We currently are using powerbuilder classic 12.1
I saw, where the latest version (12.5.2) is no longer available for sale
Does that mean, that we can no longer download that release... to get the latest updates?
if not.. where can I go to get the download?
What does this mean for the future of the product?
I've seen some things about pb 15... but, nothing that gives a good release date
(it seems to keep getting pushed back)
we are using powerbuilder 12.5 on windows. Is there a linux version for power builder?.
My client wishes to upgrade its current SQL Anywhere 9 database to 16 and keep the current PowerBuilder 8,9,12 applications. What is the best approach and what are some of the challenges we are facing?
Hi all,
I understand that Datawindow Rbuttonup event is one event that categorized as "unsupported".
What does that really mean? We converted our PB12.1 classic app to PB12.6 net . The Rbuttonup event is used in many of our application, so we are thinking to replace it ( due to unsupported).
However, the PB12.6 .net application still can run the code in Rbuttonup event fine without a problem.
So, I guess - what exactly do we need to do with the "unsupported event"?
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
Azies
Hi Community,
I want to know if there is a migration path for .net developers using Datawindow .net in their applications?
Is there some third party products in order to migrate the Datawindow .net functionality ?
Or after the "End Of Life Notice" all companies must migrate manually to another architecture, it is the only option?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Best Regards,
Douglas
Friends,
i was working in pb7 with sqlserver 2k.
we have created an ini file to connect the db(sql server 2k).
now we are planning to create our application thru pb12.5 classic with sql server 2012 as a backend.
can anybody provide a link or sample code to connect pb 12.5 classic to sql server 2012 thru code not with ini file.
thanks
I have a DW which basically returns a large string, size is about 66K, but upon using the GetItemString(row,"col name"), I got only 32K string back.
The code is similar to this:
String a
a = dw_1.GetItemString(row, "sql_text")
messagebox("len",string (len(a)) )
I think i might have hit the limit of this function as I understand that string can accommodate much more than 32K length.
Any advise or work-around or solution is appreciate it since now I have to go out of PB to another application in order to obtain the whole string.
Thanks.
A friend need some help with this issue.
We deployed our application on Windows Server 2012 SMB File Server.
The application is deployed to a UNC shared directory. The clients access this directory from Windows 7 32-bit stations and the run the application locally. PB Runtime 12.6 has been installed locally on these client stations.
After the deployment we run a pilot to test various aspects of the application, especially it’s performance. During the pilot we have found that compared to our old PB 11.5 based version, the visual performance of our PB 12.6 application was seriously impaired. The menus blink, the windows open slowly… As a result the clients complained that the new version is just unusable.
We estimated that the problem is probably connected to the PB 12.6 inherent feature of lack of persistent memory caching of pbd files.
Such lack of caching seems causes sequential excessive loading and unloading of these files on each and every user interaction.
We then tried to improve the performance by defining "Caching" option in "Advanced Sharing" dialog of Windows Sharing. Specifically we tried to check the option "All files and programs that users open from the shared folder are automatically available offline" + "Optimize for performance".
Such option should cause all our application related files to be downloaded from the application server and cached locally on the client computer “behind the scenes”.
The visual performance of the application in this case indeed was drastically improved, but not immediately.
It took some 3-5 minutes after starting the application until we could feel that the performance was indeed smooth as in the 11.5 version.
We turned to Microsoft for an advise if such “cached” application server configuration is feasible.
In turn, Microsoft representatives requested the manufacturer (SAP) recommended operational and configuration instructions for such deployment configuration. After receiving such document they will be ready to assist us further in this matter.
I will be glad if you can provide, as requested by Microsoft, such instructions for the proposed application server configuration (Windows 2012 SMB server with file caching), or provide us with any alternative solution for the problem I described.
Hello, all
I am sure people have encountered this issue already, but I cannot find a specific answer to this deployment issue.
A PB.NET (12.5.2) app works fine in the test environment. The test environment is a server machine with full SQL Anywhere 16 installation.
When I try to deploy the app to a client machine (Win7 with SQL Anywhere client install) the app does not even load the ODBC driver. There are no errors in the event log and the sql error on connect is "Transaction not connected" (code -1).
PB Runtime is installed on both machines.
Update: Apparently, the server machine had the VS shell installed for debugging of a separate .NET app.
When I installed the VS shell on the deployment machine everything started working.
So, the question changes: Obviously, it is inconceivable to install VS shell on all deployment machines.
Does anyone have a small installation of just the required components for deployment?
