John: Happy to help. -- Douglas von Roeder 949-336-2902
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 12:09 PM John J Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Doug, > > Thanks! > > A whole world of info to the “trained” eyes! > > Appreciate, > John… > > > > The kb is handy but, for searching, try this in Google > > site:https://kb.4d.com debugger > <https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=site:https://kb.4d.com+debugger&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8> > > > The full text search in the doc center is handy (upper right hand corner) > but this works pretty well: > > site:https://doc.4d.com/4Dv17R3 query by formula > <https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=site:https://doc.4d.com/4Dv17R3+query+by+formula&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8> > > > -- > Douglas von Roeder > 949-336-2902 > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 11:12 AM John J Foster <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey Doug, >> >> I thought there’d be an KB step but couldn’t;t find it. I guess I used >> “Debugger issue” and “Debugger corruption” and I should’ve just used >> “Debugger”. >> >> Anyway, it’s all good and logged for future reference if needed again. >> >> Appreciate, >> John… >> >> >> >> John: >> >> Happy to pass that along. >> >> I just checked the kb: >> >> https://kb.4d.com/assetid=78161 >> >> -- >> Douglas von Roeder >> 949-336-2902 >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:58 AM John J Foster <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Doug, >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Just holding the Shift key down and run (click the green button) from >>> any method appears to have worked. >>> >>> Yeah!!! >>> >>> Appreciate, >>> John… >>> >>> >>> >>> John: >>> >>> I saw this documented only recently so I thought it was for V17 but I >>> just checked it in 15.4 - Win server, Mac client. >>> >>> Hold down the Shift key to reset the boundaries for the editor windows >>> in design mode. >>> >>> In the case of the debugger, create an empty method (I have one called >>> “aTestDoug”) and type in “Trace”. Hold down the Shift key and click the >>> green “go” button to run the method. 4D will execute the Trace command and >>> will open the debugger in the default position. >>> >>> For the Explorer, make sure that the Explorer is closed, hold down the >>> Shift key, and open the Explorer with the mouse. >>> >>> Before I learned the Shift key trick, I had to resort to throwing out >>> the config file. From my “4D Text File Locations” document: >>> >>> >>> C:\Users\Doug\Application Data\4D\4D Window Bounds >>> v15\development\[projectForm] >>> Change "explo_preview" >>> Refer to Explorer.json file in 4D/14.5 (OS X) >>> >>> Debugger Window Settings (and others) >>> c:\Users\dvonroeder\Application Data\4D\4D Preferences v13.4DPreferences >>> >>> \Volumes\C\Users\Doug\Application Data\4D Server\4D Window Bounds v14 >>> \Volumes\C\Users\Doug\Application Data\4D Server\4D Window Bounds v15 >>> C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Roaming\4D\4D Window Bounds v15 >>> C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Roaming\4D Server\4D Window Bounds v14 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Douglas von Roeder >>> 949-336-2902 >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:08 AM John J Foster via 4D_Tech < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Mac OS 12.6 4D 15.2 (have to stay with this version until client >>>> upgrades to v16/v17). >>>> >>>> In the last few days I’ve experienced a strange Debugger issue >>>> (corruption) that I cannot seem to fix. I think it happened after a crash. >>>> What is happening is that the top parts of the debugger screen, like the >>>> toolbar, are hidden above the top of the debugger screen. It’s like what >>>> used to happen when you tabbed to a variable offscreen and you couldn’t get >>>> back to the top of the screen but weirder. >>>> >>>> On the left side pane the Variables is the top and anything above that >>>> I do not have access to. I cannot get to the debugger buttons. I cannot >>>> abort into a method, etc. Expanding the window to full screen doesn’t help. >>>> Moving various splitters doesn’t help. Needless to say it makes debugging a >>>> near impossibility! >>>> >>>> I have tried throwing away the application preference folder: >>>> >>>> Library->Application Support -> 4D ... have it recreated but that >>>> didn’t help. >>>> >>>> I have even downloaded and installed a fresh copy of 4D 15.2. Still no >>>> help, >>>> >>>> Is there another set of files that controls the debugger screen display? >>>> >>>> I think this is a first in over 30 years! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> John… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ********************************************************************** >>>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>>> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>>> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >>>> ********************************************************************** >>> >>> >>> >> > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
