Hi, did you deploy the Themes190 folder alongside your deployed app?

Hi,

I have tried the following:

ExecutablesFolder\Flat Design Blue

ExecutablesFolder\theme190\Flat Design Blue

ExecutablesFolder\themes190\Flat Design Blue

My executable is located in executablesfolder. 

Thanks!

Hi Sanjay;

   It should work more flexibly and easier by ...

1) Drop the path to each Theme.

    ie:  ApplyTheme ("Flat Design Blue")

2) Copy the Theme190 folder from your Development environment under the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\Shared\PowerBuilder" folder to your App EXE folder as a sub-folder of the APP's main folder.

HTH

Regards ... Chris

Hi Sanjay,

I have PB 2019 deployed app configured as follows where code can "theme up" and "theme down" (remove theming).

Code to enable themes respectively:

// function of_EnableTheme()
ApplyTheme ("Flat Design Blue")

// function of_DisableTheme()
ApplyTheme ("No Theme")

NOTES:

• Space char between words "Flat-space-Design-space-Blue"
• However, no spaces in theme folder "theme190"
• My "No Theme" is a theme that disables theme for every control type 

{
   "meta-info": {"version":"190"},
   "checkbox": {"drawing":false},
   "commandbutton": {"drawing":false},
   "datawindow": {"drawing":false},
   . . .
}

My next question if similar doesn't work for you: Did you deploy the theme runtime DLLs?

• pbtheme190.dll
• pbjson190.dll

HTH /Michael

Yes I do have Themes190 and Theme190 folders in my deployed app folder. Thanks!

I have everything as you stated above but still the problem persists.

I do not both pbjson and pbtheme 64-bit (also tried with 32-bit dlls) in executables folder.  Thoughts?

Hi, 

Have a look at https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/appeon-theme190-not-working-after-deployment

I've attached two little test applications on that link: try to see what happens with "test2.zip".

HIH

Hi Sanjay;

  Did you check Miguel's link?

Basically ...

• The following options in PowerBuilder IDE or the Windows operating system may prevent the selected theme working correctly:
  
  The "Windows classic style" option in the PowerBuilder Project painter
  
  When you build the application in the Project painter, you should not check the "Windows classic style" option. If "Windows classic style" is selected, the application UI will be rendered in the Windows classic style instead of the selected theme.
  
  The "Windows Classic" theme in the Windows operating system
  
  When the application is run in the Windows system and if the Windows system theme is set to "Windows Classic", then the application UI will be rendered in the Windows Classic theme instead of the selected theme.
  
  The "Use Windows XP style DPI scaling" option in Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, or earlier
  
  If the scaling percentage is set to 125% or lower, the "Use Windows XP style DPI scaling" option will be automatically selected, which will prevent the selected theme working correctly. In such case (125% or lower), you should manually uncheck the "Use Windows XP style DPI scaling" option.

Regards ... Chris

Hi

Did you try to run this test application?

https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a?controller=attachment&task=download&tmpl=component&id=476

• Unzip it and run "genapp.exe".
• Then you'll see a button which says "Switch Theme", see if that one works or not. (it should).

pbjson190.dll and pbtheme190.dll must be in the runtime folder.

This is the weirdest thing:

 blablabla ... (Edited to avoid people trying what was here. Turns out I had a little mistake in the code)

...

Deleted

I've reported this as a possible bug 3406

(but later turned out it's not. It's a mistake in my code, as I used it for other things and wasn't aware of a change I made).

Well that bug was bombed right away by Chris :)

I made a stupid mistake of distinguishing for running from the IDE or EXE and then the subpath was non-existing.

(due to having used this test app on powerserver, and yes ... I know lousy excuse).

Sorry to wasting time for you. There's no apparent bug.

Chris even says he used a manifest, and it still works.

Sanjay, I guess this is as much as I can do.

Test2.zip had a little mistake which Chris kindly corrected.

Here's the corrected version attached.

Cheers.

Hi Sanjay, 

One last thing: Can you show us all of the code of your application's Open event?

This is now resolved. The issue was Themes built using 32-bit executables don't work in 64-bit environments. We had rebuild all our executables as 64-bit then themes started to work the development environment.

Client environment analysis is pending.

Thanks!