Migrating from PB 7 to PB 12.5.2
Hello,Iam convertingan applicationfromPB7toPB12.5.2 and this application usesDPBSERV (3-tier using proxys/TCP-IP)The questionis: what isthe best wayto convert theapplication server?In our testswe...
View ArticleRegistryGet of TMP environment in Windows 7 returns -1
PB 11.5 on Win7 64bit PC. I am not able to get the TEMP environment variable on windows 7 in Powerbuilder 11.5.1 build 4675. int listring ls_temp_dirli =...
View ArticleProblems in using PBDOM out of IDE exe works everytime
Hello, we use the PBDom125.PBD in our PB-Classic 12.5.1.4953 Librarylist to work with webservices and big XMLs.If we just started the PB-IDE, then run the application and use the PBDOM everything is...
View ArticleAge Old Floating Point Problem
PB 12.5.1 I have run across the old floating piont decimal problem recently. Years ago we changed to start using Double instead of Decimal because of this and it seemed all of our problems went away...
View ArticleString function that changes question mark character to an apostrophe
I've just inherited a PB 12 app running against ASE 12.5.3. I'm looking at one particular window with a datawindow object whose data source is a very simple SELECT statement; nothing unusual about it....
View Articlestripping wordperfect ole blobs
I've had success stripping OLE wrappers from several different types of documents stored as blobs. In some cases I've removed members of compound files (e.g., doc), in some I've exported a member of a...
View ArticleRich Text control losing data
I recently replaced an MLE control with an RTE control because we wanted some lines to show up in bold. The formatting and editing features work great, but one of our testers has a recurring problem...
View ArticleLDAP autentification
AAA i'm Looking for LDAP autentification Powerbuilder code.can someone help me ?
View ArticleInstall EBF 21365 over top of 12.5.2?
When I try to install this EBF, I get the message: ---------------------------PowerBuilder - InstallShield Wizard---------------------------The setup has detected that version 12.05.002 of PowerBuilder...
View ArticleDate function in DataWindow with decimal argument
I have some datawindows with year, month, day columns that are recognised from PowerBuilder as decimal(0) (Oracle NUMBER(4)). With PowerBuilder 10 I could add a computed field in the datawindow with...
View ArticleBest and most Economical Localised Database
Hi All, I am looking for a suitable database to run on client PCs. Currently our application accesses all tables from a central server (may be in the same room, same building or another city). Either...
View ArticlePowerBuilder and HANA today - with Appeon
Does anyone need to deploy their PB app to the cloud, or add support for Big Data and analytics? You can do that today with Appeon. Want to see for yourself?...
View ArticleBest Performing Connectivity Technology
Hi All, We currently uses an ODBC DSN connection to either Oracle 11g or SQL Server 2008 for our classic client/server application. We connect using:DBMS=ODBCDbParm=Connectstring='DSN=<MyDSN>;...
View ArticleMigration insight
Hi All - I am looking to migrate a PB9 app running against a ASA 9 database. I am considering to do this in stages to get to latest versions of both PB and SQL Any. 1.) migrate app to PB10 - Since...
View ArticleString function that changes question mark character to an apostrophe
I've just inherited a PB 12 app running against ASE 12.5.3. I'm looking at one particular window with a datawindow object whose data source is a very simple SELECT statement; nothing unusual about it....
View ArticleMouse Pointer as DragIcon, Is it possible?
Hi Guys, I'm using PB 10.0 Build 5502. Is this thing achievable? Like whatever mouse pointer I use, it should be the dragicon when I drag an object, like datawindow? Thanks,Neil
View ArticleTechnical Query: Printing Page Numbers in Footer of RTF Control issue
I am facing the issue while Printing Page numbers in footer of RichTextEdit Control. Code inserted in richText control to insert page numbers in footer as follows rte_1.ShowHeadFoot(true,false)...
View Articlecreating a scaling gui with pb 12.5
Hi. Does anyone know a product or technique for creating a user interface that will 1. automatically scale for screen resolution; and 2. will allow all components on a window to scale proportionately,...
View ArticleHas anyone created a button in Infomaker12 and triggered an email event.
Let's say you have a field in a PSR and the contents are an email address. Folks here would like a button on that screen which will kick off a default email message with that email address in the From...
View ArticleHow to access old PB newsgroups?
Hello, I have have PB-related question and I see similar question from someone else when I google it. Hovewer google link points to old Sybase forum that is no longer exist. Does archive with old...
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