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SAP PowerBuilder — programming language and IDE from SAP (formerly Sybase). Very popular in the early 90s before being eclipsed by Visual Studio and failing to provide an adequate solution for web applications. Outside of StackOverflow, the best resource for PowerBuilder help is the Appeon PowerBuilder Community. Also possibly of interest: The International Sybase User Group, PowerBuilder Journal

PowerBuilder — programming language and IDE from SAP (formerly Sybase and prior to that PowerSoft). Very popular in the early 90s before being eclipsed by Visual Studio and failing to provide an adequate solution for web applications.

As of July 2016, further development of PowerBuilder has been assumed by Appeon Corporation

Outside of Stack Overflow, the best resource for PowerBuilder help is the Appeon Community Forum.

Also possibly of interest:

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PowerBuilder problems with long, longlong, integers, dec, and decimal datatypes

I am having problems with long, longlong, integers, dec, and decimal datatypes in PowerBuilder 12.5 Classic... I did something like this and is giving me problems of datatypes; // set variables for item price and the cash given by the…
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To set a value on a PowerBuilder textbox

I am developing a billing system using PowerBuilder 12.5 Classic and I need to set 0 for a textbox; like in vb.net txtchange.Text = 0 i have two drop down list boxes ddlb_price (defines the price value of an item) ddlb_cash (the cash amount given…
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PowerBuilder: Check record and insert into SQL table if not available

I am fairly new to PowerBuilder Classic 12. I need to check whether a record is available and if not insert from a textbox. I would probably need a DataStore since someone suggested a preference to SQL statements. Thanks. this code is behaving…
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PowerBuilder Insert a record to a SQL table if it is not available messagebox if not

I am fairly new to PowerBuilder Classic 12. I need a sample code to check whether a record is available and if not insert from a textbox. I would probably need a DataStore since someone suggested a preference to SQL statements. Thanks.
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Populate dropdownlistbox items from SQL table in PowerBuilder Classic 12.5

I have been working on Vb.net but i switched to PowerBuilder 12.5 Classic, I am finding my way around. I need to know the equivalent PowerBuilder script; to clear a control "textbox1.clear()" to focus "textbox1.focus()" to insert SQL database items…
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PowerBuilder 12.5 tutorials

I am new to PowerBuilder Classic 12.5. I have created ado.net database profile. How can I now connect to it and create a login window to read username and password, validate and let the user access to the program. Please help with a sample code and…
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Using powerbuilder 12.5 to call web service method returns null response

Any suggestions/solutions/tips will be much appreciated. I'm using PowerBuilder 12.5 to call a .Net Web Service and the call works and is received by the WS who send a valid XML response but the response object when loaded by PB is null. The proxy…
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How to expose a WPF usercontrol thru COM

we have a WPF usercontrol and we need to use it from an only COM-aware language (Powerbuilder). Is this possible?
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Want to use SetNamedSecurityInfo in Powerbuilder for changing the Owner of a file

I have a requirement to change the ownership of a file or revoke the ownership of the user who created the file using Powerbuilder. i.e. in my application user creates a file and I want to remove his ownership from the file immediately within code.…
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Export DataWindow to PDF

I am exporting a DataWindow to PDF using the below code ds_data.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = Distill! ds_data.Object.DataWindow.Printer = "Sybase DataWindow PS" …
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PowerBuilder web deployment

I need to know if we could create web projects with Sybase PowerBuilder. For instance to add web pages, add links, text fields etc (and not Native form based projects). Is this possible with Sybase powerbuilder, if so can i have some reading…
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PowerBuilder rewrite suggestions?

I am looking for suggestions on the best way to rewrite something in PowerBuilder so that it can be web-compatible. I have checked out the other posts on this topic, but most of them were over 3 years ago, so I was hoping for some updated answers. I…
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PowerBuilder Standard-Script Encryption

So this is the situation. Our company has its own standard codes and windows (for commonly used routines and for inheriting) that we use in developing applications. These "standard codes and windows" is saved in its own library (pbl). Normally when…
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is there a library to create zip files directly from Powerbuilder 12.5?

In a powerbuilder 12.5 I need to generate a zip file to send by email.
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How to use TWAIN in a Powerbuilder application

We have a powerbuilder application and we want use a scanner through this application with the use of the TWAIN drivers. Does anyone have previous experience or code samples about how this can be developed?
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