Okay so now I see what's wrong when you first said:

Optimizing "used to work to recover deleted objects". It does not work anymore. I don't know which version it stopped but it's been this way for quite some time. Thanks for your help

Sorry, but your totally wrong there. It has NEVER served to recover "deleted objects". It only has two functions:

1) It has always served to compresses your pbl by recovering the "SPACE of" deleted objects.

2) Sometimes, when you have been editing source code directly or have imported certain incorrect exported code, then it might show you the messagebox of "having found code without a valid object" when you do an optimize of the pbl.

(Just try what I described before with importing the w_main.srw and you'll see what I mean)

I neither said that you "always" can recover an object when you have optimized.... What I was trying to explain is that:

• If you did optimize somewhere in the past, when the object was still okay and visibly present in the pbl, then the BAK file might still contain a version of that (old) object.

I don't think you optimize ever, so that remote change of getting (even if it's an old version of the object) is minimal.

Once again: if you have a PBD file, you might give a try to the decompiler of which a gave you a link.

If that link doesn't work google on "shudepb decompiler" and you should find it.

Sorry mate can't do anything else, good luck !

regards

Dear Ashutosh,

You say "Optimizing used to work to recover deleted objects. It does not work anymore. I don't know which version it stopped but it's been this way for quite some time. ".

You are very wrong here, I don't know who told you this.

First of all:

I have deleted all objects from a pbl which was 171 kb, except for the application object. After that, it was 95 kb. After optimizing it, it was 14 kb. 

So the optimize does recover the space of deleted objects.

Second:

When for example you import an exported file which has determined errors. You will get an error, and you won't see the object in you library. I you then optimize, lot's of time there's erroneous pieces of code in the pbl.

To prove this, try to import my attached w_main.srw into some library. See the attachments to prove my case. Before trying to import, the file w_main.zip has to be renamed to w_main.srw first. (It's not a zip, but Appeon doesn't allow an srw file to be uploaded here).

Third:

So are you saying that you never optimize your libraries? I think you really should do that now and then, especially before releasing a product to a client.

Sorry I cannot help you any other way though.

regards.

If you recently have optimized the library, you might have a BAK file. Just rename it to PBL (if you have it of course).

If you have a recent PBD file where your pbl's are, maybe you can still recover something: download Shudepb a powerbuilder decompiler tool. The demo version won't recover everything (I seem to remember only the first 25 or 50 lines of code of every event / function), but it might help in recovering what you've lost: http://www.download25.com/install/shudepb.html

try to optimize the pbl. It might tell you it found some code and ask you if you want to export it.

At least you will get some code back.

regards

Do you have multiple targets in your workspace?
If so, you were most likely creating your object in a PBL that was not part of the current target.

Olan

Thanks Chris.
I was working locally and unfortunately, my backup is a few days old. I guess I have to redo from that point.

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Hi Ashutosh ;

    I have only heard of this happening when the PBL libraries were residing on a File Server vs locally. The problem occurred when a network I/O request fails. This was the case too in order PB versions.

    Hopefully, you have a back-up of that object class so that you can restore it.

Regards ... Chris