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Problem launching application from Edge or Chrome
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  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 1 week ago
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Has anyone else experienced an issue launching the client application from Edge or Chrome recently ? For us, it has stopped working from Edge and Chrome, but still works from Firefox. We did notice Edge was patched in the last few days but the link...
David Smith David Smith
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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 6 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
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MDI vs SDI
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  David Peace (Powersoft) replied 7 years ago
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Ive seen some discussion relative to the demise of MDI applications, everything moving to SDI.  Should new applications be SDI only?
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James Medick James Medick
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Getting blank page every other page with SaveAs functionality with new native PDF
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 7 years ago
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Hi, I did my first test of using the new native PDF SaveAs type, first with the scripted method from the help file:  dw_1.Modify ("DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = NativePDF!") dw_1.Modify ("DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.CustomOrientation = 2"...
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Thomas George Thomas George
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RESOLVED: How To Add A Custom Icon?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 7 years ago
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PB v2017 1)  I copied the file PBPFC100.chm into the [  C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder 17.0\Help_PB105  ] folder. 2)  I go to "C:\Windows" and double click on the winhlp32.exe application, navigate to my PFC help file (shown in item #...
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Olan Knight Olan Knight
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Scripting a compile of a PB application with souce in source control?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Thomas George replied 7 years ago
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Hi Im looking to use the PB exe compiler in order to perform unattended builds. I need to perform a get latest from source control prior to the build and also increment version numbers. Has anyone any thoughts on how best to achieve this? Cheer...
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David Peace (Powersoft) David Peace (Powersoft)
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Any changes to the datastore nonvisual behavior?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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In 12.6 and earlier, we discovered the hard way that we needed to distribute a pb.ini with the undocumented usehwnd flag set to no to force datastores to actually be nonvisual objects (we had to do this due to datastores using visual handles). Does a...
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Richard Lynskey Richard Lynskey
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libjlog.dll and gdiplus.dll no longer needed by PB2017?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
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We used to have to deploy those two files with our apps, but there are no such file distributed with PB2017. Is that OK, i.e. are they no longer needed? I do note that I cant find a reference to either one in the PB12.5 Help, but they are definite...
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Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
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IWA update
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Mike S replied 7 years ago
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I had been using IWA to run my powerserver web using appeon 2016. I updated powerserver web to the newest EBF (Appeon for PowerBuilder 2016 Build 1119.00) , and re-deployed using 1119 .  My application didnt change at all, just upgrading the appeo...
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Mike S Mike S
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Problema al crea un Proyecto mobile
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Milton Jiménez replied 7 years ago
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Tengo el siguiente error al crear un proyecto movile, enla opcion del Power Server Toolkit Configuracion de Wizard, en la opcion Configure Deployment Sittings, me genera el siguiente error   Testing PowerServer Local Power Server Faild! Please ...
  1.  Mobile
carlos efrain carlos efrain
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Building PB App
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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What is recommended way to build PB application from command line from *.sr files ? While waiting for PowerGen, I tried PBORCA with pbc170.exe.  So far no luck. Import skips some of the objects. Interesting is that when I run import for a secon...
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Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
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Configure IIS & Powerserver
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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Is there a document that show how configure IIS and Powerserver ?   ty   GIMMY
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ATK Gimmy Susan ATK Gimmy Susan
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Appeon Deployment Wizard Error, PB2017
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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Project type: Mobile - works. Project type: Web or Universal - NOT Error "You are deploying to the PowerServer Mobile (PB Edition), please select the Mobile project type and then deploy again." Is it possible to deploy Web project?
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· Dainis · Dainis
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PB 2017 Mobile
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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Good morning! Apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but I have not seen it explicitly spelled out one way or another. For mobile development with PB 2017, are the Appeon 2016 manuals and tutorials still applicable?   Or are there ne...
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John Niespodzianski John Niespodzianski
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Dynamic transaction object to data source mapping
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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Hi, I tried to implement about Dynamic transaction object to data source mapping. I have 2 Data Sources , one is connected to my local machine database, another is connected to remote database. Both Data Sources succeeded testing connection. ...
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Saroj Mungtaweepongsa Saroj Mungtaweepongsa
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Question about native PDF
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
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A comment on a question from a few days ago leads me to this question. Is the new native PDF generation the default or do you have to set the DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method property? I saved a few PDF files but I am unsure which method it used.  ...
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Roland Smith Roland Smith
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Problem in running Autorun of Powerbuilder 2017
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
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Dear All Just downloaded Powerbuilder 2017 Universal edition. Unzipped the same but running any batch file, Autorun.exe or setup.exe I get the message -  "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have appropriate...
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Shashi B Gogia Shashi B Gogia
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PowerServer Toolkit 2017
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
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Hi Community, Encounter the error during installation: "Setup Cannot find the C:\Program Files\Appeon\PowerServer\Toolkit\ADTConfig.xml file. Setup will now terminate" - Win 7 Pro 64bits - install using ADMIN mode      
  1.  PowerServer Toolkit
Chee Boon Ang Chee Boon Ang
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PowerServer AEM could not connect on cloud database
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
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In PowerBuilder 2017 IDE Database profile, I can normally connect on cloud remote database using MS SQL Server Native connection.   But, not in PowerServer & AEM.  
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Saroj Mungtaweepongsa Saroj Mungtaweepongsa
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pbc.exe is missing
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
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In Application Wizard -> General tab there is a section for PBC runtime parameters. It states that you can run PB compiler pbc.exe with these parameters. However, I cannot find pbc.exe anywhere Please advise, Thanks, Yuri
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Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
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Problem running the installation...
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
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When I come to the selection of location for SQL Anywhere engine, the selection box is empty, and I cant continue Any good ideas? /Regin  
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Regin Mortensen Regin Mortensen
  1. PowerBuilder
Use windows Classic style on XP
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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Where is the "Use Windows Classic style on XP" in system options ? I found nothing in the documentation about this issue,   TIA Yosi
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Yosi Bason Yosi Bason
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