Hello,
We are facing a strange issue when testing Flowchartx 4.2.1 demo version in Powebuilder 10.5.
Sometimes, all the images displayed in other windows dissapear, for some reason. I mean, images not related with the control itself.
I can reproduce that behaviour by adding a background picture to a chart.

Could this be a problem of memory lack?
Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Gustavo

Hi,
There are 876 objects in Task manager, for the whole application. I'm running program from PB IDE.

I tried with several image formats (jpg,gif,bmp) and different sizes, from 50 Kb up to 500 Kb. (500x500 px and 200x200 px)
Also tried to turn off GDI+ but no changes.

Gustavo

Hi,

Will test with compiled exe and let you know.

Thanks,
Gustavo

Hi,

I'll show you how I use the control, so you can see if anything is wrong.

I have a special requirement for this. The user should be able to move and/or resize the background.
For this to be possible, I add the background image as a regular box and then use ZBottom() function to send this image to back.
This box is locked by default so user cannot make further changes. In case the user needs to move or resize, the image is unlocked and sent to top.
Once modifications are done, image is sent to back and locked again.

This is the code I use to create the background box:

box = flowchart.Object.CreateBox(0,0,1,1)

box.LoadPicture( as_file)
box.Transparent = true
box.FitSizeToPicture()
box.Locked = true
box.UserString = "background"
box.ZBottom()

No special function is used, just those built in.
Our system has many dependences so would be impossible to send you the exe to test. Anyway, I'll try to create a simple application and see if error gets fired.

Regards,
Gustavo

Hi,

I modified the code to :

box = flowchart.Object.CreateBox(0,0,500,500)

but no luck, same problem.

Gustavo

Hi,

Loading the image this way is not giving error:

box.Picture = flowchart.ScriptHelper.LoadImageFromUrl(localPath)
Also, using LoadPicture() and setting Visible = false does not cause any problem and other images don't dissapear.

So, should I use LoadImageFromUrl() from now on?
Do you think this is a problem with Powerbuilder and resources?

Thanks,
Gustavo