Peter Reid
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:38:02 -0700
Here are some questions that have occurred to me during my development work using MetaCard. I'm not sure whether I'm simply missing a few tricks (not unheard of!), or whether these are genuine feature holes. Some 'constant' questions: 1) Is it possible to declare global constants or are all constant declarations limited in scope to the script in which they are contained? 2) Is it possible to declare a non-printing (special) character as a constant, e.g. something like "constant CRLF = $013$010" to declare a end of line constant? 3) Is it possible for a constant declaration to include expressions, e.g. something like 'constant padding = tab & "|" & tab'? Some script debugging questions: 5) Is it possible to insert some special breakpoint or trap command that let's you run scripts at near normal speed (without having the script debugger open), but that will suspend the execution and allow you to look at variable values etc. single step etc. - i.e that will throw you into the script debugger ONLY when you reach a breakpoint? 6) Is it possible to 'watch' a variable, i.e. set up a monitor that only kicks in when a named variable's value changes? Cheers Peter -- -------------------------------------------------------- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.