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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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  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
Android and iOs from PB
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 10 months ago
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Hello, I would like to know if PB will maintain updates for developments for Android and iOS devices, because we want to launch an app on both OS.Thank you.
David Ramos David Ramos
  1. PowerServer
Failed to connect to the database
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Riccardo Pasqualetti replied 10 months ago
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  While running the application I get this error:  "Failed to connect to the database. Please ensure that you have configured transaction-to-cache mapping in the database configuration for the application, or have set up dynamic database connection...
Riccardo Pasqualetti Riccardo Pasqualetti
  1. PowerServer
Failed to download the file "n" because it does not exist
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Logan Liu @Appeon replied 10 months ago
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We've been able to identify the majority of the files identified in the PowerServer log. However one entry recently has challenged us. Log Entry:  'Failed to download the file "n" because it does not exist in the file manifest of the application.'  ...
Mike Kolenda Mike Kolenda
  1. PowerServer
Datawindow Some fonts cannot display text/column/computed in justify alignment, need advice
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  zulmach . replied 10 months ago
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  need advice....  a bug ?   Thanks and best regards zulmach
  1.  DataWindow
  2.  PowerBuilder
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Why so many PBCEFClient.exe's??
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Christopher Craft replied 10 months ago
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I have started to implement the new Web Browser Control in multiple places within my UI.  My 'Home' page has one. I also have a Documents tab that uses it to display PDF files saved to the transaction. This tab exists on every program (sheet) that op...
Christopher Craft Christopher Craft
  1. PowerBuilder
Experiencing Probably library file I/O Error building with PBAutoBuild210.exe
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  1. Last updated 1 year ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 10 months ago
4 replies
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Hi: We've been successfully using PB2021, GitHub Actions on a Windows 10 PC, and PBAutoBuild210.exe to automate builds (64 bit) for 2 years.  We've recently begun experiencing probable library file I/O errors. When we can build it in the IDE success...
  1.  64-bit
  2.  PowerBuilder
  3.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  4.  AutoBuild
Mary Jane Foster Mary Jane Foster
  1. PowerBuilder
Visual Studio 2022 with PB 2022
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 10 months ago
2 replies
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Hi Team,   We are planning to use Visual Studio 2022 version with Powerbuilder 2022 for our source control. Could you please let us know the points that we need to take care. We have Powerbuilder 2022 in both 32 and 64 bit version application. C...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Sathyajith MK Sathyajith MK
  1. PowerBuilder
Displaying Null in Database Painter
  1. How-to
  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 10 months ago
4 replies
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I am using a simple SQL statement in the database painter.  Some columns have the NULL value, but they are displayed as blanks.  How can I show that it is actually a NULL.  Also when I export the result set to a CSV or XLSX I want to the word NULL in...
Louis Arena Louis Arena
  1. PowerBuilder
SaveAs Excel12 Aborts when run remote
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 10 months ago
1 reply
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PowerBuilder 2022 Build 1892 and PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2170. More than one of our customers report that saving reports as Excel12 from our PB application results in an abort. The common thread is that they are running via RemoteApps or RDWeb. Run...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. PowerBuilder
Power-client - icon delete issue
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 10 months ago
1 reply
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Hi Team, In our powerclient project we are facing app icon deletion issue in our clients.  Scenario : After closing the powerclient applicaiton the desktop icon not showing even if the antivirus not enabled or whitelisted the application. Kindly l...
Rajkumar K S Rajkumar K S
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How to make ribbon bar control accessible in other windows
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Peter Pang @Appeon replied 10 months ago
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I declared ribbon bar control in one window w_rib and I want to access it in other window w_sh_rc through a function, but not able to retrieve the actual values. How to access ribbon bar control in other windows?
Apoorva JUKANTI Apoorva JUKANTI
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Can PBAutoBuild210.exe & PBAutoBuild220.exe be running on the same virtual machine?
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  2. Misc
  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  kitty he @Appeon replied 10 months ago
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Hello: We have 7 PB applications and we are in the process of upgrading to PB2022.  We have one virtual machine doing automated builds.  Is it ok if we have one build machine running both PBAutoBuild210.exe and PBAutoBuild220.exe, or should we spin ...
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Mary Jane Foster Mary Jane Foster
  1. PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder 2017 - Users sharing a PC accidentally use others license credentials
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Tom Jiang @Appeon replied 10 months ago
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 Another developer and I both have a license for PB 2017 R3 which is installed on our own windows 10 PC.  The Sign Out settings "Auto login at startup" "sign out on exit" were both checked. Our organization will be moving to windows 11, so PowerBuil...
Henry Hanlan Henry Hanlan
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ListView RMB Menu at Item Level
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  John Fauss replied 10 months ago
1 reply
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I am trying to add a right mouse button menu to a ListView to perform an item delete function and perhaps other item related functions.  The ListView is using the m_view menu object, but I can only get the RMB menu to appear when right clicking on t...
Matt Kleweno Matt Kleweno
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best option for image capture with PB
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  1. Last updated 11 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 10 months ago
2 replies
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We are attempting to add a new webcam image capture feature to our flagship Powerbuilder application.  We would like to be able control image capture via a PowerBuilder window but are having difficulty finding a solution that works with Windows 10 or...
  1.  PowerBuilder
Matt Kleweno Matt Kleweno
  1. PowerBuilder
Issue with Nested Reports
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 10 months ago
2 replies
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PowerBuilder/InfoMaker 2022 Build 1892. A report with 14 nested reports is getting the following message for each row returned by the main query:  I eventually discovered the issue, one of the arguments was a computed field that called a function...
Roland Smith Roland Smith
  1. InfoMaker
Antivirus recommendations for PowerServer
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 10 months ago
2 replies
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While testing the performance of our application, we noticed that the PowerServer version was slower than the Client/Server version. We disabled the antivirus on the API server and noticed a performance boost. Do you have an official recommendation ...
Carl Bolduc Carl Bolduc
  1. PowerServer
tabbedview postion
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Ian Wells replied 10 months ago
4 replies
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1 vote
hi, with tabbedview ,how to make  the last  opensheet  ordered in last postion ,  pb seems alwasys open the tabbed sheet at the first postion?
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Error in PB calling stored procedure
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  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 10 months ago
1 reply
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Windows 10 PB Version 6.5.1 Postgres 12psql-ODBC 12.02.01 Connection Hi, Error in PB calling stored procedure, The error message is Procedure has already been executed. I have implemented a minimal use case, see the attachment. I created the fo...
  1.  ODBC
  2.  PostgreSQL
  3.  PowerBuilder
  4.  Stored Procedure
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PowerServer http status code 404 https port 443
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  2. Issue
  1. Last updated 10 months ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 10 months ago
5 replies
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Hi Appeon, I got the following http status code 404 error on https (not http) when I am running my app.   I went to https://docs.appeon.com/ps/troubleshooting_guide/Session_creation_failed.html and could not find anything related to that error. ...
Pascal Phan Pascal Phan
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