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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
  1. PowerBuilder
READ A ODS FILE IN APPEON POWERBUILDER
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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How can I read an ods(Open Document Spreadsheet) File in Powerbuilder without using Excel Application(Excel is not installed in the Computer)?
Shirley Sanjuan Shirley Sanjuan
  1. PowerBuilder
Startup Initialization Failed - Powerbuilder 10.5
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  David Lacey replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I have PB 10.5 and PB classic 12.5 and both have just started to fail to load on Windows 10. Message is "Startup Initialization Failed - Cannot continue" I can't see an Initpath in the registry for 10.5 if that's anything of a clue. Help appr...
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David Lacey David Lacey
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PB with postgreSQL function with return type text
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Johann Lessmann replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I'm trying to call a PostgreSQL function that returns a string, but I get only the first character of the returned string !?!Does anyone has a hint how to resolve this problem? Johann   this is my  test-code: --Postgres:---------------------...
Johann Lessmann Johann Lessmann
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Does anyone have experience with embedding a neural network in your PowerBuilder application?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Paul Murray replied 5 years ago
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Greetings All, I would like to know if anyone in this forum has any experience with embedding some type of 'off the shelf' neural network technology in their applications for the purpose of correlating large sets of data with many variables. If so,...
Paul Murray Paul Murray
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder PFC libraries
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
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Hello, I am Rajesh, working as pb dev. I just want to know is there student free edition for PowerBuilder 2017? and I need v.10.5 PFC libraries, please respond me as soon as possible.   Thanks, Rajesh
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Raj S Raj S
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Common Sources Of Memory Consumption
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kevin Ridley replied 5 years ago
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What are the most common things in PowerScript that consume memory without releasing it? I'm trying to troubleshoot a window that is consuming memory at a level we were not expecting, and I'm honestly running out of ideas of what to even look for. I...
  1.  Memory
  2.  Memory Leak
Richard Lynskey Richard Lynskey
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PowerBuilder core runtime dll's
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 5 years ago
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Hello all, We recently delivered an application to a client that is missing a runtime dll.  We sent a copy of this dll (pbacc170.dll in this case) to them to verify it did indeed resolve their issue. However, the client will not accept a direct deli...
Mark Smithwick Mark Smithwick
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Appeon Workspace - which way to go
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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I've come to a point where I need to get serious about the PB2017 Appeon Workspace and which way to go. Up till now, this week in fact when the Appeon Apple provisioning profile expired for our existing PB12.5 environment and apps. We have been usin...
David Hepburn David Hepburn
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Get Systems process list 64 bit executable
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 5 years ago
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We are using VB script in order to get all the process list of system which was working fine before we tried to use 64 bit executable because vb script is not compatible with 64 bit. The previous code is given below.   OleObject msscint li_rc, istr...
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  2.  Script
Faisal Hayat Faisal Hayat
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PB Demo DB install
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hello, I have installed PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1858, however since the databases I am using are SQL Server, I do not have SQL Anywhere installed.  I would now like to review the sample app installed with PowerBuilder, but I also need the sample ...
Ted Fruchtl Ted Fruchtl
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EA server component migration
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hi All,   As before we use some component on EA server, then client could using contextkeyword getcontextservice to call the from server. But as EA server is demised on the new version. Do you have any suggestions about how to handle those componen...
Dong Le Dong Le
  1. PowerBuilder
One Data Source for Multiple Mobile App
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Like I always start. I am new to Mobile technology. Always asking for advise. What would you recommend in the following case: if I have 4 apps connecting to the same database (dynamic connection is on in PowerServer). Should I create a different da...
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Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Webservice with enhanced version vs standard
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hello Rex here, I am contracting at a company that has two full time PB developers.  The full time developers are using 2017 enhanced and I am using the 2017 standard edition (all on R2).  One of the developers with the enhanced version has created a...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  SOAP
Rex Chivers Rex Chivers
  1. PowerBuilder
STD_FC_Active_Directory
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Currently using STD_FC_Active_Directory web service to validate id and password against Active Directory.  I have that working for both standard Power Builder C/S and Power Server web applications and it works great! One of the other functions in th...
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Ron Calder Ron Calder
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
n_cst_string of_globalreplace() function slow
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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  For unknown reasons, at some point, this function has become very slow.  Specifically, if you are doing a globalreplace on a large file--such as adding linefeeds to an EDI file for example--then the results are extremely slow.  For example, a 1 me...
Derek Hammonds Derek Hammonds
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Graph Legend/Plotted data line controls
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Neil Prichard replied 5 years ago
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Hello,  is there a way to change the symbols of a legend and or the plotted line data on a infomaker line graph, currently they are automatically assigned symbols when creating a graph. If its possible to change this through the edit data through po...
  1.  Graph
Neil Prichard Neil Prichard
  1. InfoMaker
Richtext datawindow not merging data to RTF template
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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We migrated a very large PB application to 2017 R3 Build 1858 from PB 12.5. The migration went surprising well except for one small but critical part of the application. We use a Richtext Datawindow that simply does an INSERTDOCUMENT() of a MS WORD R...
al Torchetti al Torchetti
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Mobile app writing to INI file
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Sorry I am still learning this mobile technology. Here a couple of question: Is there a way to write and read from and to the mobile device INI file? What will be the path in the Movile device to the ini file location? Regards, Clarence
  1.  PowerServer
Clarence Chamorro Clarence Chamorro
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
DwSpy integrated in Powerbuilder 2017?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kenny Verhoye replied 5 years ago
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Hi, We're currently using DwSpy in our Powerbuilder Applications, for insights in Datawindows @runtime for developers, currently we've integrated the feature as an extra pbl in our applications.  I thought I heard in a PB webinar that this would be...
Kenny Verhoye Kenny Verhoye
  1. PowerBuilder
Call Skype
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
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Hello Tom! Do you use Skype?
Thales Toledo Thales Toledo
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