BTW Andreas, I was wondering why you use the pbc after the OrcaScript? Doesn't the OrcaScript take care of the compilation already?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.