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Resolved When double-clicking PBW, PB dies with "Attempt to open DataWindow failed"

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  1. Matt Kulka
    Matt Kulka
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:02 PM UTC

I'm running Powerbuilder 2017 R3 build 1880.  I can open Powerbuilder the standard way, by clicking the icon.  But if I go to Windows Explorer and double-click a PBW, PB starts to open but then gives an error "Attempt to open DataWindow failed."  I also get the error if I right-click the PB icon and select any but the latest workspace.  It's been this way since I installed PB on this machine.  Does anyone else have this problem?  Moreover, has anyone solved it without an uninstall/reinstall?

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Olan Knight
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  1. Wednesday, 1 July 2020 16:24 PM UTC
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Does the PowerBuilder IDE get opened and THEN it dies?
 - That would indicate that the IDE opens, but fails when it's attempting to open a DW that was open when last the IDE was closed.

If that's the case, get into the INI file and delete everything under the [Application] section.

[Application]
DefLib=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamfe.pbl
WorkingDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0
$C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamfe.pbl(examples)=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamfe.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamw3.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamd2.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamfn.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexammn.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamuo.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamw1.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamw2.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamd1.pbl;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexamsa.pbl;
$C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexbm.pbl(benchmark)=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 19.0\Code Examples\Example App\pbexbm.pbl;

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Matt Kulka
  1. Matt Kulka
  2. Thursday, 2 July 2020 16:17 PM UTC
I just retested to confirm. It happens even if the library painter was the only open window when that workspace was closed.
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Wednesday, 1 July 2020 16:50 PM UTC
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Hi Matt;

  I've seen this issue a couple of times. One recently in a support ticket. When I had a virtual meeting with the customer, we recreated the same issue but could not on a different PC or with other developers.

   My guess is that it's a registry setting somewhere that's off but hard to pin down. Most people with this issue get it resolved when the IDE is upgraded - even with an MR.

  Speaking of MR's, your build is quite old. My suggestion would be to update to the lastest PB2107 - build 1915 which is R3 (the long term supported version). This "should" correct the workspace issue.

Regards ... Chris

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Matt Kulka
  1. Matt Kulka
  2. Thursday, 2 July 2020 16:20 PM UTC
Thanks Chris. That's about what I expected.



And all of our devs are kept on the same build. It's probably a policy left over from some ancient version of PB. I'll ask management about coming up to 1915.
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