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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
PB No Longer showing Database Columns
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Dominick Levi replied 7 years ago
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Recently our database server was upgraded and although PowerBuilder runs fine, when I click design, data source for a datawindow I get the following error. "Table "csd_currentenrollmentcount" has no columns; possible invalid table format. Please ...
  1.  ASE
Dominick Levi Dominick Levi
  1. PowerBuilder
About AutoCompile (pbc170).
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwee replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hi to everyone. I was testing the autocompile in powerbuilder 2017. Ive seen also a bug submitted by Bruce Armstrong 14 July, 2017. One thing that isnt really clear to me is if the DEBUG symbol is enabled or not. Nothing mentioned in the docume...
  1.  COM
  2.  PBC
Andreas Mykonios Andreas Mykonios
  1. PowerBuilder
Is PBVM mandatory to run the application exe or DLLs will do the work?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I have migrated an application from PB12.5 to PB2017. I built the 64 bit exe and during testing it is crashing with no identified pattern. We are using same development machine to test the 64 bit exe so the need of PBVM was out of question. Bu...
  1.  Build
  2.  Crash
  3.  PBVM
Faisal Hayat Faisal Hayat
  1. PowerBuilder
About active support tickets.
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi to everyone. I have a question about the bug submission system appeon provided us. Is there any way to mark an active bug that it is affect us? I believe that a bug should be delcared only once, but anyone who is affected by that one, should al...
  1.  Bug
Andreas Mykonios Andreas Mykonios
  1. PowerBuilder
PB12.5.2 .NET Runtime Error - Please Help!!!!
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I have a small PB .NET application which is failing randomly with the following error logged in the Event Viewer of the Server. Can anyone help me analyze what could have caused this?  I have logs writing from the application at the very...
  1.  Error
  2.  PowerBuilder
Praveen Rajarao Praveen Rajarao
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 12.5.2 Web Service Proxy Objects And TLS2.0
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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We have a webservice (Developed in C#) for Authorize.net. From the Powerbuilder we are generating Web Service Proxy Objects. Everything seems to have worked till now since Authorize.net was using TLS 1.0. After the authorize.net Upgraded to TLS 1.2 ,...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Proxy
  3.  Security
Arun Kumar Arun Kumar
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrate from PB12.6 to PB2017 - Issue with PBNISMTP
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Greetings All, Previously posted this about a month ago. We recently upgraded to PB2017 from PB12.6.  We are having issues with pbnismtp. I created a new library and imported the pbnismtp126.pbx file and compiled a pbd.  I added the new pbd an...
  1.  PBNI
Dennis Little Dennis Little
  1. PowerBuilder
Appeon Web handling of OLEObject errors
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
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As I understand it, none of the traditional PB methods of catching and handling OLEObject errors are available in Appeon Web, like try/catch blocks, the ExternalException event, and the SystemError event. I understand that Appeon Web does its own ...
  1.  PowerServer Web
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Standalone mobile application & Powerserver connection
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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  I do not remember the answer. can i use a powerbuilder mobile application without having to connect to the Powerserver mobile 2017 ? I have to create a standalone application ( for example a calculator ).   Ty for answer.   Gimmy ...
  1.  Mobile
ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
  1. PowerBuilder
PB and SonarQube
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Benjamin Kemner replied 7 years ago
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What static code analysis tools will PowerBuilder work with?  My company currently uses SonarQube.
Robert Uibel Robert Uibel
  1. PowerBuilder
SOLVED: How to create license files for pre-2017 PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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FYI -    I have created an article that explains how to create license files for versions of PowerBuilder that pre-date Appeobns PB2017.    There are three sections in the article:       1.  How to create license files for pre-2017 PowerBuil...
  1.  ASE
  2.  License
  3.  PowerBuilder
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Datawindow Select All/Select None checkbox
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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For datawindow checkbox column I want to create a checkbox in the header area to check (select) all or none. It appears that the only way to implement that is to alter SQL and define extra column. Is there better alternative to it? If not, can it be ...
  1.  DataWindow
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
Update EditStyle
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hello, I created a few editstyles as extended attributes in the database painter. A lot of DWs in my app use these editstyles. I need to update one of the editstyles. How do I get all of the DWs to update automatically? Thanks.
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
Ashutosh Varshney Ashutosh Varshney
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerServer as PB NVO Web Service server ?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi PowerSphere, Can I use PowerServer to host Common Web Services (applications) written in PowerBuilder ? Even Web Services has been around for a decade or so - it seems unuseable (i.e. lacking basic  functionality)  Especially when using P...
  1.  PowerServer
Georgios Papageorgiou Georgios Papageorgiou
  1. PowerBuilder
Cookies with Datawindow WS Connection
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi PowerSphere , How can I add Cookie information ( like session id etc ) when using the Datawindow Web Service object ? TIA Georgios  
  1.  Service
Georgios Papageorgiou Georgios Papageorgiou
  1. PowerBuilder
Shared Object
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hi, I use sharedregister and sharedobjectget methods in my application to make it mutithreaded. It works great in pb version 11 and 12 but no longer works in 2017. I extensively use this feature. SharedobjectGet method has been set to obsolete in ...
Ravi Nath Ravi Nath
  1. PowerBuilder
UseEllipsis property for datawindow computed fields
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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It would be very helpful if Datawindow computed fields supported the UseEllipsis property - in particular, to warn that a too-large computed value is truncated.  I notice this was asked for back in the old Sybase news group.  Does anyone have a wo...
  1.  DataWindow
Dan Harrel Dan Harrel
  1. PowerBuilder
Accees to RAW DATA on IIS using PB NVO (PB2017)
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi PowerSphere, I need to access RAW DATA ( cookies ) in my pb nvo web service (running on IIS). Any ideas on how to do this ? Regards Georgios Ps- Chris, I tried to mail you but i keep getting the mail rejected
  1.  Build
  2.  IIS
  3.  Service
Georgios Papageorgiou Georgios Papageorgiou
  1. PowerBuilder
PB 2017 Use pfc_n_cst_resize.of_SetOrigSize()
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Georgios Papageorgiou replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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​I want to open the window with opensheet(). And I used the pfc_n_cst_resize.of_SetOrigSize() in base. The window not fill screen when I running the project. How should I improve or pay attention? * Original! change to La...
  1.  Resize
kuanli liu kuanli liu
  1. PowerBuilder
New RTE control (PB 17) right Alt+Z always triggers Undo event
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwee replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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Hello,   I have problem with national characters accessed by right alt + z in RichTextEdit control (RTE). In PB version 17 this combination always triggers Undo event fo RTE (the same as Ctrl+z). Im not able to catch Key event for this combinat...
Bartlomiej Maliński Bartlomiej Maliński
  1. PowerBuilder

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