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  1. mbalent

    Retrieving windows version

    There is free code available from TopWiz Programming which does this. https://topwizprogramming.com/freecode_osversion.html Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  2. mbalent

    Hello everyOne, I need your help p

    Not much to go on by your description... Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  3. mbalent

    PBToolbox - The most powerful toolbox for Powerbuilder

    Cool! "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  4. mbalent

    Fingerprint Reader with PowerBuilder

    Cool "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  5. mbalent

    Login Form

    Assuming you are using a current version, take a look at the sample / demo applications you install with PowerBuilder. There should be an example there. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  6. mbalent

    create new list datawindow

    Have no idea what the question is. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  7. mbalent

    Looking to purchase a legal license of Powerbuilder 12.1

    12.1 was put out by Sybase which was acquired by SAP back in 2011(?). Current development of PowerBuilder is done by Appeon Corp. You may wish to post this on the Appeon Community board. Go to Appeon.com. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  8. mbalent

    disable row on grid datawindow base on condition

    You need to set up and expression in each of the columns you want to protect in the datawindow definition. Something like this in the 'Protect' property IF (checkboxcolumnname[0] = 1, 0, 1) The above example assumes the 'data' portion of the checkbox column is 1 for checked and 0 for...
  9. mbalent

    Strange Error. Please help. Powerbuilder with SQL Server

    Have you run a trace against the database to see what SQL your application is sending for the select? Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  10. mbalent

    Newbie questions for Power Builder 5

    Go to www.appeon.com and look at the latest version (2019). They have some tutorials and such and you can download a trial version. You can then experiment with migrating your ancient code to the latest version. Best of luck. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time"...
  11. mbalent

    PowerBuilder 12.6 Classic - Default Layout corrupted

    Try deleting the pb.ini file in your Appdata folder then start PB. Try reinstalling PB. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  12. mbalent

    Close All Windows at once....

    You can use the associated variable list of the ClassDefinition object of either the Application object or the current object. Loop through the list looking for the class name of the window then trigger the close event. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  13. mbalent

    PB 12.5.2 connectivity to SQL server 2017

    You should be able to connect as in the past. You won't be able to use any of the newer features in SQL Server but you probably already knew that. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  14. mbalent

    HOW TO CHECK IF A FILE EXISTS AND IS ALREADY FINISHED

    From the PowerBuilder help file on 'FileOpen PowerScript Function': File not found If PowerBuilder does not find the file, it creates a new file, giving it the specified name, if the fileaccess argument is set to Write!. If the argument is not set to Write!, FileOpen returns -1. The default...
  15. mbalent

    SyntaxFormSql

    I am confused. How are you building the SQL statement you send to the SyntaxFromSQL method? Also, what is the presentation string? Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  16. mbalent

    SyntaxFormSql

    What have you tried so far? What kind of messages (if any) are you getting? Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  17. mbalent

    how to match the filed name from another field

    You need to build the filename as a string. With your example it would be something like: String ls, ls_value ls = 'xyzsh-' ls_value = dw_whatever.getitemstring(row, 'studentID') If IsNull(ls_value) or ls_value = '' THEN // cant use it - do something else ELSE ls = ls + ls_value // now...
  18. mbalent

    how to extract data combine with the parent datawindow and child datawindow?

    You have to do this 'manually' either by appending each child row with its parent (into a string for example) or by having a third datawindow/datastore (which has all the fields you wish to use) into which you copy the data from the parent/child datawindows and then save/extract from it. Matt...
  19. mbalent

    Button appearing in DataWindow

    Here are some things to consider: 1) move button so it's not in same area as datawindow 2) make button invisible (set visible property to false) 3) check for code which makes button visible during program execution Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
  20. mbalent

    Retrieve window name while in use

    Use the Classname() method. It may be useful to use the window.title property as well. Matt "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com

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