*formula to enter On 22 November 2016 at 19:37, Pat Bensky <[email protected]> wrote:
> I tried to do that but couldn't figure out what kind of formal to enter > ... something like > > MyVariable#old(MyVariable) > > is what I'd want. > > On 22 November 2016 at 19:23, Chip Scheide <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> you can, in the debugger, set a conditional break point this causes a >> break based on some formula/equation >> >> if you create a break point, THEN option/alt click on the break point, >> you will get a dialog to enter a formula. >> >> I have no had much success in getting this to work the way I expect >> so... >> YMMV >> >> Chip >> On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:11:42 +0000, Pat Bensky wrote: >> > Ah, right, yes I've used that method before - nice to know it's called a >> > gate! (makes sense). I thought I'd read somewhere, sometime in the past, >> > that there was a way to flag changes like that in the Debugger. I guess >> I >> > must have dreamed it :) >> > >> > On 22 November 2016 at 17:11, Douglas von Roeder <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Pat: >> >> >> >> Create a method Module_Var_Set and a matching Module_Var_Get, each >> with the >> >> appropriate code. In this case, since you're trying to trap the change, >> >> you'll have to add code to the setter a la >> >> >> >> If($newValue#<processvariable>) >> >> Trace >> >> End if >> >> >> >> >> >> Do a Find in design for ":=VariableName" and do a Replace operation >> with >> >> the _Get method. >> >> >> >> Do another Find in design for "VariableName:=" and Replace with the >> _Set >> >> >> >> Put a break point in the _Set and run your code. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Douglas von Roeder >> >> 949-336-2902 >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Pat Bensky <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi Chip, >> >>> Yes, that'll work. But what if the variable changes again? For >> example, >> >>> suppose I have a text variable named MyTextVariable. It gets some text >> >>> assigned to it. Then, later on, it might get more text appended to it. >> >> And >> >>> maybe more later on, etc., depending upon certain factors. So I want >> to >> >> be >> >>> alerted whenever the value of that variable changes. >> >>> >> >>> Pat >> >>> >> >>> On 22 November 2016 at 16:38, Chip Scheide <[email protected] >> > >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> use Run time explorer >> >>>> 'Catch' tab/icon/button >> >>>> >> >>>> enter an expression such as A = 6 >> >>>> When it becomes true the debugger will stop. >> >>>> >> >>>> TO catch when a field or variable changes, use that object's >> >>>> current/initial value >> >>>> ex: >> >>>> [table]field1 # !00/00/00! >> >>>> >> >>>> then when field1 is assigned a date the program will halt and the >> >>>> debugger will open on(?) or on the next(?) line of code >> >>>> >> >>>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:51:18 +0000, Pat Bensky wrote: >> >>>>> is there a way to create an expression in the debugger that will >> >> catch >> >>>>> whenever the value of a variable changes? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Pat >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> ************************************************* >> >>>>> CatBase - The Database Publishing Solution >> >>>>> tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 >> >>>>> w: http://www.catbase.com >> >>>>> skype: pat.bensky >> >>>>> ************************************************* >> >>>>> ************************************************************ >> >> ********** >> >>>>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> >>>>> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> >>>>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> >>>>> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> >>>>> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> >>>>> ************************************************************ >> >> ********** >> >>>> ************************************************************ >> ********** >> >>>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> >>>> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> >>>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> >>>> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> >>>> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> >>>> ************************************************************ >> ********** >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> ************************************************* >> >>> CatBase - The Database Publishing Solution >> >>> tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 >> >>> w: http://www.catbase.com >> >>> skype: pat.bensky >> >>> ************************************************* >> >>> ************************************************************ >> ********** >> >>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> >>> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> >>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> >>> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> >>> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> >>> ************************************************************ >> ********** >> >>> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> >> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> >> ********************************************************************** >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ************************************************* >> > CatBase - The Database Publishing Solution >> > tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 >> > w: http://www.catbase.com >> > skype: pat.bensky >> > ************************************************* >> > ********************************************************************** >> > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> > ********************************************************************** >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** >> > > > > -- > ************************************************* > CatBase - The Database Publishing Solution > tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 > w: http://www.catbase.com > skype: pat.bensky > ************************************************* > -- ************************************************* CatBase - The Database Publishing Solution tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 w: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky ************************************************* ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