Thank you
Hi Community,
I want to know if there is a migration path for .net developers using Datawindow .net in their applications?
Is there some third party products in order to migrate the Datawindow .net functionality ?
Or after the "End Of Life Notice" all companies must migrate manually to another architecture, it is the only option?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Best Regards,
Douglas
Hi Folks,
We are using served license for our PowerBuilder 12.5 and recently we did a system refresh. We have installed PB in the new PC and point the license to our sysam server. But the PowerBuilder in the new PC showing that we are in grace period. I checked the sysam logs on the server and it looks like installation from old PC is still holding the license. Can someone please advise how can we release this?
Thanks,
Robin Kurian
Hello,
we created a webservice and installed on iis.
when we call the ws from winform it reply correctly,
when we call the ws from PB we got timeout.
what could be the problem ?
where sholud i look for the problem ?
thank you,
Eyal
Hello,
Im looking for the file above for version 12.5,
Where I find /get it?
Thank you,
Eyal
Hi all,
I understand that Datawindow Rbuttonup event is one event that categorized as "unsupported".
What does that really mean? We converted our PB12.1 classic app to PB12.6 net . The Rbuttonup event is used in many of our application, so we are thinking to replace it ( due to unsupported).
However, the PB12.6 .net application still can run the code in Rbuttonup event fine without a problem.
So, I guess - what exactly do we need to do with the "unsupported event"?
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
Azies
Hello guys,
I searched a lot to find a way to get the size of a text (both width and height) of a text. Found some posts, mostly pointing to the of_getTextSize on PFC, or the GetTextExtentPoint32A (which is used by of_getTextSize).
The difficulty I'm having is that the Height is always returning 16, independent of the font size I use. Seems like 16, converted to PBUnits gives me the correct height to a size 8 Arial or so. Can you help me figure it out? I'm on a Windows 7 SP1 32bit machine.
Also I'm trying to get a list of fonts from Windows. I tried using the ChooseFont from comdlg32.dll, but the font list is different from the one PB shows. The same is true if I use "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts".
I found what seems to be the correct list at "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Panose", this seems to be the same font list PB uses (for the dropDown on static text and so), but what the heck is this Panose thing? Do you know if this is right way to go?
So that you know, I'm creating a dynamic DW where the user can format the font face, size, etc.
I've attached a piece of my test case.
Thanks a lot
Daniel
Hi Everyone,
We have recently migrated our OS to windows 7 and orcle client to 11g since then I am getting error "Failed to get local NLS_LANG charset ID" while connecting to Oracle using the IDE. I tried to connect using O10 Oracle 10g and ORA Oracle interface as I dont see anything for 11g; result was same in both cases. Can someone please help to resolve this issue?
Following are the system details
OS - Windows 7 62 Bit
PB - 12.5 Build 2511
Oracle Client - 11g 32 bit
Thanks,
Robin
Hi guys,
I'm developing a custom DW, where the user can add columns and texts to it, as well as change size, formatting, position, etc for each object. This part is working.
I already know there isn't an easy way (except if I code it manually) to have a "snap to grid" behavior, but most importantly: is there a way that the user can select multiple objects, ie, holding ctrl and clicking, so that I can add alignment functions to the object? Align selected objets to the left, or center, etc, like when we're developing a dw on the dw painter.
Thanks again,
Daniel
Hi, new to Powerbuilder .net using 12.5.2 build 5609. Creating a WCF Client Proxy to connect to Web Service as I need to pass soap header security. When I generate the proxy I keep getting the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I have tried generating another WCF Client Proxy using an amazon example and generates without any errors. Searching the web for days on end hasn't helped me. Hopeing someone can shed some light as where to look.
Hi Everyone,
We have recently migrated our OS to windows 7 and orcle client to 11g since then I am getting error "Failed to get local NLS_LANG charset ID" while connecting to Oracle using the IDE. I tried to connect using O10 Oracle 10g and ORA Oracle interface as I dont see anything for 11g; result was same in both cases. Can someone please help to resolve this issue?
Following are the system details
OS - Windows 7 62 Bit
PB - 12.5 Build 2511
Oracle Client - 11g 32 bit
Thanks,
Robin
Hi Folks,
We are using served license for our PowerBuilder 12.5 and recently we did a system refresh. We have installed PB in the new PC and point the license to our sysam server. But the PowerBuilder in the new PC showing that we are in grace period. I checked the sysam logs on the server and it looks like installation from old PC is still holding the license. Can someone please advise how can we release this?
Thanks,
Robin Kurian