local variable being reset from outside of script

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Sat Jun 20 14:47:48 EDT 2015


On 6/20/2015 1:42 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 6/20/2015 1:00 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
>> The single-stepper simply didn't bother to follow code into the
>> closeField
>> handler in the same script.
>
> A closefield handler won't be called while stepping through a different
> handler, it's an independent message (unless your handler specifically
> calls "closefield" itself.) You need to set a breakpoint within the
> closefield handler. All LC event messages work that way.
>

I misphrased that. I meant that you can't step into an independent event 
message handler while tracing a different one. The closefield will be 
sent of course; it just isn't related to the handler you're currently 
tracing.

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