SQLCA in a shared object (yet again)
I know, asked and answered - global variables are not available to shared objects. However... I was looking at some old code of 11 years ago from a multi-threaded task manager that our company still...
View ArticlePBM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING
Hello all! After searching MSDN and other sources for too large a fraction of an hour, I've come up dry trying to find the absolute values needed for flags/messages for WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING to...
View ArticlePowerBuilder MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0 encoding issue
I have a very simple PowerBuilder code: OLEObject lole_DOM lole_DOM = CREATE OLEObject lole_DOM.ConnectToNewObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0") lole_DOM.LoadXML('<?xml version="1.0"...
View ArticlePB 12.5.2 Classic - Exporting to XML export zero instead of null
Okay, I have found an answer, somewhat to this one, but wanted to put it here in case someone else finds it useful or has any further information. We are using Powerbuilder 12.5.2 Build 5583 Classic...
View ArticleCreating a Desktop Shortcut programatically
Can anyone help me with code to programatically create a shortcut on the desktop for a Powerbuilder Application?At the least point me at the Windows API I need to use.I need to guard against...
View ArticleORCA script generating large size exe
Experts, I wrote ORCA script to generate exe and pbds, but exe generated is too large (approx. 8 MB) compared to when the same exe (approx. 800 KB) is generated through PB IDE. Not sure what I missed...
View ArticlePB 12.5.2 Classic - Web Services DW, no data after DeleteRow
Seems like it's yet another bug, thought this may be handy for anyone who runs into this in the future. Create a Web Services Datawindow, do not map Insert, Update and Delete to anything. Retrieve data...
View ArticleSysam problem - started after disk ran out of space PB 12.5.1
PB was working fine all morning. I got a notification that i ran out of disk space. so i cleared out space to get 4 GB back (standard disk clean up tool with option to clear out the system files too)...
View ArticleControlling the location of a .NET form from PB Classic script
Hello, allI have a .NET form, which is supposed to be opened in ShowDialog function from a PB classic window. I need to specify the Left and Top position of the form based on the PB window location on...
View ArticlePover Builder V12 and Windows 10 Compatibility
Hi All, Currently we have application developed in Power Builder v.12.0 and runs smoothly on Windows 7 and higher. We are getting questions from clients who want to upgrade their computers to Windows...
View Articlehow to print barcode on the card and it read by scanner
Hi , i want to print the student code as a bar code and it is read by scanner , how to do in power builder 7 or 12.kindly help me.
View ArticleTeam Management Source control issue
Hello, allI am having a very critical issue with Microsoft Team Management Source control when working with PB classic 12.5 When a new class is created inside a PBL and added to the source control, no...
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Powerbuilder SOAP Proxy
Hey, I have to call this https://entwicklung.innosystems.net/cgi-bin/xml/xml2.cgi?WSDL Services from my PB 12.6 Application. I try to use the Webservice Proxy Tool. When clicking on Service I just get...
View ArticleWS Header
Hello to all I'm playing with the WS, in particular I have to use a WS requiring Header (user, password, ...) I'm not able to initialize the header because I have an error when 'setauthheadervalue'. I...
View ArticleSaving an excel file, doesn't seem to be setting date column
I'm using pb 12.5.2 classicI'm doing a saveas to an excel file, and I have some datetime columnswhen you open up the excel file, the columns don't seem to be formatted as date. they columns are...
View ArticlePB 12.5.2 JDK 1.5.0_06
My current PB and JAVA settings are: PB 12.5.2 Build 5006 JAVA 1.6.0_24 (installed by PowerBuilder Now ... interesting part is When CreateJavaVM method is executed, and debug option is TRUE, sometimes...
View ArticleHello America, what are you doing ?
Hello We have to re-write a procedure that carries out processing and document bulk. Specifically it is printing invoices.As you have done in similar cases?( it is the old concept of batch) We are...
View ArticleIssue with Web Proxy PB 12.0 Classic
What needs to be deployed with the .NET proxy? I imported the pbwsclient120.pbx into the pbl. I added the proxy DLL generated from the WSDL file.and libeay32.dll in the application directory. The...
View ArticleViewing datawindow data in debugger
Does anyone have any handy add-on / tools / tips for viewing datawindow data, row and item statuses, buffers, etc. when debugging? I started to write my own tool a while back, but never found the time...
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