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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 2 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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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
Dynamic function calls with a parameter called by reference
  1. Resolved
  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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It appears that Powerserver does not support the dynamic calling of functions with a parameter that is of type reference.   What happens is that when that variable is populated in the calling function, it is passed back as null ( like it was disca...
Miller Rhodes Miller Rhodes
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PB 2017 R3 1880 winAPI structure issues
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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Downloaded R3 trial version and tried to compile Kodigo OpenExplorer from below SF link. https://sourceforge.net/projects/kodigo/ Re-compiled canvas.pbx using VS2015 and PBNI libs from PB2017 R3, imported the PBX in the PBL , removed fcxpbni.pbd an...
  1.  PBNI
  2.  WinAPI
Christos Ioannou Christos Ioannou
  1. PowerBuilder
How to place an enter (just to be ♀) in the body of an email.
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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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I am trying to automatically format the email body text, separating  the lines with a carriage return. It just to be the caracter ♀, but it does not work. I try ~r and it does not work either.  Could you please give me an advice or direct me in the r...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Conversion of Applications to Oracle Database from Sybase
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Anthony Mancuso replied 5 years ago
8 replies
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Has anyone gone through a database conversion from Sybase 16 to Oracle 12c? Can you off advice in: 1) The way you setup schemas in Oracle? 2) Stored Procedure Conversion? 3) Datawindows that use Stored Procedures as the source? 4) Any general ad...
Anthony Mancuso Anthony Mancuso
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Workspace in Play store was removed?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Julie Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hello All, I was looking for Appeon Mobile Workspace in Play Store and can not find it anymmore. Was it removed it or is down for a moment only?
  1.  Appeon Workspace
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
How do I send an email thru Mobile App with a PDF as attatchement (PB2017R3, PowerServer)
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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
I want a Mobile App to generate a PDF File and used the email account of the device to send an email. I will like to provide the email address, Subject, body text and the PDF Attachment. (I know how to do it in a Window the SMTP email But I guest Mob...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Mobile App was working & suddenly now App abort.
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mariano Collado @Appeon replied 5 years ago
5 replies
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I have an App in development (about to put it in production). It was working perfectly fine. No changes to any window or dw nor anything else and now as soon I double tab in a row to open a detail window Appeon Workspace closes abruptly.  Here the c...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
PB Full Build vs Project Deploy
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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0 votes
Hi, I'm hoping somebody can educate me on the difference between the following actions below.  I've reviewed a bunch of documentation but its wasn't very definitive if you should do a Full Build before executing the Deploy. Powerbuilder 2017 R2 - Cl...
Steve Sagodi Steve Sagodi
  1. PowerBuilder
Common Application PBLs & PBDs
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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0 votes
Hi All Appeon Experts, We have been developing Desktop Apps for a significant number of years and have started developing Appeon Mobile Apps to compliment these over the last 2-3 years.  To date our Deskptop and Mobile App codebase have been kept in...
  1.  Deployment
  2.  PBD
  3.  PBL
  4.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  5.  PowerServer Mobile
Michael Hartnett Michael Hartnett
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
twitter
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi Guys  anyone has already experienced a send tweet ?  Thanks
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Window menu in MDI - list of opened sheets
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Jan Kopal replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hello, how Powerbuilder desides, in which menu to display list of opened sheets? We have MDI application with a standard menu (File, Actions, Window, Help). List of opened sheets was in menu Window. We added one item to the right of the menu (File,...
Jan Kopal Jan Kopal
  1. PowerBuilder
study
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
start study power builder appeon web server 
Abdul Gafoor Abdul Gafoor
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Git push against Devops user story/task
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Bjarne Anker replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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Hi.   I've managed to create a Git repo in Azure Devops and have pushed all my source to it. It's still in testing, but I want to apply this to the whole team. But we're using DevOps as our scrum tool, and we create user stories and tasks for all...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
Advice on Moving Desktop App to Powerserver Web/Mobile
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi All, We are considering to go the Powerserver web/mobile i.e to have our desktop application on web / mobile. Our fears are if the following related codes will continue to run; 1. Excel oleobject (We depend on the object very much) 2. Some dll...
Gbenga Owolabi Gbenga Owolabi
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
64-bit pborca.lib?
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Is there a 64-bit version of pborca.lib? I am using PowerBuilder 2017 (the DLLs all have "170" in the name) and the pborca.lib in the ORCA SDK directory is a 32-bit library. 
  1.  PBORCA
Eric Jensen Eric Jensen
  1. PowerBuilder
FindRequired function behavior between Classic and Web - RadioButtons
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Everyone, By performing a test, I realized that the function FindRequired for DataWindows has different behavior in Powerbuilder classic than Appeon WEB when it comes to RadioButtons. First, RadioButtons do not allow the required property to turn...
Oscar Naranjo Oscar Naranjo
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Tab Control - setting colour
  1. Advice
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  William John Adam Trindade replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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Hi there   I use the tab control in quite a few of my applications - I am currently running 2017 R2 I normally set the background of each tab to a different colour and set the tab part the same colour.  PLease see the attached picture I am sure I...
  1.  TabPage
Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
Adding a value to the dropdown list of values
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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hi, I am new to PB and trying to see if I can get some answers to the pretty basic questions. I have a requirement to a add value to the existing dropdown list of values. I am not sure if this is hard coded in the code or the value driven from DB. C...
Nick R Nick R
  1. PowerBuilder
RESTClient on Mobile App in 2019
  1. Resolved
  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, About a year ago I asked about possibility of using RESTful web services in Mobile Apps/PowerServer. At that time Chris said that:"The new RESTful web services in PB2017R2 are not supported in PowerServer Web/Mobile.Support for RESTful web serv...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
  2.  REST
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Trying to install 1880 MR update to PB12
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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I'm trying to install the 1880 update for PB, but the installer is telling me it can't determine the version of PB.  What is needed for it to move past this.  
jim goodrum jim goodrum
  1. PowerBuilder

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