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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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Declare external object types
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tracy Lamb replied 5 years ago
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I want to use Brother label printers to print labels.  How do I declare variables of the right type so I can use their interface (dll) file?  Here's their interface: b-PAC 3.2 API Reference This describes the classes, structures, shared objects, an...
  1.  External Functions
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
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How to hide a mapped Drive
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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Needs to work for either PowerBuilder 2017 classic or Powerserver..  I using a windows api to map a drive (WNetAddConnection2). I would like to hide it once it's mapped so that it is not seen in file explorer.  Does anyone know if this is possible. ...
David Vasconcelos David Vasconcelos
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GetItemNumber returns negative value which is not in the actual resultset
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Bhanu Prakash replied 5 years ago
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Thanks for the people who helped me to get the issue resolved for my previous post.   INTEGER ll_certificate_id lds_data = Create DataStore lds_data.dataobject = 'd_revoke_certificate_hhg'lds_data.SetTransObject(SQLCA) ll_total_rows = lds_data.R...
  1.  64-bit
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  SQL
Bhanu Prakash Bhanu Prakash
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Orca script refresh target with PBD included
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Mathieu Normandeau replied 5 years ago
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Hi, We converted our code from Powebuilder 12 to Powerbuilder 2017 R3 and use Git as Source Control. With Powerbuilder 12, Orca script didn't work for our project because we have some complex dependancy in the project. With the version 2017 R3, th...
  1.  Library
  2.  OrcaScript
  3.  PBD
  4.  Target
Mathieu Normandeau Mathieu Normandeau
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PB v10, 10.2 or 10.5 Install Image or CDs Critically Needed!
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
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Greetings! We are in critical need of recovering a PB v10 developer workstation which support 15 priority corporate apps. Original installation CD are lost and we do not have a backup of this XP machine (shame on us). I have searched and have foun...
Rich Sutherland Rich Sutherland
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Powerbuidler + Branch + GitTortoise
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Good morning Guru I'm playing with git and in particular with the branches.I have a question:Does Powerbuilder only push and pull on the master branch? With GitTortoise I can correctly change branches, but any pull and push made by PB do not work. ...
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
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Connect to Workspace Failing
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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We are in the process of configuring three applications we are working on in PowerBuilder 2017 R3 with Git I personally myself connected to each of the repositories that were created for us when we started, and pushed the code up into each one.  Zer...
  1.  Git
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Jeff Gibson Jeff Gibson
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PB2017 - How to call printer or direct print on android or mobile device
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  FRANCO CASTILLO replied 5 years ago
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Hello            The following code is print function in mobile, but I do not known how to get the printer sever in android? Any sample code for direct or select printer on Android or mobile device?   DataStore dsPrint dsPrint = create Da...
  1.  Android
  2.  Mobile
  3.  Print
N Y N Y
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Multiple copies of same column in label datawindow painter
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  GH kumar replied 5 years ago
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hai experts, i have a product table which contains a column barcode_id  and want to print it using label datawindow type presentation , I created a window which has one datawindow control (dw_1)  wich have a dataobject d_barcodelabel and have a retr...
  1.  DataWindow
GH kumar GH kumar
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Type Ahead for Dropdown not working
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 5 years ago
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Hi All, I added a new column in an existing DW and the column is of type DDDW. So I wanted type ahead for this column and the dw.inv_DropDownSearch.Event pfc_EditChanged((row,dwo,data)  and DW.inv_DropDownSearch.Event pfc_ItemFocusChanged(row,dwo) i...
Kalpana Arumugham Kalpana Arumugham
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Dockable Windows in powerserver?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I'm trying to migrate an application with dockable windows but when I run it from powerserver web it does not open anything. Docking windows are not supported?
Oscar Uriel Tobar Rios Oscar Uriel Tobar Rios
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PB2017R3 NativePDF Problem
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Arndt Müller replied 5 years ago
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Hi all, I have encountered a problem with DataWindow Exports as NativePDF and a Composite DataWindow that contains DataWindow including Fields in RichText Style. The created PDF-Output is not readable. Just to small and most oft the Text is missin...
Arndt Müller Arndt Müller
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Install PB17.3 on build-only pc
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Looking for information regarding the installation of PB17.3 on a build-only pc.  I'm unable to generate a license because the generic user id assigned to the pc doesn't have an email address. Thank you
Kevin Bey Kevin Bey
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SVN Show Log Error
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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SVN show log from PB IDE is not working. I selected an Object and then selected SVN Show Log from the right-click menu. The Tortoise SVN Log viewer opened and gave an error that the folder (PBL Source Folder) is not a working copy. Did anyone have th...
Simon Thomas Simon Thomas
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PB2017 Issue with OLE object creation- Please advise
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 5 years ago
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We are trying to migrate application from PB11.5 to PB2017. When we run old application from PB2017 we receive below error message. seems, issue with OLE object creation. Error message:    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Anil
Minogue Susan Minogue Susan
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Attachments in a REST post
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 5 years ago
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I'm trying to imbed a binary zip file as an attachment in a post to a RESTful service using the httpclient in Appeon 2017 R3. I read the file into a blob and then have to convert it into a string for the body, so it looks like:------WebKitFormBoundar...
  1.  POST
  2.  REST
Jeff Wayt Jeff Wayt
  1. PowerBuilder
Google Maps in a OLE browser object windows 10
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 5 years ago
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Hello All, I have a working app using the Google Maps API in a windows 7 with and explorer 9-10 version when i move to windows 10 and edge i recieve and error trying to open the created HTML i display it in Browser OLE object in a PB Windows any ...
Andres Slachevsky Andres Slachevsky
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PB2017R3 on Win10 has issues
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 5 years ago
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Hi all, When i installed the PB2017R3 on Win10 64 bit machine, then login, the software crashed, closed automatically. I tried to re-intall, but the same issue. Is there any special settings needed?
Dong Le Dong Le
  1. PowerBuilder
How do I change “Microsoft Web Browser in OLE custom control” to use an other version of the browser?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  José Gasparini replied 5 years ago
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Hi   I’m developing a standard powerbuilder application. The problem is that  Microsoft Web Browser in OLE custom control. Uses a default browser and it’s  IE 7. I use the OLE custom control and calls for an webapplication that uses googl...
  1.  Browser
  2.  Error
Camilla Wind Camilla Wind
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CONNECT fails once when using TrustedConnection=1 for MSSQL thru ADO.NET
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
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Hi, any of you seen similar behavior where CONNECT using Windows authentication requires repeated CONNECT attempts?   What I have: Setup  ::  PB 2017 R3, #1858 using ADO.NET with MSSQL.Code  ::  See below SQL Server Authentication  ::  (using Log...
Michael Kramer Michael Kramer
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