Hi ZARIR,

We haven't received any similar problems before. To find out whether this problem is related to the environment or the project itself, I need to check with you:
1. When did this problem start to happen? Did your previous PB version have this problem? What was the previous PB version you used?
2. Do other machines have this problem too?
3. If you perform the same operation with PB Code Example, will you run into the same problem.
4. If you use TFS tool instead of PB IDE to check in multiple files, does it have this limit?
5. If you right-click on PBT or PBL on the System Tree and select check in instead of checking in on the Library Painter, does it have this problem too?

BTW, since PB 2017, we added support for GIT and SVN source control, relatively speaking, GIT and SVN are more popular and powerful. We are constantly maintaining and enhancing GIT and SVN, while for VSS and TFS, we rarely improve them. Therefore, if possible, I suggest you can consider upgrading to GIT and SVN in the near future.

Regards,
Ken

Hi Ken,

I think it’s reported already.

https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/tfs-check-in-would-prompt-a-parameter-is-not-valid

I will be answering your questions in the next email. Just wanted to share the above information first.

Thanks.

Zarir

Hi,

If you have your TFS Server 'on premises', it works great! However, if your TFS server is "on the cloud", just forget about it. I've tried that a couple of years ago and there's way more errors than the one you encountered. It wasn't usable at all. I think the main reason for that, is that the latest version of TFS on the cloud aren't very compatible with MSSCC, which by the way is no longer updated to later TFS Server versions.

If interested, I can make a list of the versions and programs we installed for the on premises solution that worked very well for us.

regards,

MiguelL

Hi MiguelL,

Our TFS Server is on premises. Our TFS server is used for .NET development too. Majority of our development is in .NET so moving to GIT is not possible. Seems like PB process maintains an array which has limitation of 23-25 check-in. After that it doesn't work and you have to restart PowerBuilder to do another set. Also what I have seen is when adding for the first time, there is a second screen which opens from TFS side to check-in PBG, that's not happening. PBG is present on TFS server with all objects but not getting checked-in.

Thanks.

Zarir 

By default the PB IDE submits SCC transactions 25 at a time. I think that the first call is working and then the second call fails.

Yes. First call works the second call fails. 

Add to source control (60 objects in that PBL)

From right side of library painter, it add's all of them but checks in only first 25. All other remaining objects are show as checked-out. In TFS also all 60 are visible but only 25 checked-in. Going forward, you have to exit PB and come back in and do the remaining check-in's and it will again do next 25 only.

This is how it's working now.

If I try to check-in those objects from TFS directly, it doesn't find the srd files from my local.

From the left side of library painter, it adds all but doesn't check-in any objects. Not even 25.

Thanks.

Zarir

You can override the 25 limit by adding the following to pb.ini

[Library]
SccMaxArraySize=999

Did not help. Still behaving the same way.

Changed PB.INI as requested. 

Also wanted to add you check-in only 1 object, the next object it will give "Parameter is not valid" and will not check-in. Need to close PB and reopen for the object to be checked-in

The TFS Server can use a traditional TFS repository or a GIT repository. If TFS is using GIT, you should be able to connect to it using the PB IDE built in GIT functionality and stop using the TFS MSSCC interface. Microsoft hasn't updated it since 2013 so I'm sure there are plenty of bugs and quirks.

Your TFS admin can convert the repository to GIT if you want to go that route.

Thanks did the change to PB.INI in C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Appeon\PowerBuilder 21.0 directory.

Fresh PB 2021 started. 

Add to Source Control from left side of Library (right click on PBL). It added objects to TFS (were surely more than 60). But it did not check-in the PBG. There is another popup which comes to ADD PBG which did not come. Had to manually check-in PBG from TFS.

Continue with Same Session and tried added another PBL. Gave the same error "Parameter is not valid" but added all to TFS but not checked-in. Had to close PB and start again to check-in from PB. It's checked-in all objects but still left PBG checked-out. No second window for PBG which was coming in earlier versions.

Now the problem is 2nd time during the same session it doesn't work and PBG check-in not working.

Thanks.

Zarir

This is how I resolved the problem:

Uninstalled MSSCCI & Visual Studio Team Manager 2013

Install "Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010"

Install "Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider.msi" (which is for VS 2010)

Problem is with Team Manager 2013 & MSSCCI 2013 & 2015, it's giving "parameter is not valid" error. I tried in multiple machines with 2013 and same problem. 2010 version worked.

Thanks.