Full rebuild required after target refresh

Hello, all

We have the following issue in one of my application targets.

We use automated builds from a build machine using ORCA script and powerjen

Orca script does "get latest" from the source control and refreshes the target. Then Powerjen command line creates PBD and EXE with /E and /P parameters.

In one of my applications there is a need to perform a full rebuild after "scc refresh target full" command. Unless full rebuild is performed after the command is complete there is no way to run the application, even from PB IDE.

What could be the reason for it and how can it be fixed? Currently we need to run PowerJen with /A parameter and it multiplies the build time.

This is the ORCA file script:

//------------------------------------------------------

start session
set debug true
scc set connect property provider "WizSource"
scc set connect property userid "Builder"
scc set connect property password "****"
scc set connect property project "Event_dev"
scc set connect property localprojpath "C:\pb_sourcecontrol\PB2017\PBMainApp\Events\Events_dev"
scc set connect property deletetempfiles false
scc set connect property logfile "events_dev_sc.log"
scc connect
scc set target "events1.pbt" "refresh_all"
scc refresh target full
end session

//------------------------------------------------------

Thank you

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Arcady Abramov
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 13:16 PM UTC

Yes, I tried that already.

There were less errors, but not all were cleared.

Why is REFRESH TARGET FULL is not the same as the full rebuild in the IDE ?

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Michael Kramer
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 15:22 PM UTC

I can't tell you, sorry. My assumption was that they are equivalent. I can't tell what specifically is the culprit in your case.

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mike S
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 15:56 PM UTC

I build the same way, delete pbls recreate them then load everything in.

maybe try migrate? maybe if you have different PB versions of objects migrate will work better? and maybe try migrate then run it again with 3pass

using powergen is not really any different than using orca script. If you want to ensure you don't have anything 'extra' in your pbls, then work it the same way. delete plbs, recreate them, then bootstrap in your source. you can do all that in orca script or (i think) in powergen. Then when that is done, do the final build using powergen.

Phil Wallingford
Thursday, 2 January 2020 16:37 PM UTC

Using PowerGen is not the same as using orcascript. Anecdotally we have many customers who cannot build an application with orcascript, but who can using PowerGen. There are a lot of subtleties in determining the order of regeneration of objects.

Phil (E. Crane Computing)

mike S
Thursday, 2 January 2020 16:52 PM UTC

the process is the same for the developer: delete pbl, create empty pbl, bootstrap source and then build pbd/exe. I do not mean that powergen builds the exe/pbd the same as orcascript does. Powergen is a better build platform, and it is also easier to use.

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