1. Teresa MacDonald
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Thursday, 15 September 2022 13:29 PM UTC

Something went wrong with my PowerBuilder 2021 yesterday. Now the IDE will not fully open. When I hover near it on task bar this is all I see. Is my only option to uninstall?

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Mark Goldsmith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 15 September 2022 16:02 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
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So there's a couple of ways you could try and make this work:

1) Simply change the Maximized value to 1 and it should ignore the Window= values or

2) Change the windows values to something like Window=50 50 700 700

If option 1 works it should simply maximize the window and ignore your window values. If you go with option 2 then it should open a less than maximized windows at the coordinates, height and width identified above. You can then maximize the window which should then update the INI upon exiting PB.

IMPORTANT...these changes to the INI need to made with PB closed and so if you still have it running then right click on the icon in the task bar and click X Close window.

 

HTH...regards,

Mark

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TOMAZ KRALJ Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 19 September 2022 12:48 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 1

Hi, 

I had similar problem and I resolved it to go to Task manager, find Appeon Powerbuilder 2021 application, Expand it and select workspace. Right click on workspace and select Maximize. This will show PB IDE in full screen again.

 

 

Regards

Tomaz

 

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  1. Teresa MacDonald
  2. Tuesday, 20 September 2022 11:53 AM UTC
Thank you Tomaz,

This is great to know; I never thought to look at Task Manager.

Cheers,

Teresa
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Teresa MacDonald Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:43 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 2

I am looking in the PB.ini that is in the same folder as the exe [C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder 21.0].

This is all that is in the [PB] section

 

[PB]
CompilerWarnings=1
DashesInIdentifiers=1
DatabaseWarnings=1
Maximized=1
PromptOnExit=0
StripComments=0
WebLink1=Community &Q&&A,https://community.appeon.com/
WebLink2=&Online Product Manuals,https://www.appeon.com/documents
WebLink3=PowerBuilder &Demo Apps,https://demo.appeon.com/?Powerbuilder
WebLink4=&PowerBuilder Education,https://www.appeon.com/appeon-u
WebLink5=&Technical Support,https://www.appeon.com/developers/get-help.html
WebLink6=&Latest Product News,https://www.appeon.com/news

EditorFontHeight=10
EditorFontName=Tahoma
PrinterFontHeight=10
PrinterFontName=Courier New
XPStyleTB=1
LatestProductNews=0

 

ps. I just tried to open PB2019 and it is doing the same thing. 

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  1. Teresa MacDonald
  2. Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:54 PM UTC
Ok. got it. Maximized=0 and Window=2093 102 1536 864
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  1. Teresa MacDonald
  2. Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:57 PM UTC
Hi Mark,

I changed maximize to 1 and now it opens. Is that all I need to worry about?

Thank you.
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  1. Mark Goldsmith
  2. Thursday, 15 September 2022 16:04 PM UTC
Sorry...must have been typing my response while you provided yours...awesome...glad that worked for you! Yes, that should be all you need to do.
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Teresa MacDonald Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:29 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 3

Hi Mark,

Maximized=1 and I don't see a Window=? at all.

 

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  1. Mark Goldsmith
  2. Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:36 PM UTC
Just to double-check, here is what mine looks like with a couple lines above and below:

PropertiesMode=0

Window=246 67 1559 870

LastWorkspace=D:\CPS\CPS.pbw

ProfTraceActivities=1042



Do you have something similar but the Window= line is missing (again, all under the [PB] section)?
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Mark Goldsmith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:24 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 4

Hi Teresa,

Looks like maybe your PB application somehow went off screen. Locate your PB.ini file (located in a path similar to: C:\Users\Teresa\AppData\Local\Appeon\Your Version of PB). In the [PB] section, the first section, look for the Maximized= line, is the value 0 or 1? Then scroll down until you see the entry Window=. What are the values?

Regards,

Mark

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