PB6.5 to PB12.6 migration issue
Hi All, I had migrated the code from PB6.5 tp PB12.6. after migration i am facing an issue when ever do any operation on a window ( like select,fetch etc) i get Error calling external function %s .I am...
View ArticleFYI: Appeon and BES12
We have customized, packaged and distributed successfully Appeon Workspace through our BES12 (Blackberry Enterprise Security) platform. Now we can distribute our mobile applications safely from our...
View ArticleReading/Writing to Com Ports
Are you able to read/write to Com Ports in PB using the standard File functions? I have seen many posts saying you can do the following... ll_Job = fileopen ("COM1:", StreamMode!, Write!, Shared!)...
View ArticleNew oracle database with pb 12.5.2 classic
I have a client that's upgrading to oracle 12cDoes anyone know of any issues with that?Most of the time.. when working with newer databases, people use the same oracle client.Like... I use 11.2 version...
View ArticleDifference in PB Sections on SCN
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the difference in the two PowerBuilder sections here on SCN? There's the current section I'm (we're) in, and then there's the SAP PowerBuilder section. This...
View Article"My" SCN Content
At the NCPBUG conference this year, at the end of one of the sessions, I believe it was Bruce that talked about getting active in the PowerBuilder section of SCN. Prior to the event, I had visited...
View ArticleSaving a sheet in excel work book as txt file.
I am trying to save a specific sheet, for example sheet#3 of an Excel worksheet to a tab delimited txt file in PowerBuild 12.0 using OLE Object. The code I used:...
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Connecting to / Interfacing SAP (ERP) via OLE
Over the past few years, connecting to SAP to gather and/or input data has become more and more important in my job duties. The first obvious choice that was given to our development team was via...
View Articleappeon .net and SQL Azure
Has anyone used appeon with SQL Azure? V12? According to the SQL Azure docs, it requires either ODBC, ADO, or JDBC drivers - none of which are supported with appeon .net (JDBC is supported with...
View ArticleRemoval of msvcr71.dll
In the interest of securing platforms, we desire to remove msvcr71.dll entirely from systems. This legacy file has been used in multiple exploits as it is a prime candidate for mining gadgets in ROP...
View ArticlePowerBuilder 12.5 Classic does not start in Windows 10
I recently updated my machine to Windows 10 having PowerBuilder previously installed. It does not get past the splash screen. I have attempted to uninstalled and re-installed with no success. Any ideas?
View ArticlePowerBuilder User Group Meeting 28./29. September in Berlin
The German PowerBuilder User Group will have the next conference an 28th and 29th September 2015 in Berlin.First information (in German) on www.pbugg.de. More details and a fixed agenda will be...
View ArticleHow to read / parse JSON file in Powerbuilder 11.5
How to read / parse JSON in Powerbuilder 11.5 ?What is the best practice to do so ?
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SAP & PB - Part 2 - RFC_READ_TABLE
Overview As a continuation of the documents on using PowerBuilder to connect up with SAP (ERP), this document will contain the basic information on calling an RFC (Remote Function Call) inside SAP and...
View ArticlePB11.2 and Oracle 11.2 client
We noticed that a number of our users' PCs have only the Oracle 11.2 client installed instead of the 10.2 client. The application is built using PB11.2 and it loads PBO10110.DLL when it runs. The DLL...
View ArticleFunction Timeout? PB 12.5.1
Greetings All, I have a function that does something simple: Argument: sp_id (string)Return: Integer integer staged_rates sp_id = trim(sp_id) select count(*) into :staged_rates where sp_id =...
View Articlethrow runtimeexception
I ws looking at some code written by a consultant we hired for a special project. In the main processing function, the entire function is bracketed with a try/catch. At certain points, he throws a...
View ArticlePB12.5 - Get latest version of Office
I would like to get the latest version of Office installed on a users machine, I am using the code below but it brings back all the versions of Office installed but I am looking for the most current....
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Datawindow N-UP slow performance
Hi everyone , I have a bit confusing performance problem with N-up datawindow , hope someone can help with with ideas The extact Problem is : Datawindow is [slow] while doing : a click ,...
View ArticlePB12.5 Emailing to outlook 2013 using HTML dw - Not keeping formating
has anyone done emailing to Outlook 2013 using either SMTP or Exchange web service? Basically I have a dw with a picture, text boxes used for underlining and some data. (text/data formatted with...
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