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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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12 votes
Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
Max Open Sheets
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  David Peace replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Hello, What is the recommended amount of open sheets in application? And why? Regards,Marina
gili galili gili galili
  1. PowerBuilder
Native PDF export - embed font
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  David Peace replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Hi How can I embed a "non custom font" to the native PDF export? I am aware that I can add "NativePDF_IncludeCustomFont=1" to the pb.ini but it doesn't work since "calibri" is not a custom font... Any ideas? Thanks, Thomas
Thomas Dietrich Thomas Dietrich
  1. PowerBuilder
HTTPS URL is not working in Powerbuilder 2019 with PostURL() of INET object
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  David Peace replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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We are using PostURL() of INET object for sending post request. This function works fine with http URL but If we use PostURL with a "HTTPS" it fails with the error code -5 (Unsupported secure (HTTPS) connection attempted). Could you please confirm wh...
Gayathri Ravi Gayathri Ravi
  1. PowerBuilder
Error NU1301: Failed to retrieve information about 'PowerServer.Core' from remote source
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Hi All I've installed PB2022 and build a small application to deploy with PowerServer. The deployment runs through OK but when I open the SnapDevelop C# code I get errors loading the project. An example of the errors are: Error NU1301: Failed to r...
  1.  SnapDevelop
David Peace David Peace
  1. SnapDevelop
SMTP CLIENT
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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Hi, How do i declare ismtp_email variable?
mathews rutto mathews rutto
  1. PowerBuilder
Alternative to GetFileOpenName() and GetFileSaveName()
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Tim Ford replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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Short of writing a custom interface, can anyone suggest an alternative to the PB standard functions GetFileOpenName() and GetFileSaveName()? We are wanting to let users select a file for open or save, but restrict their ability to change the folder b...
  1.  File Access
  2.  Security
Tim Ford Tim Ford
  1. PowerBuilder
OpenTelemetry or other tracing,app monitor tools for PB
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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Hello All, For  tracing ,logging and observability we would like to explore Opentelemerty for our PB application. I couldn't find anything related to using Opentelemetry in PB in the web so if anyone has explored OpenTelemetry for PB could you let m...
  1.  Logging
  2.  Performance
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Divya Reddy Divya Reddy
  1. PowerBuilder
inconsistent runtime path
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Raymond Longoria replied 9 months ago
6 replies
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I upgraded an application from 2021 to 2022 R2. I generated the compiler generated xml files for 2022. When we test the runtime packager on test computers, the runtime files get installed in a different folder than what is in the xml files. Is there ...
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  2.  Runtime Packager
  3.  PowerBuilder Runtime
Raymond Longoria Raymond Longoria
  1. PowerBuilder
using the Today() function cannot obtain the current date
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  John Raghanti replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Hello everyone !I have defined a string variable and assigned it the value of today's date. However, the actual result is the compilation time of the exe, not the current date. i'm not sure if this is a PB bug. The following is my test code, and you...
  1.  PowerBuilder
ma jack ma jack
  1. PowerBuilder
Retrieval Argument on datawindow nested reports
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  John Michael Tejano replied 9 months ago
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I have a datawindow that has two reports on it, There is a retrieval argument on the second report and I want to use a datepicker for its value. How to access the retrieval argument on the second report?
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
John Michael Tejano John Michael Tejano
  1. PowerBuilder
OBDC Profile - Powerbuilder 2019 IDE Crash
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Régis Schmitz replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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Hello All,    I am having problems trying to create a new database profile on Powerbuilder 2019.  When I click "New Profile", just crash without any message.  I already used the repair function on powerbuilder 2019, then I completely removed PB...
  1.  Crash
  2.  Database Profile
  3.  ODBC
  4.  PowerBuilder
Régis Schmitz Régis Schmitz
  1. PowerBuilder
PDF Builder - Table of Contents
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Dennis Eisler replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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Good morning/evening. I am trying to use the new PB2022R2 PDF Builder feature to add page numbers and a table of contents to a new PDF document that I generate. The documentation that describes the feature (PDF Builder enhancements - - What's New (ap...
  1.  PDF
Dennis Eisler Dennis Eisler
  1. PowerBuilder
PDF saveas - embed font
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  mike S replied 9 months ago
5 replies
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Hi guys,   we just rolled out our software with the new PB2017 for a first customer. we used to have the PDF save as with the Sybase Datawindow PS solution, which worked great but was a PITA for the support / new server / find the right ghostscrip...
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Halt multithreading
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  mike S replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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if a HALT is issued, will it kill off the entire application including any shared objects (multi threading)? Mainly this is for PS application, but i assume it should work the same in PB
mike S mike S
  1. PowerServer
Template E-mail, WebBrowser control. PB2022 R2
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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Good morning, I'm using a OLE Web Browser as a E-mail template, this email is a HTML page, and i can modify manu properties as the size, font, Bold, Italic, Underline, Align, etc.. of my Template.     Can i reproduce the same is the new WebBros...
  1.  Email
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  WebBrowser
Edi Anaya Edi Anaya
  1. PowerBuilder
Is possible digital signature of PDF files natively ? PB 2022 R2
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Andreas Mykonios replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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Hello, Is there a way to digital sign natively pdf files ? Greetings, Edi
  1.  PDF
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Edi Anaya Edi Anaya
  1. PowerBuilder
Diff tool
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  Arnd Schmidt replied 9 months ago
7 replies
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Is there a diff tool available that supports PB2017? Ive tried a few, but none of them appear to be updated for some time. I have a customer with hundreds of infomaker PBLs. They need to delete duplicates, merge multiple versions, etc.  pblCompare...
  1.  InfoMaker
George Hannah George Hannah
  1. PowerBuilder
Error deploying 64-bit application
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
10 replies
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0 votes
Hello, Happy holidays to everyone!! I am trying to deploy as 64-bit but PB 2022 R2 crashes. The only error I can see is in the Event Viewer... Faulting application name: pb220.exe, version: 22.1.0.2819, time stamp: 0x64c36da2Faulting module name: ...
Mike Kochevar Mike Kochevar
  1. PowerBuilder
Oracle error only on Azure server
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Carl Bolduc replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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We migrated an application to PowerServer and deployed it inside IIS on an Azure server. Most of the functionalities are working as expected except for one DataWindow. When running the application, we get this error after loading the DataWindow: 1861...
  1.  Azure
  2.  PowerServer
Carl Bolduc Carl Bolduc
  1. PowerServer
How to release excessive allocated memory
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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I have a PB 2022 app that uses multi-threading (SharedObject functions) to receive messages via Winsock and update a SQL Anywhere database. The app is running on a server that doesn't have a lot of memory. I'm wondering if there is a way to tell the...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder

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