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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
  1. PowerBuilder
Convert PB 8 to 2017 unicode issue
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I have a PB 8 that connects to an OPC server using the opc-da standard. It basically calls a ole/com object dll to communicate to the server which talks to plcs.  I am having an issue with the following AddItems external function call. opc_struc.opc...
Scott Paxman Scott Paxman
  1. PowerBuilder
Deliver programs to users ' machines
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Good afternoon. Tell me, please, is there any mechanism in the new version of PowerBuilder 2017 to deliver programs to users ' machines and update them if necessary at startup?
Aleksei Umalov Aleksei Umalov
  1. PowerBuilder
Did the MessageBox() behavior change in PowerServer for mobile app
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hey guys me again. Thank you for all your help. Here another inexperience question. I'm trying to do Brake lines in a MessageBox() Like we do it  in PB with ~r.  But it seams it is not recognize as a break line or it does other action that I do no ...
  1.  PowerServer Mobile
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
OLE-Automation to OPC server
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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I am using pb 2017 to connect to an OPC server to read a plc using com ole automation. I have a 3rd party software from opclabs that requires me to pass an array of objects ( objecst specify the server, the tags to read from the plc etc). I have no i...
Scott Paxman Scott Paxman
  1. PowerBuilder
Profiling API - TraceTree. BuildModel( ) returns SourcePblError!
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  yakov werde replied 5 years ago
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Hello all, I built a Profiling Reporting tool that sits on top of the TraceTree System class.  (and TraceFile).  The application generates a report of a trace PBP file on demand.  My tool opens the trace and parses its data structures into datawin...
yakov werde yakov werde
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem generating PDF from Datastore on web client machine
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I came across a minor bug I thought I'd draw people's attention to.  I was generating a PDF (using the NativePDF) from a web app, and it worked fine running on my local machine, but not on a client machine.  I tried a lot of things to fix it, and it...
  1.  DataStore (PS)
  2.  DataWindow
  3.  NativePDF
  4.  PowerServer Web
Monica Petersen Monica Petersen
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PB2017R2- PBVM dll application crash while calling dll function
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  selvam G replied 5 years ago
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Hi Appeon Team, PB2017R2 64 bit application Calling Third party c++ dll as external function c++ dll calling convention is cdecl Can able to call three functions without any issue of the same dll. Calling fourth function int getid (const char* ...
selvam G selvam G
  1. PowerBuilder
Data source arguments for datawindow insertrow
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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How to avoid the prompt for retrieval arguments with datawindow insertrow()?  This is s data source argument, not dddw argument. I misstated my question. I was being prompted for both data source argument and dddw argument.  For the data source, I c...
Pete Yankovich Pete Yankovich
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 R2 calling third party c++ dll
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  selvam G replied 5 years ago
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Hi Appeon Team I am doing prototype for a client server application, calling a C++ dll  as local external functions. Environment PB2017 R2 Win7 When I call one of the function without any parameters as given below, which returns a string works fin...
selvam G selvam G
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Appeon Workspace Issue & Changelog
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hi, Could you tell me please where can I find a changelog for the Appeon Workspace? I'm interested to see what's the difference between build 1760.00 and 1858.00. We have an issue with resizing on iOS and I would like to know why the total width a...
  1.  Appeon Workspace
Marcin Jurkowski Marcin Jurkowski
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
DataWindows: Why buttonclicked doesnt trigger, if button has a taborder (tabsequence)?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Alfredo Aldama replied 5 years ago
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Hi all, I'm using a DWO (Freeform) with a button on it. If the button has a TabOrder (tabsequence), the buttonclicked Event of the DataWindowControl doesnt trigger, but if I remove the TabOrder, then the buttonclicked event is triggered. Is there a ...
Gzim Ramizi Gzim Ramizi
  1. PowerBuilder
U.S Election Day at Elevate 2018!
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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2 weeks from today! We're all at the Elevate 2018 PowerBuilder conference on election day. Prepare your absentee ballots! VOTE. https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/voter-registration-absentee-voting.htm?fbclid=IwAR0lj4kbm3SQKRezKyjZpWQVJ272z3sD...
John Strano John Strano
  1. PowerBuilder
SQL Anywhere large data
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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My application runs on SQL Anywhere or SQL Server. I connect to SQL Anywhere via ODBC and SQL Server by ODBC or OLE DB (user's choice). I am running into a problem where text columns are cut off at 32768. For SQL Server via ODBC I am able to overrid...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
File Details - date time etc
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 5 years ago
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Hi  I need to access some text files from my application ( Pb2018r3 )  How do i display the information on the file for example the file date time and size ? thanks in advance   Andrew    
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Andrew Davis Andrew Davis
  1. PowerBuilder
ErrorLogging
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hi all,   Once i use errorlogging object in the server side then deploy the code to iis server, which path could i find the location? Did that location set on IIS server?
Sally D Sally D
  1. PowerBuilder
Error calling method of a PBNI object
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Joakim Krook replied 5 years ago
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Hi,   We have a powerbuilder application calling a webservice. This is deployed to a citrix-environment. In the citrix-environment we get the error "Error calling method of a PBNI object" when trying to get the information from a SOAP exception. I...
  1.  DLL
  2.  PBNI
Joakim Krook Joakim Krook
  1. PowerBuilder
datastore retrieve in deployed .net assembly
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Robert Holoubek replied 5 years ago
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Hello, I migrated a project from PB 11.2 to 2017R3. Then I created .net assembly project, included several libraries containing NVOs and many datawindows and deploy it as a .net assembly. When I add this new dll as a reference to another C# project...
  1.  .NET Assembly
  2.  DataStore (PS)
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Robert Holoubek Robert Holoubek
  1. PowerBuilder
Do Machine Code EXEs still need DLLs?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 5 years ago
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PowerBuilder v12.5.1, b7055I have inherited a utility that I want to create as a stand-alone EXE. I selected the FULL REBUILD and MACHINE CODE options, but after deployment the utility was asking for specific DLLs.Is what I want to do even possible, ...
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
What Must My Clients Install for PS Web?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Good Day! I have customers asking about potential web deployment of my application. I have gone through the documentation, but I cannot find a straightforward explanation of exactly what my customers would need to have installed for them to run Powe...
  1.  PowerServer Web
Tom Peters Tom Peters
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Error Message with PB2017R3, native SVN and sub\sub\directories
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hi guys, Did anyone experience problems when making Update at target Level for pbl having Sub/Sub directories? On the example below you see the error message. We made a new Project from scratch, and the error is reproductible. Concerns only the fil...
Nicolas Magnon Nicolas Magnon
  1. PowerBuilder

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