Hi All,
Trying to flush out the issues with security for a PB app connecting to MS SQL Server. It occurs to me that if someone has access to the .exe they could use a hex editor to peek in side. I tried it and sure enough the connection password is plainly visible. Is the answer for this to compile to machine code? Does that work to obscure it? Any other suggestions? I'm hoping there's a best practice for this out there somewhere.
Thanks.
hi all...
when i insert values in to SQL database through power-builder application the data is not in order. they are randomly stored.. what should i do to save the data in SQL in order.
with regards,
Delna
Hi All,
i have created a composite report with 2 datawindow. But encountered the last page of the composite report to be always blank.
tried to print the 2 datawindow individually and they work fine without any blank page.
powerbuilder : 12.5.1 build 4595
anyone have such encounter and manage to resolve ?
Rgds,
Chee Boon
Hi all,
I have a simple answer, but I find no answer on Google.
Is it possible to communicate from a pb 11.5 application with a webservice secured by TLS 1.1?
The webservice client is made by the .NET engine, so it rely on .NET framework 2. Is this enough?
When I try on their test server, I get only (failed) sslv3 handshakes.
The other party will end the SSL security and asked a minimum of TLS1.1.
So, if it can, must I do something with certificates? Or something else?
Develop environment:
PB 11.5.1 Build 4608
Win 7
Regards
Danny
I have a tabular datawindow that is designed and I want to change the name of on of the database columns. No other changes but in the name. When I do this the DW resets back to the defaults destroying hours of work. Is there a way to prevent this behavior from occurring. Can I edit a SRD file directly searching and replacing the original column name?
Thanks
TPS
Well, yes I suppose I'm in denial<g> but...
Can anyone proffer (malaprop?) a workaround to the prohibition against direct type casting to achieve the equivalent of...
[C#]
// Creates an IPEndPoint to capture the identity of the sending host.
IPEndPoint sender = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0);
EndPoint senderRemote = (EndPoint)sender;
...or even...
[Visual Basic]
' Creates an IPEndPoint to capture the identity of the sending host.
Dim sender As New IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0)
Dim senderRemote As EndPoint = CType(sender, EndPoint)
...hmmmm?
Thank you very much.
Hi, I want to learn PB. If I may ask, where will I start to know the basics?
Thank you!
Hi,
This is my code;
long handle, i, exsat = 3, sbul
integer varmis
sayfa1 = create OLEObject
VARMIS = sayfa1.ConnectToNewObject ('excel.sheet')
IF VARMIS <> 0 THEN
messagebox("Dikkat","excel not found")
else
messagebox("Bilgi","excel found")
END IF
sayfa1.application.visible = True
Sayfa1.Application.ActiveWindow.WindowState = 2
handle = OpenChannel("Excel", "Sheet1", HANDLE(w_test))
if handle <> -1 then
messagebox("Bilgi","Sheet1 connection is open")
SetRemote("R2C1", "value-1", handle)
SetRemote("R2C2", "value-2", handle)
SetRemote("R2C3", "value-3", handle)
end if
Sayfa1.Application.Cells.Select
Sayfa1.Application.Cells.Font.Name = "Arial Tur"
Sayfa1.Application.Cells.Font.Size = 8
Sayfa1.Application.ActiveCell.Select
CloseChannel(handle, Handle(w_test))
Code is not working one computer, windows10-office 2010 installed. Code working until this line,
handle = OpenChannel("Excel", "Sheet1", HANDLE(w_test))
and waiting, not responding.
Thanks
What source control version control tool are you using with PowerBuilder ?
What is your prefered one and why ?
Hello,
I want to read/write the Dword type of registry value. Using API function works, but RegistryGet and RegistrySet didn't work...
String REG_KEY = "KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Distiller\9.0"
Int LiRet
Ulong lTemp
LiRet = RegistryGet(REG_KEY, 'DistillerPrinterFontCache', ReguLong!, LTemp)
Value in registry is 1, but it is returning 0?
Thank you!
-Ping
Hi All,
With PB 12.5 here.
It hits error "Creation of executable failed" when I try to generate exe file.
I am following the steps in Powerbuilder_Powering with Boost: Step by Step Guide to Generate Exe in PowerBuilder 12.5.
