1. Ross Wood
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  3. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 12:56 PM UTC

Hi,

When I delete objects from the source code, and then start a build, I find that after the build the PBL still contains those deleted objects.

I tried the build from OracScript, PBC220 or the PBautobuild220, none of those helped.

If I refresh the library in the IDE, then the objects are gone.

Or, if I delete the pbl completely before I start the build then the PBL is done correctly.

Looks like a bug to me. 

What is the right way to handle this situation?

Thanks

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Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 4 April 2024 06:17 AM UTC
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No specific reason. I was already using pbc before I created the orca script.

For the issue, I believe you should open a support case. This seems to be a bug and should be fixed.

Anyway, I believe that the new compiler (PB 2025) will be "free" from such issues...

Andreas.

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  1. Ross Wood
  2. Monday, 8 April 2024 18:26 PM UTC
Thank you Andreas,

Actually, I didn't bother with opening a bug, I'll wait for 2025.

In the mean time, I committed the PBL and went on with my day.

Have a great day
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Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 13:21 PM UTC
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Hi.

The right way to handle this situation is to do what you did. Refresh. This is documented! It's stated:

After the object is loaded into the PowerBuilder IDE, it might be changed outside of the PowerBuilder IDE, for example, the developer merges the changes from the other version using a Git client, and such changes will not be detected by the PowerBuilder IDE, you will need to right click the object and select Refresh from the pop-up menu to reload the object in the PowerBuilder IDE.

Whenever something changes outside from pb, you need to perform a refresh.

Andreas.

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Ross Wood Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 13:31 PM UTC
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Hi Andreas,

Thank you so much for your quick answer.

Yes, true, if I'm interested in the IDE, then indeed I can refresh and solve the problem.

The point of my question is that I delete the source file, commit to GIT and start a build, I'm not really interested in even opening the IDE. (you can call me a notepad++ monkey).

Hopefully that clarifies my question further.

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Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 13:45 PM UTC
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As you are using PB 2022, I guess that with PBautobuild220 you can delete the pbls. They should be recreated (but I never tested, I believe it would because the pbls should not be in your source control for PB 2022)...

Here is the orca script I use in PB 2019 R3 to achieve the same result.

start session 
scc set connect property localprojpath "C:\ProjectBuild\PB2019Src\<MY PROJECT>" 
;localprojpath must point to the parent directory of ws_objects folder
scc set connect property logfile  "C:\ProjectBuild\PB2019Src\<MY PROJECT>\<MY PROJECT>.log" 
scc set connect property logappend false
scc set connect property deletetempfiles "true"
scc connect offline
scc set target "C:\ProjectBuild\PB2019Src\<MY PROJECT>\Common\<MY PROJECT>.pbt" "refresh_all importonly"
scc refresh target "full"
scc refresh target "3pass" 
scc close
end session

After the above script, I do the compilation using pbc190...

Before running the orca script i have already pulled all changes using Git.

@echo This is part of a Batch File that pulls changes.
:UPDATE
echo "GIT FETCH Changes"
cd C:\ProjectBuild\PB2019Src\%1
git fetch origin master
git checkout origin/master
cd c:\_build
rem pause
echo "GIT FETCH Complete"
goto :ORCA

Depending on how large is your project, the orca script may take some time to complete.

Andreas.

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Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 13:56 PM UTC
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Well, I checked, and I am wrong.

What you have to do for pbautobuild220 is to set:

            "Merging": [
                {"Target": "","LocalProjectPath": "","RefreshPbl": true}
            ],

Have you configured the above section in your json file?

Andreas.

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Ross Wood Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 14:14 PM UTC
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I believe that I've already tried RefreshPbl : true. I will try again and let you know.

When you say that you were wrong, what are you referring to?

I haven't tried scc refresh target full, but I've tried 3pass.

I will also try refresh full and let you know the result

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Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 14:15 PM UTC
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Take a look at the following link: Working with a PowerClient project - - Users Guide (appeon.com).

While it's about PowerClient, the logic for the json is the same for Powerbuilder Client Server applications.

Andreas.

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Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 14:18 PM UTC
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I was wrong about "you can delete the pbls". You should not need to do that. The Merging part or your json will make the utility do what is needed.

Andreas.

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Ross Wood Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 14:29 PM UTC
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Ah, okay, well, you're right that I shouldn't need to do this. Seems to have worked with SCC though. When I deleted the PBL, they were recreated after the build and the deleted files were gone like the wind

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Ross Wood Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 16:03 PM UTC
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Tried RefreshPbl : true again, no luck, the deleted files remain.

Regarding first deleting the pbl files, I tried this with PBautobuild220 and PBautobuild220 had a hissy fit, so like you said, that's also a no no.

Not being able to delete is a bit contradictory because based on the documentation:

Setting "RefreshPbl" to true if you want to refresh the PBL files by deleting and then generating the PBL files again.

So they can delete but we can't, I suspect that they collect the library structure from the pbl file before deleting...

I tried SCC refresh full, this didn't delete the files from the library.

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Ross Wood Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 3 April 2024 17:32 PM UTC
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BTW Andreas, I was wondering why you use the pbc after the OrcaScript? Doesn't the OrcaScript take care of the compilation already?

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