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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
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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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Display a photo from a URL
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
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Hi, Just want to check before I'll go with normal download and display file road - is it possible to display photo (in picture control) directly from URL in PowerBuilder 2022? Thanks,Marcin
  1.  Picture
  2.  PowerBuilder
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
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Retrieve User Identity Microsoft Entra ID
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
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Hello, How to get back the user identity from Microsoft Entra ID ?  I have well get the TOKEN : loac_Client = Create OAuthClient //TokenRequest ltr_Request.tokenlocation = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/d2b93004-fa61-4e54-ad68-0114729cb9fb/oau...
  1.  Authentication
  2.  OAuth
Jean-Louis Bouty Jean-Louis Bouty
  1. PowerBuilder
Issue with ODBC to OLE DB Connection
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  mike S replied 2 weeks ago
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We are in the process of moving our application from an ODBC to OLE DB connection to our SQL Server database. We are having issues with the fact that OLE DB seems to be more strict with its datatypes. For example, I have a time variable that is atte...
Jahyd Chubbs Jahyd Chubbs
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Create dynamic syntax for composite datawindow in PowerServer
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Neil Almond replied 2 weeks ago
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Using PowerBuilder 2022 R3 for PowerServer application.  Trying to change the syntax for one of the child objects using suggested workaround code. DataWindowChild dwc_report l_rtn = dw_composite.GetChild("dw_report ", dwc_report) ls_dwsyntax = dw_...
Neil Almond Neil Almond
  1. PowerServer
Conversion of powerbuilder 2022 from 32-bit to 64-bit version
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 weeks ago
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Currently we are using PowerBuilder application developed using power builder 2022 32-bit version. Since business want to move to windows 11 machine which supports only 64-bit versions. We need input and confirmation on converting 32-bit PowerBuilder...
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  3.  Versioning
Praveen Subramaniam Praveen Subramaniam
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Icon File in PNG format
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
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Just migrated to use the latest PowerBuilder. Built using PBAutoBuild, when i run the software, at startup i get the following error:---------------------------Error---------------------------You have specified an icon file in PNG format, which is u...
James Raw James Raw
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Orcascr220 error -22 help
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  James Raw replied 2 weeks ago
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Hi I need help with resolving error -22 when trying to run Orcascr220. I have attached the relevant files and orcascr220 command. I suspect the -22 error code isn't the actual error as this relates to -22 PBORCA_SCCFAILURE Could not connect to sou...
James Raw James Raw
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Run PowerBuilder in MacOs (M3 harware) using Parallels
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  1. Last updated 1 month ago
  2.  Steen Jakobsen replied 2 weeks ago
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Hi,   Can i run PowerBuilder 2022 R3 on MacOS (M3 hardware) using the Parallels Desktop. It features the Windows 11 Arm. But is there an emulator option to use x86 applications like PowerBuilder? I hope this makes sense, as i really want to get o...
  1.  macOS
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Steen Jakobsen Steen Jakobsen
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PB IDE debugger issue
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
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Hi, all! The issue is the folowing: The Breakpoints and Watch settings of the Debug Painter are being lost when the IDE is closed and then re-opened. Using PB 2022 R3 Build 3289. Thanks for helping.
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
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Issue creating a user object that contains a sub user object
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Daniel Seguin replied 2 weeks ago
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Hello,   I have created this user object inherited from u_base in pfemail.pbl which contains a user object that does my toolbar and it contains a rich text control    Here is the user object that does the toolbar   When I use the user object ...
Daniel Seguin Daniel Seguin
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Window width and height don't match between painter and script
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 weeks ago
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I'm observing a problem where if I create a window with a given width and height (in this case, 2002 x 1500), and then put a messagebox in the window's Open event to display those values, they don't match (I get 2039 x 1604). Is it adding in PBUs fo...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Window
Dan Cooperstock Dan Cooperstock
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RunWebAPI return error, Exitcode: 0
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 weeks ago
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We have trouble to run PowerServer 2022 application. No Build and deploy project error shows but when we run the project it is showing RunWebAPI return error, Exitcode: 0, error id:0 When run from the C# solution, we have the PowerServer starting fa...
Jon Tzeng Jon Tzeng
  1. PowerServer
Deleting objects when using IDE GIT
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 2 weeks ago
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One of my customers used one of my utilities to delete objects from a library. In the PB IDE, the GIT interface doesn't see any deletes needing to be committed. With an SCC API based source control system, my utility performs a SccRemove. For GIT, i...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Powerserver Session Createtime and Lastvisttime are 1 hour out for UK summer time
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  1. Last updated 2 weeks ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 2 weeks ago
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Hi Guys I've just notice that Powerserver is returning session info that is 1 hour out. It looks like it's recording date times in UTC rather than local time, is that correct? If so is there a way to configure Powerserver to log using Local time on ...
  1.  PowerServer
David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
  1. PowerServer
nherit from another windows, the special character `
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
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  Anyone know when i inherit from another windows, the special character `   edit source coding below type cb_print from w_parent_report_sheet`cb_print within w_test_commoninteger x = 2446integer y = 156integer width = 352integer height = 104inte...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Raymond Cheng Raymond Cheng
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SilentInstall.bat fails with "Error: code=-2147213312"
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
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I am building our PowerBuilder application in a Docker container.  To create the Docker image, we run the PowerBuilder "SilentInstall.bat" file first with opt-PBU and then a second time with opt=PBR.  This works with the previous version, R3 3289.  I...
Phil Gilmore Phil Gilmore
  1. PowerBuilder
Customize paper size at datawindow object properties
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Ong Chin Keat replied 3 weeks ago
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hi all,   I need to set specific paper size 12.50cm x 18.95cm at datawindow object. But I can't find any customization available. Any alternative way to do so ?     regards, Dev Ong
Ong Chin Keat Ong Chin Keat
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The _indexes.idx is being modified in the deployed version
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
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Hi all,  PB 2022R2 build 2828 compiled with PowerClient.  Sometimes, on client machines, we encounter a strange error message like "Unresolvable external n_winsrv when linking reference at line 15 in open event...". This indicates that the applica...
Mihai Apostol Mihai Apostol
  1. PowerBuilder
SQL Server login issue with PowerServer Web App
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Mike Sinclair replied 3 weeks ago
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I apologize if this is a basic question, or if I leave out significant details, but this is my first time creating a PowerApp.  I did search the forums and the web, but did not find a good answer.  I am creating a new PowerApp using Powerserver 2022...
  1.  Authentication
  2.  Database
  3.  PowerServer
  4.  SQL Server
  5.  Web API
Mike Sinclair Mike Sinclair
  1. PowerServer
PB r3 build 3356 only run .net freamework 4.5 dll with .net 6.0 (end of life)
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 3 weeks ago
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Hi we have an C# DLL in .net framework 4.8 that we have imported via .net DLL importer. We used build PB 2022 1900 and we coud call the dll When we use PB r3 build 3356 we can't load the assembly.   Only if we install windowdesktop runtime 6.0 it...
Torgeir Lund Torgeir Lund
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