My setting as below. Kindly advise if there is any other setting to make or change.
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards,
Yow
Hi everyone,
I migrated an application from PB 12.5.1 to PB 12.6 build 3506, and the migration assistant didn't show me errors during the process. I am using Windows 7 and it is updated.
I began to test the application on PB 12.6 and when it was trying to retrieve a datawindow the application shows me the following error: "Retrieve argument 1 does not match expected type." This error is occurring in many events.
The datawindow (dw_1) has an event where is called the retrieve function, and the event has an Argument which datatype is longptr. On PB 12.5 it was a Long datatype.
The option I found to solve it, is converting the argument to a Long datatype before retrieve the datawindow, for example:
LONG lparam2
lparam2 = Long(lparam) // lparam is the argument (see attachment)
dw_1.Retrieve(lparam2) // Replaced script: dw_1.Retrieve(lparam)
My question is: Is it possible to fix this error in a different way? I can modifiy several events, but I want to know if is a PB bug or is normal on this PB version.
Thank you very much, I appreciate your help.
Luis G.
P.D. I was reviewing the discussions on this network, the updated PB builds, and I didn't find something that helps me with this issue.
This is an interesting problem that I've been tasked with...
In a Windows application with a Tab Control and custom user objects as the pages, how long (in seconds duration) is each tab page visible/active to the user?
It's interesting task because as you know, if the tab is active and the application is deactivated (not the active application), the timer on the page should pause. Also, as the user tabs through the application, the tab page that isn't being viewed should also pause, and restart when the current page. So, lots of events being triggered, but I'm not sure if there's an easy (foolproof) way to determine if a tab page is both active and currently visible.
Are there any events that capture when a tab page is active and not active? I've been using the C++ Spy tool and there is a WM_USER + 1037 message that seems to be thrown which might work. But the wparam that is coming back is not seeming to correspond with anything known - perhaps a handle?
Any thoughts on how to accomplish this now seemingly daunting task?
Thanks,
Brian
p.s. PB12.5/Windows7
Hallo,
We are experiencing problems trying to automate MSword from Office 2013 on a windows 7 machine , using Powerbuilder 11.5. the same setup with office 2010 gave no trouble.
This is our code :
long ll_return , ll_test
string ls_test
n_oleobject_word lole_word
OLEObject lole_doc, lole_selection
lole_word = create n_oleobject_word
ll_return = lole_word.ConnectToNewObject('word.application.15')
lole_doc = CREATE OLEObject
lole_doc = lole_word.Documents.open('L:\Dev\APBS_KLANTEN\DOX\docs\offerte_test.docx', False, True, False, "", "", True, "", "", 0)
lole_doc.bookmarks.Item('ve_stad').Select()
lole_selection = lole_word.application.selection
ll_test = lole_selection.BookMarkID // ll_test gets the correct value
ls_test = lole_selection.text // ls_test gets an empty string which is correct
lole_selection.TypeText('this is a test')
Everything seems to be going fine until the last statement. At that stage we get the following errormessage:
"Error calling external object function typetext at line 13 in clicked event of object m_7 of m_apbs."
We think it might have something to do with an office setting or permissions to alter a word_document .
We would be most gratefull for any suggestion.
Kind regards,
Paul Baudouin
Hello PB Masters!
Our flagship app currently uses OLEDB to connect to MSS SQLServer 2010. There is no OLEDB driver for 12.6 64bit also Appeon for PB only has a native MSSQL driver.
My management asked this question that I don't have perspective (other than doc) to answer
"Any performance or other differences between OLEDB and SQL Native"
I would assume at least one driver layer is removed thereby giving some measurable performance gain. I would also assume that there are driver specific options with a vendor native driver than with a generic driver
What are your experiences and findings?
Thanks
Yakov
I am using PowerBuilder 12.6 on windows 8.1/10 64-bit system. In my application an OLE control Embedded with Microsoft Web Browser and it is used to Browse and select files.
With Source files(PBLs), application runs smoothly.
EXE built for 32-Bit platform works fine.
Error occurs only in EXE built for 12.6 64-Bit platform.
