1. Troy Harward
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  3. Friday, 28 January 2022 17:41 PM UTC

Hi, we are in the process of upgrading from Powerbuilder 12.5 to Powerbuilder 2021. I have found that when I attempt to build a 32-bit Pcode build from the IDE or the Compiler, the build succeeds, but then I'm left with a "Create of executable file failed" error and the pbd files have been created, but not the executable.  If I keep everything the same, but switch to a 64-bit build, it successfully creates the executable.  A coworker can take the same migrated code and do a 32-bit build on his machine and the executable file is successfully created.

My question is what do I need to do to successfully create the executable file for a 32-bit build?  I have been through all of the suggestions of the icon not being valid, a trailing space in the pbr file, a leading 0 in the version information, but still get the error, even if I try to build a test app that has one window.  I have also removed all versions of Powerbuilder and wiped the registry of any mention of Powerbuilder, Sybase, and a few other related words, and reinstalled just Powerbuilder 2021 multiple times.  Note:  Even building with an evaluation copy of PowerGen returns the same error.  I have also taken the same steps on my other laptop which is also connected to the same utah.gov domain and I get the same error.  Note:  I am an administrator on both machines.

Can someone please put me on the track to what 64-bit dll or other file I need to replace with a 32-bit version to be able to successfully create a 32-bit build?  Thanks

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Troy Harward Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 31 March 2022 14:59 PM UTC
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I just want to report that I finally have a solution for the "Create of executable file failed" error.  It turns out that the State of Utah's antivirus program called Comodo was quarantining the pbcgr.dll file.  This file is found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder 21.0\IDE\pbcgr.dll".  Creating an exception for the file resolved the problem.

I had long ago done testing to see if it was Comodo by turning it off and then trying to build, but it still failed.  What I didn't know at the time was that the file had physically been moved from its folder to the Comodo quarantine folder and was thus missing when it was needed to build the application.  On my last round of testing, I noticed the file was missing from the folder, so I uninstalled and re-installed Powerbuilder, and then, with Comodo uninstalled, it worked.

I really do appreciate all the suggestions and help from the Appeon user community!  I'm just glad the issue is finally resolved and we can get on with real work.

 

 

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  1. John Fauss
  2. Thursday, 31 March 2022 16:00 PM UTC
Congratulations, Troy, for determining the root cause of this issue! Would you please take a moment and mark this issue as resolved? Thanks!
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  1. Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  2. Thursday, 31 March 2022 16:07 PM UTC
Thanks for sharing the solution!
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Philip Tong Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 23 March 2023 13:20 PM UTC
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  3. # 1

in my case PBC returned

  • Create of executable file failed
  • Creation of executable failed with a link error

there were no compilation errors, all pbds were created but not the exe file

it turns out the version parameter (/v, /fv, /vn, /fvn) values were incorrectly formatted, instead of "1.2.3.4", "1.2.3" is the cause

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Phil Wallingford Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:39 PM UTC
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I didn't notice this in any of the replies, but...

I've seen this error if there are bad resources in the build, the application icon or resources on PBRs.  Try removing these and if the problem clears.  If so, you'll just need to isolate the offending resource(s).

 

Phil

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  1. Troy Harward
  2. Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:47 PM UTC
Thanks for responding, Phil. I have actually removed the PBR file and icon even though I went through the PBR file and verified that there are no leading or trailing spaces on any line. The build works if I switch it to 64-bit, so I'm thinking it has got to be something to do with prerequisites or DLLs like Miguel suggested. I appreciate the suggestion, though. Thanks
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Miguel Leeuwe Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Tuesday, 1 February 2022 11:29 AM UTC
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I. Since you say you have a colleague who hasn't got the problem, copy all of his code and try again

2. Check which pre-requisites pb2021 needs and make sure they're all there (since it works for 64 bit, I'm thinking maybe some 32 bit framework, c++ runtime or windows sdk if that's still a thing nowadays).

3. As weird as it may sound. In the past there were moments in which I couldn't compile from the project (it would blow up, no error message), but ... doing rightmouse click and choosing 'deploy' worked fine). Might be worth trying again, now that you have a project object in the library.

4. From an administrator command promp (some users have fixed problems doing this):

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

5. If nothing works: I think it would be better to create a support ticket for a question like this: https://www.appeon.com/standardsupport/newbug 

 

regards.

