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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
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
Stop occurs when Dacument Window is closed when using powerbuilder 2017 and developing into mdidockhelp! frame environment
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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pb 2017 Build 1681   Intermittent stop occurs when documentary window is closed when developing into mdidockhelp! frame environment.   It also stops running on the powerbuilder. Deployment and execution from the production stage also r...
  1.  Crash
  2.  DLL
Joo Hwan An Joo Hwan An
  1. PowerBuilder
Shortcut key issue when using mdidockhelp! from Power Builder 2017
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Window type is developed using mdidockhelp! from the Power Builder 2017. There are several problems. 1.Open the window and press the Shortcut key to operate it. But After closing the window, the shortcut will not operate since it has been close...
  1.  MDI
Joo Hwan An Joo Hwan An
  1. PowerBuilder
web server bridge
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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I need to make a web service that connects to a database, that is, from a computer run a program and connect to a web service that in turn serves as a bridge to a database. The web service should only serve to allow access to a database from anywh...
  1.  Server
Carlos Romero Carlos Romero
  1. PowerBuilder
Webservices en Powerbuilder 2017
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hola Acabo de migrar mi aplicacion de Powerbuilder 12 a PowerBuilder 2017, cuando quiero ejecutar el llamado de webservices me sale que el objeto dll del webservice no existe en la ruta de la aplicacion, pero reviso y si esta. Para despejar las...
  1.  Service
Oscar Rios Oscar Rios
  1. PowerBuilder
Dynamic Band Heights / Visibility
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Lars Mosegaard replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Is there a way to set the Band.Height dynamically. This is the problem/reason why I am asking this is the following: We got an invoice formular/print. The headinformation (order#, invoice#, customer, adress, ...)should only be printed at page o...
  1.  Header
O E O E
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Run Error vs Compiled EXE
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
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PB 2017/Build 1681 In Win 10 Virtual Desktop, I have no problem running a compiled EXE against Sybase ASE 15. However, when I run the code through Powerbuilder, I get the following error.. "The requested connection version is higher than an existi...
Jason Lipman Jason Lipman
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017, Search Library entries and Crash. To much Matches?
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
3 replies
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Faulting application name: PB170.EXE, version: 17.0.0.1666, time stamp: 0x59524117 Faulting module name: MSVCR100.dll, version: 10.0.40219.325, time stamp: 0x4df2be1e Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00001ed7 Faulting process id: 0x848 ...
· Dainis · Dainis
  1. PowerBuilder
[Solved] Trace file cannot be opened
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hello Community!   I created an 32-bit executable (pcode) with DEBUG symbols activated. Within this executable a user created a trace file (.pbp). If I open this trace file in PowerBuilder 2017 (exact the same target which I used to build th...
  1.  File
Patrick Baas Patrick Baas
  1. PowerBuilder
Weired behavier in calling WIN API function MonitorFromPoint
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hey, Im using PowerBuilder 2017, Build 1681, OS Win8.1 and Win10. I like to call the WinApi function MonitorFromPoint (user32.ddl) which is defined as: // Definition in Windows SDK, WinUser.h WINUSERAPI HMONITOR WINAPI MonitorFromPoint(__in PO...
  1.  API
Bernhard Stoeter Bernhard Stoeter
  1. PowerBuilder
NativePDF on Terminal Server
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Community Noticed that PDF generated reasonably responsive via local but it become much slower when application was deployed to Terminal Server and launch by remote users via Terminal Services (RDP). Below are the snippet code: vdw_obj.Mo...
  1.  NativePDF
  2.  Service
Chee Boon Ang Chee Boon Ang
  1. PowerBuilder
Data Entry Error messagebox after embedded SQL to server over Internet that is down
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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My PB17 program is connecting to a MySQL server over the Internet (through an SSH tunnel for relative safety). Im testing what happens when the Internet goes down. There is a place where it is doing an embedded SQL statement (an Update). We test s...
  1.  Build
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
OleCustomControl causing application crash
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Hans Herbert Dr. Heynckes replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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I have been having problems with opening windows that contain certain OleCustomControls. There seems to be a maximum number of times that I can open a window before the application will crash. One of the controls that I have this problem with is t...
  1.  Crash
  2.  OLE
William Hodgson William Hodgson
  1. PowerBuilder
parallel installation of R1, R2, R3?
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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Good morning, we have several products developed with PB2017, which in future might be build on different releases of the same PB version, especially when it comes to maintaining legacy versions of our products. So we would like to know, if it wil...
  1.  Installation
  2.  Release
Marc Wietscher Marc Wietscher
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017 application crashes
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
4 replies
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After migrating from PB12.5 to Appeon PB 2017 (1681), our application crashes with this message in the Windows Event Viewer - application: Faulting application name: PB170.EXE, version: 17.0.0.1681, time stamp: 0x59c46b21 Faulting module name: ...
  1.  Build
  2.  Stored Procedure
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
The tool is simply killing the community
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Im really sad to see the community tool being down prioritized. Its almost impossible to navigate - see answers in old posts - reply to old posts.... get answers in old posts etc . Threadmanagement is non existent Appeon - PLZ PLZ PLZ take a...
  1.  COM
Georgios Papageorgiou Georgios Papageorgiou
  1. PowerBuilder
Problemas con la devolución de datos por referencia en un Webservice
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ricardo Jasso replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hola Estoy tratando de ejecutar un WebService con Powerbuilder 12, el error que me arroja es el siguiente:   Error, el servicio no se enuentra disponible Error en el document XML (1, 1719).   Cuando llamo al metodo lo realizo de la...
  1.  Service
Oscar Rios Oscar Rios
  1. PowerBuilder
Help with sending email using SMTP with SSL
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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Hi Guys, I have been using Rolands EmailSMTP object n_smtp for years using port 25 to send email without problem. But now I am trying to use port 465 and SSL with it using cryptlib and i am getting an error. "Cryptsetattribute (activate the Sessio...
  1.  SMTP
Michael Kench Michael Kench
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Modify(ing) dddw column to normal edit field at runtime
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Sivaprakash BKR replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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Hello, I have column(s) with dddws to facilitate easy entry of master / lookup tables values.  Sometimes, its annoying the users (particularly Grid / Tabular dw) that they accidently press arrow keys which changes the values unknowingly and when t...
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
Abrir un archivo pdf descargado desde un movil en android
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 6 years ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Buen dia. Tengo una aplicacion en movil para Android pero solo me descarga dicho pdf y no se como abrirlo desde la aplicación. Alguien tiene una idea de como abrir dicho archivo..? Atte.   Emilio Centeno
  1.  Mobile
Emilio Centeno Emilio Centeno
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
IWA ( Installable Web Apps ) browser type?
  1. Resolved
  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Ronnie Po replied 6 years ago
2 replies
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We provide the option of using IWA or regular browser for accessing my appeon web application.  I need to know which access method the user is using.  The browser type api (AppeonGetBrowserVersion ( )) is blank for the type (why is that?).  any thoug...
  1.  IWA
Mike S Mike S
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)

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