Here is some sample PowerScript from back in 2004. The word document created is saved from a template doc previously created with specific bookmarks used to format the text. oleobject lole_word OLEObject lole_item, lole_attach, lole_outlook string ls_file_name lole_word = CREATE oleobject lole_outlook = Create OLEObject TRY lole_word.connecttonewobject('word.application') CATCH (runtimeerror a) Messagebox('Error','Error connecting with MS Word.…
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Create Word Doc and attach to Outlook Email in PowerBuilder
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PowerBuilder – Clearing the clipboard
Powerbuilder’s native ‘clipboard’ method does not clear out the buffer. Here is how to do it: // external function declarations Function boolean OpenClipboard ( & ulong hWndNewOwner & ) Library "user32.dll" Function boolean EmptyClipboard ( & ) Library "user32.dll" Function boolean CloseClipboard ( & ) Library "user32.dll" // code in application PowerObject lpo_parent ULong lul_hWnd…
Code Filter User Object for Powerbuilder Apps
When working with the end users who would be using the Purchasing System I was tasked with developing, a requirement came out very early in the process which might otherwise have caused concern; they wanted to sift their data based on any number of various codes assigned to it. Initially there were six different code…
Dynamic Menu Service for PFC PowerBuilder Applications
Back in my PB 7 days I was tasked with creating a Requisition System for the Purchasing department to replace an extremely cumbersome manual process. Essentially it was taking the data from a multi-thousand page report (which was produced daily) into a client-server application. It was a task most business developers should relish since, if…
