Publishing Error - Argument is incorrect data type

[DVD528]

Hello all,

I am trying to publish some of my UX components to my Local Webroot for testing purposes, and I keep getting the following errors that are stopping the publish.


If I try to publish from the Web Projects Control Panel by right clicking the component, I get the following error:

Script:UI_DLG_BOX:Web Projects Control Panel line:374
a5w_RightClickpublish(projName,profileTemp,2,rel_fn2)
Argument is incorrect data type

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If I try to publish when I am editing the component, I get the following error:

Script:UI_DLG_BOX:@=genericPageBuilder_title_var_152033842 line:926
a5wcb_PublishFromEditor(wp.componentFilename)
a5wcb_prepareListOfFiles(files,.f.,"",flagPublishSupportFiles,flagPublish
SelectedOnly): Argument is incorrect data type

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If I try to publish the .a5w page that the component is loaded onto from the Web Projects Control Panel, I get the following error:

Script:UI_DLG_BOX:Web Projects Control Panel line:374
a5w_RightClickpublish(projName,profileTemp,2,rel_fn2)
Variable type mismatch: attempt to pass data type of 'P' to argument
'componentName' is type of 'C'.

I feel I should mention that this has happened about two or three other times, but eventually the problem either went away, or some of my random attempts to publish worked, but this time it is not going away.

The problem seems to manifest out of nowhere, I had just been working on these components the day previous, and everything was fine. But today, on the first attempt of publishing, I was met with these errors.

This has completely halted my production and I would appreciate a response to this ASAP.

Thanks,

David.

[lgrupido]

Re: Publishing Error - Argument is incorrect data type

Couple things to try (not necessarily in this order)

1) Recompile all of your controls. (Use Menu, Recalculate all controls.)

2) Exit Alpha, get back in, and try again.

3) Double check that all controls match the field they are connected to (if it is a data connected UX)

4) Backup your UX and remove controls one at a time until you find the offending one. (Remove and try to publish each time.) Once the offending control is found, you can replace it, or shout back here with what you found.

[DVD528]

Re: Publishing Error - Argument is incorrect data type

Hello Larry,

Fortunately the error seemed to have fixed itself. I was going through publishing random components to see which ones would work, and when I published one that I had tried earlier, it worked, and then all the other ones that weren't working before seem to be working just fine now.

This problem appears out of nowhere and affects multiple components at once, so I don't believe the problem is confined to a particular control in any one component.

As I had stated before, I was working on this component the night previous, and everything was fine, but when I came to it the next morning, I was met with this problem (Keep in mind, nothing had changed from the night previous to the next morning).

I have tried all of your suggestions in the past though, and none of them seem to fix this problem - whatever it is.

Thank you for the response, I appreciate the suggestions.

-David

[mvaughn]

Re: Publishing Error - Argument is incorrect data type

David, most often you will see this error when there is an xbasic error.
Type P is an array, type C is character.

If you have xbasic code, check to see that what you declare is the same type that you expect in.
In this case, a variable was declared as type P and a type C result tried to get in.

It could also be your controls.
Let's say that I have a checkbox whose value is true or false.
So we pass "true" to the database but its field is a tinyint that wants a 0 or 1.
The error would then be:
Variable type mismatch: attempt to pass data type of 'N' to argument
'checkbox1' is type of 'C'.

Hope that helped.