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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
6 replies
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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
Ribbon issue with Theme enabled
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Christopher Craft replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Required Conditions:-Ribbon enabled-Theme enabled-Ribbon is minimized-One or more SetFocus() on window Issue:When on a window with a SetFocus() and then clicking on a Ribbon tab, the Ribbon will no longer expand if the theme is enabled. It will simp...
  1.  PowerBuilder
  2.  Theme
  3.  RibbonBar
Jacob Osborne Jacob Osborne
  1. PowerBuilder
upgrade to PowerServer license
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Shenbagam Balakumar replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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0 votes
Hi Team,           If we upgrade our current PowerBuilder license from standard to PowerServer license then can we use the new PowerServer license to our existing application or we would need both the licenses? Thanks in Advance!  
Shenbagam Balakumar Shenbagam Balakumar
  1. PowerServer
Tabbed UI causes my executable to error, but not running via the PBLs
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Ian Wells replied 9 months ago
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This is related to an issue I raised a while back about the Tabbed UI. This was a problem in the PFC library which was fixed very quickly (thanks again) Here is a link to that problem https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/tabbed-view-gives-...
Ian Wells Ian Wells
  1. PowerBuilder
Export report with groups using saveas xlxs
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Tomáš Podzimek replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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Hi all, we are trying to upgrade our export to xls functionality. Our goal is to replace old xls format generated using pb2xls library with current xlsx format. We use this syntax: idw_requestor.saveas(as_filename, XLSX!, true) For simple DWs and...
Tomáš Podzimek Tomáš Podzimek
  1. PowerBuilder
PDFDocument.ImportDataWindow(dw) vs dw.saveas(pdf!)
  1. Resolved
  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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what advantages does PDFDocument.ImportDataWindow(dw) provide over using the datawindow saveas? I see this is a new feature of the pdfdocument, but i am wondering why this was added since we already have the saveas(pdf) with the various export.pdf o...
mike S mike S
  1. PowerBuilder
Regarding the issue of obtaining parameters in PB-developed web applications
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  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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您好，我使用 Powerbuilder2022 开发了一个小功能，并使用 Powerserver 将其转换为 Web 应用程序，我们称之为 Page A。现在，我的同事已经开发了一个使用 C# 的系统，并希望将参数从 C# 系统传递到我开发的 Page A。我怎样才能做到这一点？
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Yehui Huang Yehui Huang
  1. Elevate Discussion
Can't connect to SVN repo from PB2017R3 using svn:// protocol
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Luca Arena replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Hi all. I am trying to add my PB2017R3 workspace to a SVN repo hosted on our company's NAS, which is available via a svn:// url. I can connect to the repo from TortoiseSVN without any issue, while trying to connect from PB gives me this error: "Fail...
  1.  SVN
Luca Arena Luca Arena
  1. PowerBuilder
Moving from Client Server to Azure
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  billy hugon replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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All, I have several applications that are running on a Windows server using IIS and Oracle databases.  All work well and I have configured everything to make them run.  I have an application currently that runs in Client Server that the users want t...
billy hugon billy hugon
  1. PowerServer
pointer curcor file format?
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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0 votes
When I change pb control's pointer,and select a .cur file ,PB always tell me to specify a valid image,what kind of cursor file can be used with pb pointer?
appeon pb appeon pb
  1. PowerBuilder
Creating database connection in PoweServer session is slow
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Hannu Pikkarainen replied 9 months ago
6 replies
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Hi, We have created a small PB application and distributing it with PowerServer 2022R2, licenses for 150 users. When user starts the application and Login screen is opened the database connection MS SQL 2019 is not working yet. It can take 1second ...
  1.  PowerServer
Hannu Pikkarainen Hannu Pikkarainen
  1. PowerServer
how to package an application folder into an msi file
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Hi All,Would you kindly advise below, thanks:My application is built by PowerBuilder 2019 R3 Build 2779, I know it has a tool which can package the PowerBuilder Runtime files into an .msi file:https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019/application_techniques/ch3...
Ross Chu Ross Chu
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2022 Tabbed view not showing horizontal scroll bar
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Bruce Armstrong replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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Hi all, Thought I'd give PB2022 R2 a try... just changed my MDI window to TabbedView.  Pretty cool! I'm using PB2022 R2, PFC12.5, Windows 11.  I have a custom tab object, ufolder_lab,  inherited from the pfc's u_tab... utab_folder.  ufolder_lab is ...
  1.  PFC
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder
Web API connecting to different DBs
  1. Misc
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  mike S replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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Hello Community! I have two applications (say, APP1 and APP2), both compiled from the same source code, but each pointing to a different database (say, DB1 and DB2). When installing applications on the same server, the installer automatically create...
Miguel Alzate Miguel Alzate
  1. PowerServer
Anyone have advice on collecting electronic signatures
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  1. Last updated 6 years ago
  2.  shai hadashi replied 9 months ago
6 replies
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We are looking into implementing electronic signatures into our shipping department. The application we will integrate into is desktop only. Does anyone have any experience in doing this? Any recommendations for hardware? Any pitfalls to look out for...
John Strack John Strack
  1. PowerBuilder
Migrating from SAP ASE -> MS SQL, which DB driver to choose from?
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  1. Last updated 11 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 9 months ago
5 replies
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Hi, After developing for more than 25 years on a Sybase (SAP ASE) database, we are migrating to MS SQL. We are using the native ASE interface for our database connection. We have some large Powerbuilder applications that rely heavily on this databas...
  1.  Database Driver
  2.  SQL Server
Pieter Coene Pieter Coene
  1. PowerBuilder
SVN: add Tag from IDE and why SVN Icons not available in Library View?
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  2. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 9 months ago
1 reply
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Hi all On PB 2021 1506 / Win 11. I'm playing around with SVN and I try to find out, how things are working.    I quickly realized that the SVN icons and commands are not available in the View library. They are only visible in the System TreeView....
Gzim Ramizi Gzim Ramizi
  1. PowerBuilder
error while consuming imported .Net DLL
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Miguel Leeuwe replied 9 months ago
3 replies
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Imported a .Net DLL and while consuming I am getting below error!PowerBuilder 2022 R3
  1.  DLL
  2.  PowerBuilder
Kirankumar Chavadi Kirankumar Chavadi
  1. PowerBuilder
Returning a datastore in the callback of a thread fails
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  2. Advice
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Benjamin Gaesslein replied 9 months ago
4 replies
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Hello, We have a number of processes in our application (PowerBuilder 2021 build 1288) that we have multi-threaded where the callback function on the callback nvo returns the thread id as a LONG, a status code message as a STRING and the raw JSON as...
Gregory Rusak Gregory Rusak
  1. PowerBuilder
Windows 11 does not allow setting values in the print dialogbox
  1. Issue
  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 9 months ago
5 replies
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0 votes
HI ,I updated my PC to Windows 11 and whether using PowerBuilder 2021 or PowerBuilder 2022, by invoking the print dialogbox [Print(true, true)], the values set on the datawindow, paper orientation, number of copies, printer (selected via setup), are ...
Aldo Lunardi Aldo Lunardi
  1. PowerBuilder
Built-in icons for windows
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 9 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 9 months ago
2 replies
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Hi all, On my menu toolbar, I have an icon for the Navigator, it's a globe icon.  When I set the ToolbarItemName on a menu item, I have the option to select Built-In image, All Images, Custom.  The one I use for the navigator is Custom042a!  But whe...
  1.  Icon
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Window
Tracy Lamb Tracy Lamb
  1. PowerBuilder

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