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PowerBuilder Webforms
Greetings All, You may have noticed that in webforms the page opens with a little 'X' in the upper right corner. And as you open additional windows this portion of the screen keeps track of them pops...
View ArticleSaveAs Excel12 not working correctly
An Excel XLSX file is a zip file containing various XML files. When doing a SaveAs in the DB Painter or in code, the XLSX file is created without any compression. This causes files to be much larger...
View ArticlePB15 issue: PB Classic Runtime Packager
PB15 (beta) Runtime Packager - throws an error message about "Requires Files for PowerBuilder.NET..." even though I only have PB Classic installed and I am only trying to generate for Powerbuilder...
View ArticlePB15: Build from Commandline loses DB connection
Another (intermittent) issue I noticed was when I was deploying a workspace to EA Server from command line. (Pb125.exe /w <workspace> /d ...). I am deploying PB15 to EAServer 5.5. When I had an...
View ArticlePB15: Datawindow columns background black
I just migrated our PB application from PB 12.5 to PB 15. When I tested the client, the cells in (several) Grid Datawindow(s) appear in black color, thus hiding the text (I vaguely remember seeing...
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dashed line solid on print
Powerbuilder 11.5. I put a dotted line in my report (added one to the top as example). In the preview it shows as a solid line and printed on paper it is solid as well.If I flip the two color...
View ArticleReplacing PB source code from script
Hello, allCan anyone point me to application technique (or a ready utility), which can replace a specific string (for example URL of an image) in all objects in a given library? I know such programs...
View ArticleDatawindow Detail under Footer
PB 11.5.1 Build 4675 Hey Team, Here is one I have not seen. I have a button in a datawindow footer. Depending on some activity in the datawindow, the detail is recognized and in focus UNDER the...
View ArticleHow to get a Nested report rowcount?
PB 12.5.1 (4015). I have a composite report with two datawindows as part of a datastore. Even though the composite report has one row, the nested reports do not. How can I check this? Also, I am...
View ArticleTables not visible in PB 9.0.3 / sql server 2008
I know this is old school. We are running PB 9.0.3 with a SQL Server 2008 backend..I can connect to the DB but when I click on the list of tables in the db painter, nothing happens Has anyone hit this...
View ArticleCapture to PNG
Hi, I use TopWiz "Bitmap" free code to capture the bitmaps of the visible windows of my application when an error occurs.Then the user can send the error report with the screenshots by e-mail. My...
View Articleproblem with MSAA support (accessiblename) in datawindows
We use Powerbuilder 12.5 with Jaws (a screen reading software for blind people). We want to use the accessiblename property to manipulate the text read by jaws. This works fine for most controls in...
View ArticlePowerbuilder 11: Transaction pooling
I have PowerBuilder 11 classic application (2-Tier application) and a COM component build using PowerBuilder 9 that connects to the database directly (uid/pwd harcoded inside the application) through...
View ArticleCSV to XLSX
Can anyone recommend a DLL of some sort that can convert a CSV file to XLSX? Any .net assembly's that you know of? Thanks,
View ArticleHow safe is it to switch the SQL 2005 server setting from 'nocount OFF' to...
We switched from MSS to OLEDB about a 2 years ago and are now getting random 'row changed between update and delete' and setting nocount on in the triggers helps this. It only seems to happen to a few...
View ArticleTrying to modernize my take on printing to ports
After all those permission things, cmd anomalies, VirtualStores etc in the 64bit Microsoft OSes, I am trying to get less depended from "traditional recipes". My application among other things, prints...
View ArticleCannot insert tabpage on control inherited from tab??
Using PB 12.5.2 an PB 15 BetaIf I insert a standard tab control on a window, I can rightclick on it and add tabpages or userobjects as tabpages.If I insert a control directly inherited from a tab...
View Articlesigning exe with digital certicate
I have PowerGen so I will be using it to invoke the signing tool from the project settings. However what are the tools available and there syntax? thanks
View ArticlePB15: Build from Commandline loses DB connection
Another (intermittent) issue I noticed was when I was deploying a workspace to EA Server from command line. (Pb125.exe /w <workspace> /d ...). I am deploying PB15 to EAServer 5.5. When I had an...
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