Re: PB at TechEd 2013?
We are analyzing a strategy for abandon the Powerbuilder platform. We are really tired about pb.For the moment we are studying two platform:1) visual studio2) java. :)
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Chris Pollach wrote: The last point I would like to make as well is that Bruce's petition states releasing a new PB version by Q1 2015. That was a typo on the actual petition that I've since...
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Re: PB at TechEd 2013?
Hi Bruce; Excellent! Q1 2014 is much more realistic and emphasizes the need for action "now" before the whole PB community ecosystem collapses! Regards ... Chris
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Hi Power; In my area of the woods (Canadian Government), I have seen a concerted effort in the past 5 years to start to migrate or have migrated away from PB towards ... 1) Supreme Court...
View ArticleRe: I am getting error while opening informaker 12.5
What sizes are the two imstyleXXXX125.pbl files?Are the security settings on the folder set correctly? What does your im.ini file (in folder C:\Users\youruserid\AppData\Local\Sybase\InfoMaker 12.5 )...
View ArticleRe: Newbie questions: PB .NET
1) Is it possible to use the PB Data Window in a .NET project (i.e. the project is in C# for example, as we use the PB Data Window as a "component" as a user control for example)? You would need to...
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Hi Bruce; For #1 ... I believe that Joseph must be using the PB.net version 12.5.x (or higher) release - plus his VS project must be compiled to .Net 4.0. Am I correct on those prerequisites?...
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He would need to be on 12.5 or later to do a custom visual user object at all. That featuer wasn't introduced until that version.
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Re: How to manipulate window titles listed under the 'Windows' menu
Abdallah, I did some testing and debugging and found that while the menuitems under the 'File' menu created by PFC for the 'Most Recently Used' service can be manipulated, the menuitems under the...
View ArticleRe: Powerbuilder Filter Problem with Selected Row
Yeah, it's a problem. When you have a computed field like, If(IsSelected,1,0) and name it as cf_filterthen, you call like dw_1.filter('cf_filter = 0') the selected rows will be filtered. Now, the...
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Are any of the datawindow objects referred to BEFORE you do SetLibraryList? If so, once you've used a datawindow it will always pull it from the same location (pbl, pbd or app), there's no way to...
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You have to make sure a call to SetLibraryList or AddtoLibraryList is done as soon as possible after the application starts. The application Open event would be ideal. The first time an object is...
View ArticleRe: When is Identity columns made available in the datawindow after insert?
Bruce, Have you ever tried to make a column populated by an Oracle sequence via an insert trigger work like an identity column in the datawindow? I know Oracle 12 will add identity columns but I'm...
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Can you try setting focus to the frame and then back to the sheet and let me know?
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I haven't tried it, but I've thought about how I might go about it. The PBODBxxx.INI file allows you to reference the table name as a variable in the statemnt that gets used, so you'd have to come up...
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Russell, I actually tried that first (setting focus to the frame and back). It did not work, unfortunately. There has to be another sheet to give the focus to. It can't even be just a popup window....
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Thanks for the helpful comments. The IsRowSelected function returns row from the filter buffer also. Based on your feedback and trial and error I have solved this issue. Thanks,Richard
View ArticleRe: Datawindow Group Trailer
Im still using PB 11 and autosize wont help since the height is not amount-of-data dependent. I tried: RetrieveRow event:if SOMECONDITION then modify("datawindow.trailer.2.height=60")else...
View ArticleRe: Need to call a web service from PowerBuilder Classic 12.5
I agree that I need to create the web service proxy and call it via COM in PB Classic. I am currently using Bruce Armstrong’s PowerBuilder Journal article “Creation and Consumption of Web Services with...
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