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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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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
3 replies
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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
Datawindow compute field is getting sorted incorrectly
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  René Ullrich replied 6 years ago
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Hello, I have a report datawindow with computed columns and a button to sort the datawindow based on a computed column. The code for the button looks something like this: dw_rpt.SetSort() dw_rpt.SetSort("compute_6 desc") dw_rpt.Sort() ...
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Hesham Hasan Hesham Hasan
  1. PowerBuilder
SVN at 2017 R2 does not work
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Robert Inzinger replied 6 years ago
5 replies
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I try to add a workspace to out SVN repository. At frist try Powerbuilder terminates. At second try i get an error: ... Preparing to add to source control... User information confirmed. SVN client is uploading files. Please wait... SVN clien...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  SVN
Robert Inzinger Robert Inzinger
  1. PowerBuilder
problema de coneccion
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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Buenas tardes Para la coneccion nativa de powerbuilder 2017 se requiere instalar algo adicional Estoy tratando de migrar mi aplicacion de cliente servoidor con sql 2014 y no me deja hacer el data source nativo   no se conecta... sin enbargo en ...
  1.  Configuration
elias villarreal elias villarreal
  1. PowerBuilder
PBSourceControl170.dll in Deployment
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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Hi  no idea why we need a source control DLL in the deployment but it would be nice that this would be mentioned in the release notes. Gruss Arthur
Arthur Hefti Arthur Hefti
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"You are already logged in" error message
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, When I try to launch Power Builder 2017, i am getting the below error message: "You are already logged in"  Please suggest how to get rid of this.
Rahul Kumar Shaw Rahul Kumar Shaw
  1. PowerBuilder
Does PDFNative.ImageFormat (new in 2017 R2) do anything?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Im trying to evaluate whether or not I should utility the ImageFormat setting that has been added to NativePDF support. If I understand the description of this setting in the DataWindow Reference pub (page 257), this setting specifies the format of (...
  1.  Data
  2.  NativePDF
John Fauss John Fauss
  1. PowerBuilder
Unable to use native SVN connection
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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I was unable to use native SVN connection in R2. After successful login and downloading files from SVN repository, PB threw error message "Could not add target because of bad library in ...pbt  I assume this error refers to missing .pbl files. We ...
  1.  SVN
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
Webservice WS-Security
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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Hi All, Can someone please give an example on how to set the username and password when calling a webservice?  Can this be done with the new RESTClient object and how? Thanks. Best Regards, Ricardo
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Service
Ricardo Colarina Ricardo Colarina
  1. PowerBuilder
Script Editor 'Find' command stops working...
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 6 years ago
5 replies
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I have noticed this now for many years and now the same thing is happening in PB17. After programming, running and doing things in PB17 for a bit, all of a sudden the script editors FIND command stops working. Need to close down PB and restart ...
  1.  Editor
Richard Shakour Richard Shakour
  1. PowerBuilder
Build with Integrated Source Control and PB2017 R2
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi using OrcaScript we can build the PBLs with  start session   ...   scc connect offline      scc set target "..\absenzverwaltung.pbt" importonly     scc refresh target 3pass   ... end session   This fails with R2 as the application s...
Arthur Hefti Arthur Hefti
  1. PowerBuilder
Dw2xls, is it working with Appeon WEB?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Marco Meoni replied 6 years ago
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Version 5.1.5, uf_save_dw_as_excel returns 1, file saved, but no file there. Desta Support does not answer. Any ideas?
  1.  PowerServer Web
· Dainis · Dainis
  1. PowerBuilder
Could not open a telnet session
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I am having difficulty in opening a telnet session from PowerBuilder 12.6 and 2017. The following code returns -1.    ret = run(telnet +ipaddress) The telnet command works on Windows 7s Run window.  Any help is greatly appreciated...
Elaine Tse Elaine Tse
  1. PowerBuilder
Localized runtimes for PB2017 MR2
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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Any idea when the localized runtimes for MR2 will be available? Would be nice if they are made available when there is a new version. Kind regards, Aart Onkenhout flexkids
  1.  TIME
Aart Onkenhout Aart Onkenhout
  1. PowerBuilder
Error al conectarme el la web
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Ya pude configurar todo y todo se convirtió de maravilla.  Al momento de ejecutar el ambiente web me sale este error "keyword not supported: dsn "  me conecto por odbc en cliente servidor y lo hace perfecto ..  el appeon no trabaja con odbc?   deb...
  1.  ODBC
elias villarreal elias villarreal
  1. PowerBuilder
Embedded SQL Select - Stringsize
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi, is there an option to modify the maximal string size that can be selected with embedded SQL Select? At the moment there is a limit of about 32000. This is my workaround at the moment (dw_syntax can be larger than 32k): selectblob dwsy...
  1.  Embedded SQL
Tobias Roth Tobias Roth
  1. PowerBuilder
prerequisites
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi   Powerbuilder 2017R2, what are the prerequisites Is there adocument?   Thy  GMY
  1.  UI
Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
Installation Packager
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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I try to create a installation packager of my application. ( W10 and PB2017R2)   The Powerbuilder installation packager says : The target machine must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 installed to enable these Powerbuilder runtime components: ...
  1.  Package
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
MSVCR100.dll MSVCP100.dll
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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  I installed a new Powerbuilder 2017 compile on a new pc with w10. When I run the program, it goes wrong. Always. After much research I saw that these two DLLs are missing. How to mail? Why does not the Runtime Packager Powerbuilder include them?...
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Gimmy Susan Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
How to create a complier to test the result
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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I would like to write a number to words function in powerbuilder 2017 I google for some solution but I dont know whether the syntax is correct so I would to run in application. However, I was new to powerbuilder and have no idea to find a compl...
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  2.  Function
Johnny Au Yeung Johnny Au Yeung
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 R2 install and offline activation
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Just curious if the offline activation string for 2017 will work for 2017 R2?  Same machine of course.   If I have to create a new request, wait for security to review and transfer, obtain the activation string to load...  I could be down for days af...
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Dale Fuller Dale Fuller
  1. PowerBuilder

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