I guess I should have known to try the obvious but there is nothing in the documentation _that I've seen_ to suggest that you could do anything other than "TRACE Command.fle (in ...)"
I suppose something like: DEBUG TRACE works as well? Thanks Ben. Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:20 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Crashing > You don't have to start the app with trace... just place the word > "trace" at the point that you want it to start. Sorry it didn't occur to > me before :( > > Ben Petersen > > > On 19 Feb 2003, at 21:46, Alastair Burr wrote: > > > I've not had a problem with TRACE not going "deep enough" but it might > > be nice to be able to invoke TRACE at some point in a command file > > rather than having to start with it. > > > > What I have done, sometimes, is put "Trace_Break" on a line where I > > want TRACE to revert from running the file to single step mode but > > this won't help Dan if TRACE never gets to the point in his file where > > the problem occurs. "Trace_Break" just throws an error message and I > > find it easier than trying to use the [F9] Add Break option when > > running files within files and it can easily be remmed out or moved. > > > > Regards, > > Alastair. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Champion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:48 PM > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Crashing > > > > > > > > > > No, thats not it. I can make it exit abnormally by following a > > > direct > > route > > > through the form, to another then closing them. If only I could run > > > trace that deep I might find it. I am surprised not to hear any > > > mention of why trace can't go that far. I have files set to 60 and > > > trace just stops tracing at about the fourth form that gets opened. > > > Then the program runs as though trace was never called. (very > > > strange indeed) > > > > > > > > > At 02:41 PM 2/19/03 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > > >The RBase files are not on a box that the disk has spooled down > > > >(sleep because of disk inactivity) is it? > > > > > > > > >can be open for hours at a time, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Dan Champion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:14 PM > > > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Crashing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Allister, > > > > > The trouble you had, was it with the form not exiting > > > > > normally? The > > > >form > > > > > I am having trouble with can be open for hours at a time, the > > > > > when it comest time to close it, it does not return to the > > > > > calling program, so Rbase dumps me at the prompt. > > > > > I can try adding a pause before hand and see what it does. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Oh, also I will examine how many run/returns I have nesting and > > > > > see > > if it > > > > > is possible to use quit to instead. > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 06:45 PM 2/19/03 +0000, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Dan > > > > > > > > > > > >I have had (still do have) problems with forms where I have > > > > > >solved it > > by > > > > > >putting: > > > > > > > > > > > >Pause for 2 > > > > > > > > > > > >immediately BEFORE calling the form. Intentionally there is no > > message > > > > > >because the screen doesn't need it so that nothing shows that > > > > > >there > > is a > > > > > >delay and there is nothing to do to clear the message. > > > > > > > > > > > >Anything less than 2 seconds and the problem remains. > > > > > > > > > > > >It might be worth your giving it a try... > > > > > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Alastair. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:57 AM > > > > > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Crashing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enter using dispatch > > > > > > > pause 2 using "test" > > > > > > > return > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan Champion > > > > > P.O. Box 223 > > > > > Grandville, MI. 49428-0223 > > > > > www.championsolutions.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan Champion > > > P.O. Box 223 > > > Grandville, MI. 49428-0223 > > > www.championsolutions.net > > > > > >
