With regard to the issue I mentioned about defining object fields, I just did another field and it worked fine. Must have been something else going on with the empty data file.
John > On Nov 24, 2017, at 8:39 PM, John Baughman <john...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: > > Yesterday I found myself in need o dynamic Help Tips in list box cell cells, > so I downloaded and started working with v16R5 beta. The first thing that > happened is I started getting undefined errors. I think that unlike forever > in 4D, variables not defined either explicitly or implicitly, must be > declared in interpreted mode. Not sure but it looks like whatever the > compiler would complain about in this regardd, now throws an error when > running interpreted. For example… > > SET QUERY DESTINATION(Into variable;$zeroEntryFound) > > If $zeroEntryFound is not typed with c_longint or zeroEntryFound:=aNumber you > will get a runtime error in interpreted mode. > > I don’t have a problem with this as even though I do not deploy compiled, I > make it a habit to always make sure that the structure will compile before > deploying. I am wondering, however, if this is a step forward or backward. It > has made it difficult moving from R4 to R5. > > I also ran into a typing error with the following when I opened a data file > where much of the data had not been entered yet… > > If (Not(OB Is defined([_Constants]ProjectTaskDescriptions))) > [_Constants]ProjectTaskDescriptions:=New object > > End if > > [_Constants]ProjectTaskDescriptions.taskdescriptions:=$colTaskDiscriptions > > The last line above throws an error saying that > [_Constants]ProjectTaskDescriptions is undefined. It worked in R4 where I > first populated the field, but after switching to R5 and opening a fresh > datafile where the field was not already populated, it threw the undefined > error. I did not pursue the issue as I reverted back to my populated data > file, but this looks like a bug to me. How then does one define an object > field? > > By the way. Dynamic Help Tips in List Boxes is really great! Very easy to > implement and is really slick in use. > > John > > > > > John Baughman > Kailua, Hawaii > (808) 262-0328 > john...@hawaii.rr.com > > > > > John Baughman Kailua, Hawaii (808) 262-0328 john...@hawaii.rr.com ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