 

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  1. Troy Harward
  2. Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:55 PM UTC
Sorry for the slow response, but I got busy and haven't been able to work on this issue for the last day.



The strange thing is, I gave my coworker my source code and he was able to build with it on his machine. But, I believe he used a machine that is not in the domain like both of my machines are, so I'm thinking there might be something blocking me that way.



I also agree that it is likely some 32-bit prerequisites that are missing and that is where I'm going to focus next. I tried the disk cleanup and scan as well as right-clicking on the project file without opening it and choosing Deploy, but still got the error.



If I can't figure this out, I will go with your suggestion and put in a support ticket.



I really, really, appreciate the helpful comments that you and others have provided on this issue. You are all great people!!!
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Olan Knight Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 31 January 2022 21:59 PM UTC
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I had the same issue: "Build of EE failed".

It turned out to be a bad object in the code.
To find such an object that seems to be OK but it not, open each PBL, select each object one at a time, and REGEN it. The bad object will fail.

Yes, this is a slow and annoying thing to do, but it was the only way I found the bad object.


Later -

Olan

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  1. Troy Harward
  2. Monday, 31 January 2022 22:04 PM UTC
Yikes, that is over 5000 objects to open, but you may be onto something because we do have a few objects that have had corruption issues over the years. I'll start there, but it sure seems odd that I can build 64-bit successfully . . . just not 32-bit. Thanks
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  1. Olan Knight
  2. Monday, 31 January 2022 22:18 PM UTC
Good luck, and I hope this helps to find the issue. :O
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Troy Harward Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 31 January 2022 17:22 PM UTC
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The "yyyyyyyy"s in the project are coming from telling it to create pbd files (it adds one "y" for each pbl in the target). I pasted in your modified parameters and as soon as I attempt to save or just build, it automatically updates and adds all of the "yyyyyy"s back in.

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  1. Miguel Leeuwe
  2. Monday, 31 January 2022 17:27 PM UTC
Ah that explains! I didn't use more than one PBD in my own example project, that's why I didn't notice them, but indeed ... there's also one 'y' in my example.

Thanks for clearing that up!

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Miguel Leeuwe Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 31 January 2022 17:19 PM UTC
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Then another thing:

Sometimes I get an executable build failed when my pbt file or the main pbl (where the application object) is. Now to be on the sure site do this:

- make a full copy of everything (also just in case source control might need these write protected attributes).

- right click on the main folder in the file explorer of windows (make sure pb is closed first) and go to "properties", uncheck the "readonly box" and apply to all sub folders.

- try again to build the executable.

 

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  1. Troy Harward
  2. Monday, 31 January 2022 20:01 PM UTC
I am familiar with the "readonly" issue as our refresh command file pulls "readonly" copies of the source objects into the folder in File Explorer. It is part of our normal process to uncheck the "readonly" box and apply to all subfolders after doing a refresh, but I liked the idea, so I did make a copy and perform that process before doing a build, but still got the same error.



I really do appreciate your efforts in helping me get past this issue!
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  1. Miguel Leeuwe
  2. Monday, 31 January 2022 23:51 PM UTC
yw, have you tried "optimizing" all the pbls?
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  1. Troy Harward
  2. Tuesday, 1 February 2022 14:41 PM UTC
Yes, I have optimized and regenerated everything multiple times.
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Miguel Leeuwe Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 31 January 2022 16:49 PM UTC
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Here's an example of my own little project:
/d "D:\_GitHub\PB\OBJETOS pb2021\Objetos_v10.pbt" /o "D:\_GitHub\PB\OBJETOS pb2021\objetos_pb2021.exe" /r "D:\_GitHub\PB\OBJETOS pb2021\objetos.pbr" /w n /m n /x 32 /bg n /p "Objetos Powerbuilder pb2021" /cp "Miguel Leeuwe" /de "Find objects, search by one or two strings, list repeated objects, automatic deletion of repeated datawindows and comparison of 2 versions of an application" /cr "(MIT) You can use it freely" /v "2021.1.0.0" /vn "2021.1.0.0" /fv "2021.1.0.0" /fvn "2021.1.0.0" /ge 0 /pd y /rt 21.0.0.1506

Where the HECK are all of these "yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"s coming from in your project?

