Source control Status Icons

[Former Member]

I am developing an application using PB 12.5 Build 5550

i am using Serena PVCS Version Manager Version 8.4 build 668

I am also using Serena Sourcebridge

The problem i am having is the source control icons to the left of each object in a pbl.

I have added each object to source control and after i add the object the icon change from a + sign to a green dot which is what i expected it to do. Now i can check objects out/in.

However, once an automatic refresh is done all the icons change back to a + sign again. After that i cannot check objects out anymore until i add it back to source control or i exit PB and restart. Once PB starts up again all the icons are green dots again. They only stay there until a refresh is done.

Thanks for any help i can get..

[Former Member]

Don

By any chance are you using Windows 7?

The Java VM that Roland suggest works great for XP but not for Windows 7.

We have had a case in at Serena Software since March 2013 on this issue.  They are currently working on it.  Most of our office had to switch to Windows 7 by Dec 31 2013.  So now it a big issue to get this corrected.  We have a large Powerbuilder development team and all the developers are dealing with this problem now.

We are using PB 11.5 with PVCS 8.4.6 so this has been around before PB 12.

Anybody else know of this problem of have a suggestion?

[Former Member]

Close PowerBuilder and add this to your pb.ini file:

[JavaVM]

CreateJavaVM=0

Let us know if it worked and mark as answered if it did

[Former Member]

Roland,

Curious, what does the JavaVM have to do with Source Control?

[former_member190719]

I can answer that, as we had the same problem with PVCS.  It uses a Java VM of its own, and when the PB one is turned on it uses that one instead and has problems.  If you turn off PBs, then it loads its own and works fine.

[Former Member]

Roland,

I jumped the gun on saying this worked.

it worked for a while but as soon as I checked an object back in everything went haywire again.

As long as I don't do any checking in or out the statuses are correct.

So problem not resolved.

[Former Member]

This trick always worked for me, but be sure to modify the correct pb.ini. If you are running on Windows Seven, the UAC interferes, and the pb.ini is located in the VirtualStore, whereas if you launch PB12.x as administrator, the correct pb.ini (= the one specified in Tools/system options/general) is taken into account.

The easiest way to check is to look intoTools/System Options/Java : the Load Status should be "Unloaded"

Philip