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    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
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    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
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    PBToolbox - The most powerful toolbox for Powerbuilder

    Cool! "Nature forges everything on the anvil of time" www.anvil-of-time.com
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    Fingerprint Reader with PowerBuilder

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

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