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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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  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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Kernel32 OpenProcess function issue in Windows 10
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Samuel Brognoli replied 5 years ago
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Can somebody help us resolve our problem with Kernel32 OpenProcess function which seems to be not working in Windows 10 but OK in Windows 7 environment. Why? OpenProcess(1041 ,False, ll_process_list[li_cnt])  
Pacito Nefulda Pacito Nefulda
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Datawindow page break option
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I would like to know if there's any way to make a page break on a grouponly when this group does not fit completely on a single page. For example,we have a dw with a group on the ORDER column. We have several lines that do not fit entirely on the...
Tom McArdle Tom McArdle
  1. PowerBuilder
SOX Compliance: Best Practice
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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Hello all... We need to update our process for application deployment, so that it is SOX Compliant. The requirement, as I understand it, is that the same files that are tested in the UAT environment are put into PROD environment.  This includes the...
Erick Bergsma Erick Bergsma
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There Solution of the scroll in the datawindow with many images?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hello Chris... I have a problem with the datawindow, the detail is that I made a list of products with their image, but when I scroll vertically, the datawindow is locked, and in many cases it takes me out of the application by memory saturation , a...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerServer Mobile
Arturo Jasso Arturo Jasso
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Workspace SCC System only has 2 options (None/PB Native)
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
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PB2017 R3 build 1858 / Win10 / GIT /TFS / Tortoise GIT I had an issue with my workspace so I decided to start over.  Closed my workspace, then deleted the whole source folder including the pbw file.  Then I did Connect to Workspace using GIT/TFS and...
Kevin Ridley Kevin Ridley
  1. PowerBuilder
Testing Frameworks on VSTS/AWS
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Has anyone successfully integrated a testing framework into their CI environment for their power builder codebase, either in VSTS or AWS? It's a legacy project and although desirable, full unit test coverage is probably out of scope, however some sor...
Tom Buxton Tom Buxton
  1. PowerBuilder
Cannot load Rich text edit control: Windows error code 0 : pbctxtext170.dll is missing
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Richard Carrier replied 5 years ago
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Hi All, While opening the application EXE, the below mentioned error message has been displayed with the old version of PB2017 version. Cannot load Rich text edit control: Windows error code 0 : pbctxtext170.dll is missing On Adding the ment...
  1.  Error
Manojkumar Lingeswaran Manojkumar Lingeswaran
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Reports are not generating after installing the 2017R3 ME #1880 patch
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Team BFMS replied 5 years ago
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Hi,    I have a few problems viewing the reports after migrating the code from power builder 9 to 2017R3(MR #1858 patch). Problem is that the content in the reports are not sorting in order and some of the text found missing in few pages while bein...
  1.  Migration
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Release
  4.  TE Control
  5.  TX Control
Team BFMS Team BFMS
  1. PowerBuilder
web service
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Moshe Tangi replied 5 years ago
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Hi all I have created a web service ( pb 2017 R3 build 1858 ) on my machine ( called it lola_tech) the purpose is :  connecting a db and return xml formatted answer for 3party users . each db is physically located on my customer's site . I want t...
Moshe Tangi Moshe Tangi
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Version of TXT control in R3 Build 1880
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Richard Carrier replied 5 years ago
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In this latest version of R3 I can choose between the internal RichTex control or the previous TXT version. Does anyone know what version of the TXT is implemented. Is it the old version that was in 12.5 or their latest release. Thanks in advance, R...
Richard Carrier Richard Carrier
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odbc connection from web service
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  mitch hansen replied 5 years ago
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 Hi, This is a web service question. I can't seem to get a simple web service to connect to a local database using odbc. software Im using is as follows: powerbuilder 2019 beta,  sybase anywhere 16,  iis 10,  windows 10. This is a standard power ...
mitch hansen mitch hansen
  1. PowerBuilder
Dynamic Linked Libraries in OrcaScript or PBC170 Compiler
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 5 years ago
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I need assistance with referencing a DLL in my build using Orcascript (Orcascr170) or PBC170.  I have an application that when built via the IDE references two DLLs as Dynamic Linked Libraries and the deployed exe file succesfully calls these DLLS fo...
Kelly DevOps Kelly DevOps
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Accessing Share Drive File Using HTTP/REST Client
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 5 years ago
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Hi PB Experts I have run into an issue that, for the life of me, I cannot solve. I need to access PDF files on a share drive on a remote server using URL. If I copy and paste the file's URL, I get a LogIn/Password page which asks for security. Aft...
  1.  HTTPClient
  2.  REST
CJ Lai CJ Lai
  1. PowerBuilder
Avoid backslash escape with SQL Anywhere
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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Hi all. I have a problem regarding the escaping of backslash characters with SQL Anywhere dbs. I experience the problem inside a PB Datawindow, but it's merely a db problem, so I will describe it in terms of pure SQL. Suppose I create a dummy table...
Luca Arena Luca Arena
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NativePDF! Options - Append?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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In PB 2017 R2 Build 1769, I used the below code to generate a PDF - which works great:   lds_holder.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = NativePDF! ll_print = lds_holder.SaveAs( ls_attach_path , PDF!, FALSE )   HOWEVER, we currently have the opt...
  1.  NativePDF
Kelly Wonderly Kelly Wonderly
  1. PowerBuilder
Dynamic DDDW list content filtering
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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We are all familiar with drop-down selection lists automatically adjusting their contents as we type.  We can then select the perfect list item at any time as the drop-down list resolves, even by arrowing down and hitting .  A perfect example is the ...
  1.  DataWindow
Dan Harrel Dan Harrel
  1. PowerBuilder
Migration process skipped some arguments in User Events
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  shoaib siddiqui replied 5 years ago
4 replies
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  I’m migrating a Client/Server App from PowerBuilder v10 to Appeon R3 using Windows 10. After migration, R3 migration process did not carry full definition of few events of a window. There are few cases where Window has user event defined with arg...
  1.  Migration
  2.  PowerBuilder (SAP)
shoaib siddiqui shoaib siddiqui
  1. PowerBuilder
Menu Toolbar spacing issue
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Lisa Willford replied 5 years ago
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I've noticed that the spacing on my program menu toolbar is not showing up correctly.  I have entered in a value of "5" for the "toolbaritemspace" for a menu item, which does show up correctly in the IDE, but when I run the program, the buttons in my...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Lisa Willford Lisa Willford
  1. PowerBuilder
Missing Events - part 1 - The Move Event
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 5 years ago
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Hi PowerSphere.   Scenario. I have a moveable datawindow. I really miss a "move" event analouge to the Resize Event   I should like to avoid the "Other" event if possible  Any suggestions (for this missing behaviour :) ) ? Regards Georgios 2...
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  Event
Georgios Papageorgiou Georgios Papageorgiou
  1. PowerBuilder
Accessin https: from web browser control
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Alexander Skorokhodov replied 5 years ago
3 replies
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I use a msoft web browser control to access files on the web. it works fine with non-secured sites, for example, the command:    l_file_name =  'http://50.26.26.26/User_Docs/help_file.pdf' w_web_browser.ole_1.object.Navigate( l_file_name )   wo...
Alexander Skorokhodov Alexander Skorokhodov
  1. PowerBuilder

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