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Hi, Just wondering how Dirlist sorts its files retrieved ?It seems to me that Dirlist (when reading a folder containing hundreds of files) randomly sorts its files or is there any kind of logic to be...
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Dear All, I have to check if a specific Service is running from powerbuilder. How can i do that?Preferably via an api call. Thanks and Regards,Patrick Posthuma
View Articleneed help please - pbvm120.dll
please note - i'm not the developer of the app but trying to determine two things purpose behind dll and why the app crashes out.If any one in the community has historical information from when a...
View ArticleHow I can display the 20 page pdf file in a window
Hi, In powerbuilder 11.2, Please how I can view a 20 page pdf file in window. Which control I can user on a window object to view the pdf. Please could you anybody help me with a sample code RegardsPol
View ArticleUnexpected results with null values in datawindow
I have a complex datawindow (> 1.7 MB exported source) with a lot of columns (> 900) and computed fields (> 600). Results of computed fields are used in other computed fields. So there are...
View ArticleHands-On Workshops at ISUG-TECH Conference!
Appeon Mobile in 24 hours: A Workshop for PowerBuilder Developers A detailed video description of the post-conference, hands-on workshop to be delivered at the ISUG-TECH conference in Atlanta, April...
View ArticlePowerBuilder won't reactivate License after update
Current;y have PowerBuilder Classic 12.5.2 build 5006 installed on a Windows 7 64bit machine. This was licensed and activated properly. Went to run the install again to add a missing database driver....
View ArticleSignalling in Multithreaded app
Hello, allWe have a single-threaded non-visual PB utility.All work is done by NVO's. Basically, it runs in loop on a number of retrieved records and does some work on them. A new requirement arrived to...
View ArticlePB12.5.2, MS Web Browser, IE 10
We have been using the Microsoft Web Browser that comes with the Internet Explorer to open up PDF images from our PB application. This has been working fine until we upgraded the InternetExplorer to...
View ArticlePB COM registration issue on Windows 7 machine
Hi, I have COM component generated using PowerBuilder 11.2 (This COM component used by the .net application to interact DB). When I registered the dll on my and colleague machine (PB installed on our...
View Articlewebbrowser OLE control - drag and drop mouse events
I have a webpage that works fine in a IE/Chrome/etc. It has javascript code which control drag and drop of objects within the page. When I run this same page in my PB window that has a Microsoft OLE...
View ArticlePB 12.5 Classic with web service proxy error
Hi, I'm fairly new to Powerbuilder and am trying to modify a Powerbuilder 12.5 Classic application to use a new web service on site. In my case, I read a number of articles and muddled through...
View ArticleWs Security config file wont regenerate with current code changes PB.NET
Regardless of the changes i make to the application code the config file generated on deployment remains the same. If i make modifications to the config file from a text editor,those changes are...
View ArticlePowerbuilder 12.5.2 Classic and .net 4.5
Hi, I'm trying to consume Web Services from a Powerbuilder 11.5.1 applicaiton and ran in to problem with conplex schema. it would work for simple schema but once our message got more complex using...
View ArticleMulti-stage check-in with PB Classic
I'd like to implement a multi-stage check-in, i.e. check-in for cross-testing, when that's passed check-in for QA, and when that's passed check-in for production. The only way I can think of is keeping...
View ArticleCan't install PB 12.5 Eval
While I was able to install it with no problems on one computer (that had a previous install of PB on it), on another computer, that had never had PB installed on it before, the following sequence of...
View ArticlePowerBuilder7 and MS Word 2010
I have been struggling with this problem. I have an application where I am using Ole to store word documents and it has been working fine. I have 7 machines with the application 4 of them work fine...
View ArticleProblem using dot-notation in argument to my function
I am using Powerbuilder 12.5. The problem is that I send null into a function but inside the function, the parameter variable contains a number like 12 or 16. This problem shows up when all 3 of these...
View ArticleHow to check if a service is running?
Dear All, I have to check if a specific Service is running from powerbuilder. How can i do that?Preferably via an api call. Thanks and Regards,Patrick Posthuma
View ArticlePowerbuilder on Windows 7 stopped running
I've got a customer with a Powerbuilder system designed for a single user, no network, just a single connection. They used to be running SQL Anywhere 7, but they just moved to a new Windows 7 PC and...
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