What I have tested so far (without success). Running IDE still not showing the images/pictures:

1) Re-install Powerbuilder 2017 R3 on Windows 10

2) Install Powerbuilder 2017 R3 on Windows 7

3) Use Powerbuilder 12.5 on Windows 10 >> showing 98% of the images/pictures when running IDE

4) Using an application path on second level, C:\APPEON\APPs

5) Set System path to images/pictures

Next is to run processmonitor for further investigation ... or really report the issue to the ticket system.

Thanks for all the support so far

Angela

Hi Chris,

Re-installing Powerbuilder 2017 R3 doesn't solve the issue.

Since PB is installed on Windows 10 I am checking hint of Brad regarding path length.

Regards

Angela

Hi Angela,

I verified your issue.

I can display all the pictures and images on the Picture Button on PB 2017 R3.

But we found that the length of the path can’t be too long on both PB 12.6 and PB 2017 R3 in Window 10. It appears that it is invalid when the folder hierarchy is more than three level.

Suggestion:

1. Please verify your application path is set correctly. Note: don’t set to a path under WOW6432Node node.
2. Please restart your machine and verify the application path is indeed written to the registry.

Each time you change the setting, please close all PB IDE and then restart to verify.

If you still have the issue, kindly please report this problem to our ticket system: https://www.appeon.com/standardsupport/ so we can properly receive and track things. Please also provide a PB test case when you submit it to the ticket system.

Regards,

Mark Lee

Hi Angela;

  FWIW: You are the 1st person whom I have seen comment on this. Sounds like your PB IDE installation may not have completed 100% or your IDE registry entries did not get done. I have many such Apps with images within or outside the PB App workspace area (folder). They are all are displaying their images / icons properly (in all releases of PB 2017Rx.

  Have you tried re-installing PB 2017?

Regards ... Chris

We have never used the path for images as they are stored in the application folder where all the PBL's are in. And it worked fine for Powerbuilder 12.5.

And now with Powerbuilder 2017 R3 when running app from IDE it doesn't work. It also doesn't work for the Powerbuilder implemented images, e.g. CheckStatus!

I have tried to add the application path to the system path but even that doesn't help.

We have always put the path for the images in the system path. That way they're available for the IDE, when running app from the IDE, and during compiles. We keep a repository of images for all of our app development on a network drive. 

Where are the files actually located? If they're in the same folder as the PBLs, running from the IDE should work fine (unless your app changes the default directory before anything is displayed).

Do any of your images have full path defined in them?

You can find out if adding to the system path will help by doing this:

Open CMD prompt
path %path%; (don't use quotes even if it has spaces in it)
start pb170.exe

Try running from IDE. If it works, edit the system environment and add your images location to the path. Then close/re-run PB again and it should all work fine.