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    AEX Default Setting

    If an AEX file is created in the code tab and located in the working database folder, will it auto-load if a yes/no setting has never been established in view/settings/preferences?
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    Re: AEX Default Setting

    Well, I did some subsequent testing, and I think the default setting is "no". Here is why I asked for input on this: I was grasping at straws trying to figure out why my customer's application was recently very slow. I found that an old .aex file was on their server, and I wondered if A5 was auto-loading obsolete scripts. Since I had never explicitly set the view/settings/preference, the setting appeared as blank. In any event, I have returned some speed to the application by cleaning up some code, etc.

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      #3
      Re: AEX Default Setting

      I didn't reply to this earlier because I'm not sure what the answer is but I'd guess it was 'Yes'. First, since A5 says this will happen, I would think it would be the default. Second, I only used an aex with the same name as the database in one application back in v7 and it worked fine. I checked just now and the setting is blank but it has been a year or two since I tried it and it's possible that I've re-installed v7 since then so I can't be certain.

      However, I doubt that loading an old file would slow down anything. It might add a few milliseconds to the initial loading of A5 but that's about all. I manually loaded an aex file with about 20 fairly long functions (about 6000 lines of code) just now using the load_library() function and the profiler showed a time of 0.00102 seconds. If your users can detect that, they are really good!

      From the trace window:
      Code:
      Script TEMPLATE
Line    Tot Time   Cnt Source
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   2   0.001021   1 load_library( "E:\A5v8\_A5v8_Std\Reg_Term_Server\aims_tsreg_client.aex" )
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========================================================

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        Re: AEX Default Setting

        Cal, Thank you for the reply. So, it seems I have no real idea of what happens when an auto-load occurs. I thought that whatever scripts were in the .aex file would over-ride those with the same name currently residing in the code tab, and might cause problems if the scripts had subsequently been revised.

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          Re: AEX Default Setting

          Originally posted by johncook View Post
          thought that whatever scripts were in the .aex file would over-ride those with the same name currently residing in the code tab, and might cause problems if the scripts had subsequently been revised.
          I just tested it. If you make changes in the db scripts/functions, they control, not the aex. If you then delete the db scripts/functions, exit A5 and reload the db, then the aex kicks back in. For whatever reason the aex w. the same name as the db in the db's folder does not display in the addin manager dialog boxes.
          Peter
          AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

           [email protected]
          https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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            Re: AEX Default Setting

            Actually, based on my testing, it's the other way around. Scripts/functions by the same name in the Code tab will take priority over the ones in the aex file.

            The point of using an aex file with the same name as the application is so that nobody else can read the code. So, the "general assumption" is that there will be no code in the Code tab - it will all have been removed. (That's one of the problems with using aex files for this purpose but there are solutions). Therefore, it's logical to assume that anything added back into the Code tab would be newer than what is in the aex file and should be used instead of what's in the aex.

            Another way to look at it is: Whatever the developer writes should take priority so we will first check the Code tab then check the addin (aex) files.

            Edit: I've got to learn - after getting on a long phone call, check to see if someone else has already supplied the answer before finishing my reply.

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              #7
              Re: AEX Default Setting

              Peter, Thank you for your input.

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