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XML Parser

Date:24/04/2006
Saving Datawindow Report to Excel file: It's not the new technology, using OLE. But I think, powerbuilder developers someday will have a chance to code a report and export it to the excel file, right? It's not great as commercial products. But it works great for me. Get demo here.

Date:07/10/2005
Let Powerbuilder Speak: This demo will show you how to get the installed voices and speak through SAPI5.1(Win32 Speech API). Get demo and have fun! By the way, you need to install SAPI5.1 SDK or Redistributables file from Microsoft.

Date:06/19/2005
Hi All, it's been a long time since last post. This demo took me back from my PHP job. :). It will show you how to use Microsoft Web Browser to view, edit values and submit the Web page from PowerBuilder. Hope you all try this demo. It's very useful, you can build the robot script to help you to test the Web Application. Get demo here.

Thanks to Bluefrog for this article where I get started on this demo.

Date:12/23/2003
   Update XML Parser version 2.0.4: Fixed bug in uf_xml2token(...).
     "The problem is when you have the ='s sign in the text between tags (ex. this text=more text), the parser mistakenly tokenizes this and you lose all the text after the ='s. ... ". Thanks to Jim Ward (Cont, ARL/ARO).

Date:08/10/2003
   I'm waiting for the release of PowerBuilder 9.0.1... There are some changes about PBNI Visual Extension. I hope that I will not see the new function, PBX_DrawVisualObject(...), with poor design.

Date:06/17/2003
   If you are bored with the digital clock on the system tray... Try this simple code of PowerBuilder with some Win32 APIs to make it better looking. download here.
       Digital Clock, System tray, PowerBuilder

Digital Clock, System tray, PowerBuilder

Date:06/04/2003
Fixed bug: function LoadBitmap() in Irregular shaped Window. Now I'm coding Transparent Bitmap Control. Please wait...
Transparent Bitmap Control, PowerBuilder

Transparent Bitmap Control, PowerBuilder

Date:05/28/2003
Fun stuff: Irregular shaped Window. This works with any PowerBuilder Controls... download here.

Irregular shaped window, PowerBuilder

Date:05/12/2003
Just finish a new PBORCA API Demo: Count LOC(line of code) for PowerBuilder 6 and up. It's nice utility for you all, I think. ... download here.

LOC, PowerBuilder, ORCA API

Date:05/04/2003
   Update XML Parser version 2.0.3a: Fix problem of generating invalid XML. When entity contains special character (&, < , > , ', "). more detail here. Thanks to Jawaid Maqbool.

Date:05/02/2003
   I have a new demo of using PBORCA API(ORCA) to search and replace string in all objects. It's very useful if you want to change something in the Application, It's just demonstrate, you need to customize more to meet your need. By the way, Now this user object(pborcaapi) could be able to run on PowerBuilder 6, 7, 8, 9. download here.
       PowerBuilder PBORCA demo3

Date:04/08/2003
Release the first sample code of development the visual user object with PBNI Visual Extension. It's another way to develop External Visual Object in PowerBuilder 9. That's all you are waiting for. download here.
PowerBuilder 9 PBNI Visual Extension

Date:03/30/2003
The second demo of External Visual Object for PowerBuilder, is implemented in C++ Class. This sample codes will show you how to work with C++ class, has own members, store the created object into extra memory of a runtime widow and use it later in DLL functions. download here.
Extenal Visual Object for PowerBuilder

Date:03/27/2003
I have a special demo, Dynamic script in Runtime. Yes, you can modify your scripts on the fly. do you believe this?. Try this demo, download here.. (sorry, this demo is for PowerBuilder version 8. I will change to PowerBuilder version 6 later.)
Dynamic script

Date:03/24/2003
   Opens new Section: use PowerScripts to do ..., What can powerscripts do for you?. here is the first sample: Changing Font face name in runtime. you can also apply this code to change any controls' properties in runtime.

Date:03/14/2003
   Release the first sample code, ' Hello World ', an External Visual Object. You need Microsoft Visual C++ or any C Compiler for Win32 to compile this C source code. That codes will show you the simple structure for External Visual Object development.
   It's time to learn C language and basic of Win32 Programming. don't be afraid. download here.

Date:03/10/2003
   New Section: Win32 API, sometimes you need to do something that PowerBuilder powerscript can't.

AppBar::SHAppBarMessage(...), what's the AppBar? - It's a kind of window that docks at Top, Bottom, Left, Right on your Desktop.

Date:03/05/2003
Update 2 stuffs:

XML Parser 2.0.2

Fixed bug: internal function uf_setitem(...)
it does not call setitem() if column type is long, ulong. Thanks to Alexander P.Proskurin.

PBORCA API (ORCA - Powersoft Open Library API )
Add function LibraryEntryCopy(...): Now you could be able to copy object to other pbl in one step, without to do export and import. download here.