Re: Visual Studio Vs Powerbuilder
Hi Jerry; FYI ... #8 is not true ... while the DB driver get an entire packet, the DWO runs an internal FETCH loop 1 row at a time to get all the rows for the primary buffer. Things can also go...
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Really? Then what would be the point of the Block DBMS parameter? http://infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.infocenter.dc33820.1200/html/dbparm/CCJBFHJG.htm Block (ODBC, OLE DB,...
View ArticleRe: Visual Studio Vs Powerbuilder
Hi Terry; I must say ... "Very well put"! Personally, I have tried this scenario over 5 times in the past many years and seen many others attempt this feat. The outcome for me is PB - 0 and VS -...
View ArticleRe: The re-introduction of a certification program for PowerBuilder developers
Hi Bruce; I have a "ton" of certifications myself and have hung them up in my office on one wall. I figured that it will make a nice wall to peruse through after I retire ... as many of the...
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Hi Bruce; That is an excellent question and probably a big misconception in PB/DB-Land! You have to remember that the real DB client driver is the one that is handling the DB data packetization on...
View ArticleRe: Printing directly from the Clipboard
Hi ; Can you tell us ... 1) What error code(s) you encounter in your code?2) Have you tried this on another version of PB (ie: 12.1)?3) What MS-Window version are you trying this on?4) Is this a real...
View ArticleRe: PB Stored Procedure Issues With Sybase 15
Hi Russ; BTW: Are you invoking the SP's via ... 1) SP based DWO2) an "EXECUTE SP- or -3) using an RPC call through the Transaction Object? Regards ... Chris
View ArticleRe: PB Stored Procedure Issues With Sybase 15
Some are SP based DWOSome are RPC's through the Transaction Object. The SP's are calling an open server. We're only seeing a problem with some (but not all) SP's that call open servers. They get stuck...
View ArticleRe: The re-introduction of a certification program for PowerBuilder developers
IMHO certificates are a tool for tech-ignorant HR departments to do preliminary screening. The only one I have is Certified Computing Professional [Management]. It was intended as a parallel to the...
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"internal" = memory to memory = very very fast, mircoseconds. Blocking reduces the number of times the client must handshake with the server over the network. As I recall it's two or three messages...
View ArticleDatawindow Property for Object Order
Hello, Our PB Application is built from many Datawindow that hold Object shapes. This Application is working and running just fine for a long time. I am trying to use data from its Datawindow Objects...
View ArticleHow to access the properties of an OLE object in a datawindow object in...
By any chance do you know how to access the properties of an ole object in a datawindow in PB Clasic 12.1. First time I am playing with OLE object in a datawindow. This is the scenario: I have a data...
View ArticleJava Script in Webform - dw clicked event
Can some one give me an example of how to get the name of the DataObject in the data window clicked event. All the examples seem to expect that a data window control will always have the same...
View ArticleRe: Visual Studio Vs Powerbuilder
Hi Terri, Well said. I'm assuming the discussion centers around PB Classic and not PB.Net since PB.Net uses the VS shell. Disclaimer: I'm not VS expert by any stretch (yet) but I do use both...
View ArticleRe: Datawindow Property for Object Order
Eventually dw.Describe("DataWindow.Syntax") shows the actual z-order (back to front). You can also use dw.SetPosition () to modify the z-order.
View ArticleRe: How to access the properties of an OLE object in a datawindow object in...
If you use the control on a form (outside of a datawindow) are you able to set the needle value?
View ArticleRe: PB 12.5 Deployment to JBoss 7.1
The last time I tried it with JBoss was with 4.0.3. What specific problems are you having with it? Right now I'm trying to create a set of config files to get it to work with NetWeaver, primarily...
View ArticleRe: Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Class not registered
Open up a command window on the development machine and type "aximp" and hit return. If you don't get a response from the "Microsoft .Net ActiveX Control to Windows Form Assembly Generator", then you...
View ArticleRe: Thread problem
SQLCA is a global variable. When the first thread finishes, wouldn't it disconnect SQLCA from the database and basically cut off any other threads using the same connection?
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