InfoMaker Conditional Formatting - Multiple Fields in an IF statement
Hi First time posting to the Group. Thanks for having this resource available. I am trying to create a conditional format, turning the font red for a field, I want to test two fields at once for the...
View ArticleAccess ACUODBC from Powerbuilder
Hi, i have a PB12.5 App and want to access data from microfocus.There is an ODBC Driver available called ACUODBC.It works fine for selects on full tables but it gives no result if a where clause is...
View ArticleDirList Not Working Properly in Windows 7.
Hello Experts, I have the below configuration:OS - Win 7PB Version - 7 I have a list box in a window which I am trying to populate using the DirList function. I have the below code in the open event...
View ArticlePowerbuilder and chinese Characters
I am using powerbuilder 12.5.2 Build 5006 with a MSSQL Server 2008 SP2 database.Version 10.0.5500.0The connection to the databse uses ODBC and the connect string...
View ArticlePB OLE Control for Excel...
Hello all, I have the need to display an Excel spreadsheet within a PB window (or several spreadsheets on different tabs). I would prefer to have at least the basic Excel functionality, such as...
View ArticleHow to rebuild PBD with PowerBuilder
HiI have a compiled pbd file which I need to edit and make a very small change to the code.I tried using a HEX editor, but unless I have the wrong settings, that doesnt seem to work?The file was built...
View ArticleConnecting to a Oracle database over LDAP
Hi Powerbuilder Community, a customer asked us if a PowerBuilder application can authenticate to an Oracle database via an LDAP server.We do not even have such a configuration and can therefore not try...
View ArticleHow to open Google Chrome from Powerbuilder
Hi, In my Power Builder application, there is a requirement to open a link through Chrome browser even though it is not set as the default browser. I can find OLE objects supporting Internet Explorer...
View ArticleConnecting to SQLite DB Question
Hello, Got a quick question. We want to use the SQLite database for a simple desktop application. Is there a way to connect to and use this DB in PB without having to set up an ODBC or OLEdb...
View Articlepbm_dwnkey and Default button
Hello,I have a window where I can enter a search item. There is a default button "Search". After pressing this button I do a retrieve in a dw with the search item and display all the related rows in...
View ArticleSpire.barcode.DLL
Hello,I trying to implement the spire.barcode.dll. I have to scan an image whit barcode and read the barcode. the DLL does just that (I see lool it in Visual basic).I did not undestand how to implement...
View ArticleHow to rebuild PBD with PowerBuilder
HiI have a compiled pbd file which I need to edit and make a very small change to the code.I tried using a HEX editor, but unless I have the wrong settings, that doesnt seem to work?The file was built...
View ArticleDatawindow .net - End Of Life Notice
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...
View ArticlePowerbuilder Dropdown Datawindow Problem
Hello: I am working on a powerbuilder application where a complete set of code values are being retrieved from a child datawindow into a field on a datawindow when the window is opened. When the user...
View ArticleLatest release of Powerbuilder
We currently are using powerbuilder classic 12.1I saw, where the latest version (12.5.2) is no longer available for saleDoes that mean, that we can no longer download that release... to get the latest...
View ArticlePowerBuilder 12.5.1 64bit Oracle 11g connection issue
All, I want to preface this by stating the only reason we are using .net vice Classic is .net's ability to create a 64bit application. So, I have successfully migrated our legacy PB code to 12.5.1...
View ArticleDatawindow .net - End Of Life Notice
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...
View ArticlePB12.5 - Oracle 11g conenction issue - Failed to get local NLS_LANG charset ID
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...
View ArticleSYSAM- error in served license validation
Hi We are trying to install PB 12.5 in the virtual machine And we have also installed served licensing server, placed the served license in the license folder,We have started the server and in the...
View ArticlePowerbuilder Dropdown Datawindow Problem
Hello: I am working on a powerbuilder application where a complete set of code values are being retrieved from a child datawindow into a field on a datawindow when the window is opened. When the user...
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