Try taking them out and use this instead :

/d "C:\PB21NewTest\SAFE\dcfssafe.pbt" /o "C:\PB21NewTest\SAFE\DCFS\dcfs_applic\dcfssafe.exe" /w n /f /m n /x 32 /bg y /p "SAFE" /cp "Appeon" /de "Appeon Product File" /cr "State of Utah" /v "1.1.1.1" /vn "1.1.1.1" /fv "1.1.1.1" /fvn "1.1.1.1" /ge 0 /pd /rt 21.0.0.1311

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Troy Harward Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 31 January 2022 16:30 PM UTC
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Hi, and thanks for responding, Miguel.

I renamed the 64-bit executable and did a 32-bit build with the executable going to the same folder and still got the error.  Note: The 64-bit executable was not showing that it was read-only prior to being renamed.

I also thought it might be that I don't have write access to the output folder for the exe, but I have tried other builds pointing to folders where I know I have write access and still get the same error, and it works to just switch to a 64-bit build and write to the same folder.

We are using a project and I have uploaded a picture of the project settings that includes the error from the build I just tried.  The parameters were not all showing, so I have pasted them below:

/d "C:\PB21NewTest\SAFE\dcfssafe.pbt" /o "C:\PB21NewTest\SAFE\DCFS\dcfs_applic\dcfssafe.exe" /w n /f /m n /x 32 /bg y /p "SAFE" /cp "Appeon" /de "Appeon Product File" /cr "State of Utah" /v "1.1.1.1" /vn "1.1.1.1" /fv "1.1.1.1" /fvn "1.1.1.1" /ge 0 /pd yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy /rt 21.0.0.1311

One thing to note is that when I first tried with my migrated code . . . if I right-clicked on the target and chose Deploy, I would get a message that said no deployable projects were found and asked if I would like to create one, even though I had a project object in the target.  I ended up creating a basic new one and using that to build with.  It has no .pbr file and no icon selected.  

Thanks

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  1. Miguel Leeuwe
  2. Monday, 31 January 2022 16:47 PM UTC
Here's an example of my own little project:

/d "D:\_GitHub\PB\OBJETOS pb2021\Objetos_v10.pbt" /o "D:\_GitHub\PB\OBJETOS pb2021\objetos_pb2021.exe" /r "D:\_GitHub\PB\OBJETOS pb2021\objetos.pbr" /w n /m n /x 32 /bg n /p "Objetos Powerbuilder pb2021" /cp "Miguel Leeuwe" /de "Find objects, search by one or two strings, list repeated objects, automatic deletion of repeated datawindows and comparison of 2 versions of an application" /cr "(MIT) You can use it freely" /v "2021.1.0.0" /vn "2021.1.0.0" /fv "2021.1.0.0" /fvn "2021.1.0.0" /ge 0 /pd y /rt 21.0.0.1506



Where the HECK are all of these "yyyyyyyy"s coming from in your project?

Try taking them out and use this instead !

/d "C:\PB21NewTest\SAFE\dcfssafe.pbt" /o "C:\PB21NewTest\SAFE\DCFS\dcfs_applic\dcfssafe.exe" /w n /f /m n /x 32 /bg y /p "SAFE" /cp "Appeon" /de "Appeon Product File" /cr "State of Utah" /v "1.1.1.1" /vn "1.1.1.1" /fv "1.1.1.1" /fvn "1.1.1.1" /ge 0 /pd /rt 21.0.0.1311
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Matt Balent Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 31 January 2022 16:27 PM UTC
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I had this same issue when the project I was using was attempting to write the exe to a network shared folder.  When I changed to a local folder it went fine.  From that I assumed it was a permissions issue.

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  1. Troy Harward
  2. Monday, 31 January 2022 20:08 PM UTC
Thanks for responding, Matt! I agree that it sure seems like a permissions issue, but I am writing to a local folder and I don't get why a 32-bit build fails writing to the folder, when a 64-bit build works in the same folder. I do appreciate the help. Thanks
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Miguel Leeuwe Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Friday, 28 January 2022 18:27 PM UTC
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Hi,

Things I can think of: You don't have access rights for the output folder of the EXE. Or, there's already an EXe and it's 'read only'.

How are you generating the exe? Using a project or Powergen?

Show us a picture of your project settings?

regards.

 

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