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Resolved PFC gnv_app pfc_exit vs pfc_close

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  1. Aleš Vojáček
    Aleš Vojáček
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  3. Thursday, 20 October 2022 14:28 PM UTC

Hi all,

I need to do some cleanup just before application ends.

Which of these events are ok for that?

I will exist application using menu/exit it will fire pfc_exit but no pfc_close.

When I close application usig close mdi_frame x then it will fire pfc_close, but no pfc_exit.

I tried to find some info about correct life time of pfc application but did not find any.

Is it ok to fire pfc_exit from pfc_close (events from gnv_app instance)

Thank you Ales

 

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The problem was, because I tried to find one place for some cleaning and auditing when app ends (by different type of ending).

I had break points to find that place.

Powerbuilder IDE while debugging did not stop at one place if i closed application by clickink exit in menu (then it stops in pfc_exit event of gnv_app) but did not stop in pfc_close event.  When I try to close app using Alt+F4 then debugger did not stop in any place (pfc_exit, pfc_close nor in destructor of gnv_app)

After hours of debugging and trying I restarted PB and then it stops in pfc_close every time and every type of closing app. So that the problem was some strange behaviour of PB Debugger :-(

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John Fauss
John Fauss Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:07 PM UTC
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Hi, Ales -

In our commercial PFC-based application, we have the following code in the Application object's Close event:

gnv_app.event pfc_close()
destroy gnv_app

This ensures the application manager's pfc_close event always fires when the app closes. We perform cleanup tasks in this event and in the application manager's destructor event.

Best regards, John

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Aleš Vojáček
  1. Aleš Vojáček
  2. Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:18 PM UTC
Hi,

I have same setup.

But if I close application using x icon in window title bar (no menu Exit, toolbar Exit) but simply close window with x icon or with alt+f4 . Then evets pfc_close either pfc_exit nor destructor of gnv_app are not fired :-(

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Aleš Vojáček
  1. Aleš Vojáček
  2. Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:19 PM UTC
So there is some strange behaviour.

After restart of PowerBuilder, now debbuger stops in those events :-(

That is strange.

A.
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Andreas Mykonios
Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 20 October 2022 14:42 PM UTC
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Hi.

It's not clear to me what sort of cleanup you want to do. But I wonder if n_cst_appmanager (gnv_app) destructor event would be a good place.

Andreas.

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Aleš Vojáček
  1. Aleš Vojáček
  2. Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:05 PM UTC
Hi,

I need to write about application ending into DB audit table.

So I need one place which is called in any type of appending.

But in some situations is pfc_exit called and sometimes pfc_close is called sometimes either of them.

I hoped that pfc_close is one which is called after pfc_exit but that is not that case.

So I hoped, that there is somewhere default/recommended event flow of pfc application, but I found none :-(
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Aleš Vojáček
  1. Aleš Vojáček
  2. Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:07 PM UTC
The strange thing is that if I close application with x icon (close icon int window title bar) then either pfc_close or pfc_exit (of gnv_app) is called.
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Tracy Lamb
Tracy Lamb Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:40 PM UTC
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What was the solution?

 

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Aleš Vojáček
  1. Aleš Vojáček
  2. Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:45 PM UTC
The solution is restart of PB IDE (2021 1509). The debugger then started to stop in events on breakpoints and everything started to make sense.

gnv_app.pfc_exit is called from menu/exit it can do some processing after menu exit but pfc_exit is not called when w_frame or application is closed by alt+f4 or close icon on window

gnv_app.pfc_close on the other way is called regardless of type of ending application (from menu, alt+f4, close icon on window) so place for me wich is called every time when application closes is pfc_close on gnv_app .
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Tracy Lamb
  1. Tracy Lamb
  2. Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:01 PM UTC
Thank you. Didn't notice that your original post was the solution.
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