no matter how low I set the top and bottom margins in the print specifications...
Markus Eckert Markus Eckert
  1. PowerBuilder

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