Thanks Dawn, Setting whileopt off makes no difference but it does seem to have something to do with the while loop. If I remove the loop, the problem goes away. All the variables seem to be defined but I will take a closer look at them.
Thanks again, Michael Michael Moser EXAQ Micro Services www.exaq.com Phone: 916-966-8313 Fax: 916-966-8313 >> If I recall, it usually means there's a problem within the while loop. >> Set whileopt off to see if there's a difference. If Trace runs fine >> with whileopt off, make sure all variables needed in the while loop are >> declared before the while statement. >> You'll probably find during your conversion that there are quite a few >> instances where you did things not exactly right in 6.5, but it worked - >> now it won't. 7.1 is much more stringent about proper coding. Dawn >> From: Michael Moser >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:22 PM >> To: RBASE-L Mailing List >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Conversion issues - eeps go wacky with TRACE >> Hi All, I tried to send this to the RB7 server but it does not seem to be >> going through so I thought I would see if any of you converting 6.5 to >> 7.1 might have a thought. >> I have run into a problem with forms containing EEPs that worked fine in >> 6.5++ but act strangely when run with TRACE in 7.1. I have short eep >> that assigns a variable when leaving a button. The button has a custom >> eep: FVar.eep using 'X', 'Prn1' >> The FVar.eep contains: SET V FormVar TEXT = .%2 >> IF %1 = 'X' THEN >> CLOSEWINDOW >> ELSE >> ENDIF RETURN FormVar is processed by a SWITCH statement after the form >> closes. It seems to work fine when run normally, but here is the >> strange behavior when run from TRACE. - When the button is clicked, >> TRACE shows the first line in the EEP as >> expected. - Pressing F10 takes the highlight straight to the RETURN line, >> unexpectedly skipping all the lines in between. - Pressing F10 returns to >> the form. - Clicking the button a second time again shows the Highlight >> on the first line in the TRACE >> screen. - This time pressing F10 processes each line correctly as >> expected. - After the RETURN is processed, the form closes and the >> calling module unexpectedly processes as if the F5 key had been pressed >> or TRACE is no longer functioning. The form is >> called from a simple while loop with: ... EDIT USING AskQuestion WHERE >> FSId = 1 >> ... This behavior makes it difficult to troubleshoot any problems after >> the form as TRACE is no longer providing step by step functionality. >> Anyone else encounter a problem like this. Thanks, Michael >> Michael Moser >> EXAQ Micro Services >> www.exaq.com >> Phone: 916-966-8313 >> Fax: 916-966-8313 --- RBASE-L =======================3D=======================3 D= TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) =======================3D=======================3 D= TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO =======================3D=======================3 D= TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE =======================3D=======================3 D= TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. =======================3D=======================3 D=
