Breakpoints on a Global

Phil Davis revdev at pdslabs.net
Tue Jan 24 16:22:21 EST 2012


Hmmm. You probably already tried this, but... can you check for a non-empty 
value in dgHilitedIndex before allowing the 'put... into...' to proceed? Of 
course that's still a problem if it happens in 14 dozen different places.

Maybe put the actual setting of the array inside a setProp handler, so your 
setprop handler script can examine the 'set to' values before allowing it?

Sounds frustrating indeed.

Phil


On 1/24/12 1:04 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> Aye I can already do that as a scripted breakpoint. if myGlobal is not an array. But where to put it? By the time it comes back from something I call a single key has been created by another handler, and there is no line I have encountered so far that actually sets it to empty. What is actually happening somewhere is that I am getting the dgHilitedIndex of a datagrid, and then putting the dgDataOfIndex into this global array, when there is nothing selected in the datagrid. My problem is finding where this is happening. I will try to find it using the search feature (very handy btw). It would be easier if RR fixes this daggum problem though. This is a feature that used to work. I know because GLX2 used to do this successfully.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
>
>> I see. After reading Jacque's contribution also, maybe you want something like this in your script?
>>
>>     if the keys of gMyGlobal = empty then breakpoint
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>> On 1/24/12 9:30 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>> Hi Phil. I cannot change the variable to a local because it is the array that contains the record data for the form I am using, so all objects have to be aware of it.
>>>
>>> You set a variable checkpoint either in the debugger, or by script. I'll be daggum if I remember the script command though.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:37 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>
>>>> Does it crash when you set a breakpoint on a local? If not, can you change the global to a local variable?
>>>>
>>>> Just grasping at straws... I've never set a breakpoint on a variable declaration. Didn't know you could. Is your global declared in a handler or outside all handlers? (I assume in a handler, otherwise the breakpoint couldn't be triggered, right?)
>>>>
>>>> Phil Davis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/23/12 2:30 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>>>> I've mentioned it before, that if you set a breakpoint on a global, the IDE will crash to desktop. I have verified this is a problem even when all plugins are disabled. Does anyone know a workaround for this? I am in desperate need of finding where an array is getting set to empty. For whatever reason tracing it has been extremely elusive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
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