Anything extra I have to do, to run EXE in 64-bit system?
Is there any alternative for (OLE) control of Microsoft Web Browser?
We are switching to Ultipro Saas offering, so I need to convert a program that synchronizes data to use Web Services instead of the direct DB connection we had before.
I created the proxy using .NET, but when I run authenticate I get the message "Method LoginService.Authenticate can not be reflected"
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong
li_ret = s_conn.createinstance(u_soap,"LoginService")
u_soap.setclientaccesskey( lws_client )
u_soap.setuseraccesskey( ls2_userkey )
u_soap.setusername( ls3_user )
u_soap.setpassword( ls1_pass )
u_soap.authenticate( ll_status, lb_status, ls_msg, ls_token )
<wsdl:definitions xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:wsx="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/mex" xmlns:wsa10="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:soap12="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy" xmlns:wsap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/policy" xmlns:msc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/12/wsdl/contract" xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing" xmlns:wsam="http://www.w3.org/2007/05/addressing/metadata" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:i0="http://www.ultipro.com/services/loginservice" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" name="LoginService" targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/">
<wsp:Policy wsu:Id="WSHttpBinding_ILoginService_policy">
<wsp:ExactlyOne>
<wsp:All>
<wsaw:UsingAddressing/>
</wsp:All>
</wsp:ExactlyOne>
</wsp:Policy>
<wsdl:import namespace="http://www.ultipro.com/services/loginservice" location="https://service2.ultipro.com/services/LoginService?wsdl=wsdl0"/>
<wsdl:types/>
<wsdl:binding name="WSHttpBinding_ILoginService" type="i0:ILoginService">
<wsp:PolicyReference URI="#WSHttpBinding_ILoginService_policy"/>
<soap12:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
<wsdl:operation name="Authenticate">
<soap12:operation soapAction="http://www.ultipro.com/services/loginservice/ILoginService/Authenticate" style="document"/>
<wsdl:input name="TokenRequest">
<soap12:header message="i0:TokenRequest_Headers" part="ClientAccessKey" use="literal"/>
<soap12:header message="i0:TokenRequest_Headers" part="Password" use="literal"/>
<soap12:header message="i0:TokenRequest_Headers" part="UserAccessKey" use="literal"/>
<soap12:header message="i0:TokenRequest_Headers" part="UserName" use="literal"/>
<soap12:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:input>
<wsdl:output name="TokenResponse">
<soap12:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:output>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
<wsdl:service name="LoginService">
<wsdl:port name="WSHttpBinding_ILoginService" binding="tns:WSHttpBinding_ILoginService">
<soap12:address location="https://service2.ultipro.com/services/LoginService"/>
<wsa10:EndpointReference>
<wsa10:Address>https://service2.ultipro.com/services/LoginService</wsa10:Address>
</wsa10:EndpointReference>
</wsdl:port>
</wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>
Hi ,
I just came cross the situation where we need to include the WebService Security (Wsse) on soap header to authenticate against the web service. But in the PowerBuilder 12.6 Classic SoapConnection object doesn't have any method to support this feature to include in Soapheader.
Anyone guide how to implement this token based authentication in the PowerBuilder 12.6 Classic. Greatly Appreciate you support.
If there is no option, then we have to PowerBuilder.NET WCF assembly
Thanks,
Balu
Hi all,
I have a simple answer, but I find no answer on Google.
Is it possible to communicate from a pb 11.5 application with a webservice secured by TLS 1.1?
The webservice client is made by the .NET engine, so it rely on .NET framework 2. Is this enough?
When I try on their test server, I get only (failed) sslv3 handshakes.
The other party will end the SSL security and asked a minimum of TLS1.1.
So, if it can, must I do something with certificates? Or something else?
Develop environment:
PB 11.5.1 Build 4608
Win 7
Regards
Danny
We have a client questioning our random numbers being generated.
We always use the powerbuilder Randomize(0) function.
then... Call Rand
They want to know, how many seed values that are available
How many different seeds can Randomize produce?
is it the size of the max int?
i read in the help that it's based on the system clock
is there further documentation / code on the Randomize function?
the version that we are using at that location is 12.1 (if that would make a difference)
Thanks