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Problem launching application from Edge or Chrome
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  1. Last updated 3 weeks ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 6 days 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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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  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
  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
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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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PB 12.5 and nested
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Daniel Ferreira replied 7 years ago
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Hi guys, I've created a sales nested report to be used in multiple DWs. It's a nested with grand totals, This nested has a "sub" nested that shows payments forms (so it's a nested inside a nested). So far so good. The thing now is that the main...
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Daniel Ferreira Daniel Ferreira
  1. PowerBuilder
LDAP support for Appeon Server
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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We have a client that needs LDAP support for authentication and has a strong preference for going IIS Appeon .NET.  What would be the appropriate approach to use here and what is the timeline for LDAP support in Appeon Server .NET? TIA, Don Cla...
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Donald Clayton Donald Clayton
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Appeon Web - Paint expression
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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Does Appeon Web support the following datawindow expression methods? paint getpaindc getpaintrectheight getpaintrectwidth getpaintrectx getpaintrecty() From what I can see, there's no mention of them in the documentation.
  1.  Expression
  2.  PowerServer Web
Brad Wery Brad Wery
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
PowerBuilder Mobile Cloud Target has NO Offline Compatibility
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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There is this Mobile Cloud Target in Appeon PowerBuilder. On the first sigth it seems that we can develope mobile apps with this product. But the table in https://www.appeon.com/products/appeon-mobile.html indicates that Why has the PowerBuilder ...
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Ludwin Feiten Ludwin Feiten
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PowerBuilder Mobile Cloud Target vs Appeon Mobile
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 7 years ago
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What are the differences between Powerbuilder Mobile Cloud Target and Appeon Mobile? For example: - What does imply the lack of compatibility with Appeon Web server? - Is there some kind of limitation of users in PowerBuilder Mobile Cloud target? ...
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Paco Lianez Paco Lianez
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Problem with Ole control in DW
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 7 years ago
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Hi, We have a Microsoft Web Browser control in a DW but it is not showing information. We need to fill the browser with some saved Html that at first we are trying to set up by using dw_1.object.ole_1.object.navigate2("file:///C:/soft/pb126/coi...
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Alfredo Santibanez Alfredo Santibanez
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JDK path error during add web server profile
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Appeon Support Team replied 7 years ago
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Hi, I'm trying to add new web server profile configuration. When I ser profile name, http server and local server setting then I click button "Test Web Server Settings...". When I clicked it, I get error: Cannot find the java.exe in the specified ...
  1.  PowerServer Web
Piotr Fryń Piotr Fryń
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
Describe("Evaluate(... giving Data Entry Error messagebox
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
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I'm using dw.Describe("Evaluate('...', 0)") with a complex DW expression in the ... part. I'm OK with the fact that this may fail for some expressions, but my concern is that when it fails, I get a message box with the title "Data Entry Error" and co...
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Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Cloud based solution for hosting database and/or developing code
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Daniel Vivier replied 7 years ago
1 reply
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Hi I work for a small financial services company, We have our own suite of desktop client server applications (not web based) that we developed ourselves (c#/ Java/ Powerbuilder frontend, SQL Server backend). Apologies for clueless sounding que...
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  2.  Cloud
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  SQL
Philippe Vanham Philippe Vanham
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dual platform 32/64: LongPtr vs LongLong
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Yakov Werde replied 7 years ago
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Hello All, We are preparing for dual platform 64 / 32 bit deployment. "What's New" documentation describes changing handle datatype to LongPtr The longptr datatype is 4 bytes in the 32-bit platform and 8 bytes in the 64-bit platform. In the 32-...
Yakov Werde Yakov Werde
  1. PowerBuilder
64 bit migration: Are all Hwnd & Handles the same?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
2 replies
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With reference to modifications needed for 64 bit compatibility (long to longptr or longlong) There are window pointer types and handles.  Both refer to objects in memory. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383751(v=vs.8...
Yakov Werde Yakov Werde
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powerbuilder 12.6 connection to a MSSQL linked server
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Giuseppe moglia replied 7 years ago
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Hi Guys do you know how to set SQLCA connection parameters in order to connect my pb 12.6 app to a linked server on MSSQL 2012? We already connect to a MSSQL Server Database but we also need to connect to a linked server on this DB (customer re...
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Giuseppe moglia Giuseppe moglia
  1. PowerBuilder
PB Example Code for Adding a Member to a Active Directory Group
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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Hi All, Is anybody tried to add existing Active Directory user to existing Active directory group using Powerbuilder? if yes, can you share sample script? Narayana Bhat
  1.  IDE
Narayana Bhat Narayana Bhat
  1. PowerBuilder
Replacement for DW2XLS for exporting DWs to formatted Excel
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Eduardo G. replied 7 years ago
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I'm wondering whether any of the PB experts here have ever considered trying to do a product that does what DW2XLS does, but better? I expect you’re familiar with it, but in case you aren’t, it’s at http://desta.com.ua/dw2xls/ - it exports DWs to nic...
  1.  Excel
  2.  PowerBuilder
Daniel Vivier Daniel Vivier
  1. PowerBuilder
Calling PB components within IIS
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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I'm thinking about the possibility of calling PB code from a website hosted in IIS. Is it possible to use the AJAX method to call PB code? AJAX is based on a browser function that works similar to the PB function GetURL. Javascript code passes ...
  1.  Service
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
How to fix datetime data type conversion while datawindow is in querymode?
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  FILI SOSA replied 7 years ago
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Our program has DataWindows with DateTime fields and we allow the user to Query for information with QueryMode; one button turns QM on and another button causes it to Retrieve with the information the user put in. Our datetime fields have the foll...
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  2.  DataWindow
  3.  DATETIME
David Merinos David Merinos
  1. PowerBuilder
Office upgrade
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Chris Pollach replied 7 years ago
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Hi all, We are in the process of upgrading from Office 2007 to Office 2016. One of our PowerBuilder 10 applications uses the following call: i_l_wordchannel = OpenChannel("WinWord","System",l_window_handle) This worked fine with Office 20...
  1.  Office
Rick Hiebert Rick Hiebert
  1. PowerBuilder
Database error code:999
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 7 years ago
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Environment: PowerBuilder Version 10.2.0 Build 7516 Sql Anywhere 12  DataBase Error Code 999 Database error message: Select Error: An invalid handle was passed in a call to the database driver This error occurs sporadically when retrie...
  1.  Database
  2.  Error
Rafael Falagan Rafael Falagan
  1. PowerBuilder
Problem with Powerbuilder 12.5 and Office 365 / Skype for business
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 7 years ago
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At the moment we have a problem with our Powerbuilder 12.5 application and Skype for business. (outlook and office 365). The application freezes we want to mail or print a document. This is a pdf document generated via a pdf print queue and a separat...
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René Maas René Maas
  1. PowerBuilder
Access Network Files and Folders in WebService
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  1. Last updated 7 years ago
  2.  AFIC Cephei replied 7 years ago
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Hi All, I am new to creating PB Web Services so forgive the question. I have created a .NET Web Service in PB Classic.  The intention is that it will retrieve the filepath for an image from a DB, resize and save it into a folder structure.  I a...
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  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  Service
Michael Hartnett Michael Hartnett
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