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    Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

    For years we have never had a problem with refreshing a shadow. Now we get a 4 Warnings - (Trace Window) every time we do it. I am not a programmer but I can make out that the field named User_C seems to be the culprit. This is a calculated field picking up its information from the login person.

    Warning [1]: Error(s) opening rules for field: USER_C
    Warning [2]: Error adding calculated rule to database engine.
    Warning [3]: Error(s) opening rules for field: USER_C
    Warning [4]: Error parsing 'calc' rules expression.

    I have attached a picture of the field rule - any ideas on how I can fix this ?

    Right now if someone refreshes, I have to delete their current shadow and do a whole new Network Optimize on their computer so they can work.

    Thanks in advance
    Terri
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    Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

    The error suggests that, for whatever reason, the shadowed copy cannot see the referenced variable. You might double check the login routine to ensure that the variable is being declared as global.

    I was able to duplicate your experience by creating a global variable, creating a calculated field in a table referencing that global variable, deleting the variable, opening the table.

    Warning [1]: Error(s) opening rules for field: NAME
    Warning [2]: Error adding calculated rule to database engine.
    Warning [3]: Error(s) opening rules for field: NAME
    Warning [4]: Error parsing 'calc' rules expression.
    Last edited by Stan Mathews; 08-30-2018, 12:34 PM.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

      Thanks Stan - Jim Chapman built this database for us and as I look in the scripts he had this 'showGlobalVariables' -- I ran it and it does show the variable is global - see attached

      Unless there is somewhere else I should be looking?
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        #4
        Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

        That's as it should be. The question now is whether the same is true on the shadowed copy when the error occurs.

        If you put a new button on a form (in the development database) and code it

        ui_msg_box("Logged in user is"+var->vloginusertc)

        then after a Refresh Shadow you should see the button on the user machine and be able to test.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

          It's telling me too few parameters? when I hit the button ?

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            #6
            Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

            ui_msg_box("ERROR","Logged in user is"+var->vloginusertc)

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              #7
              Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

              Thanks, Allen.

              I was going to use the msgbox() function which doesn't require all three parameters but couldn't recall if v8 supported it. Swiched back to ui_msg_box() and didn't complete the thought.
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                Thank you both - it does return the user name on the shadow but unfortunately I still get the same 4 Warning errors if I refresh

                Any more ideas?

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                  #9
                  Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                  When the global variable gets initialized can also be a factor. Is it dimmed in the Autoexec?
                  Robin

                  Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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                    #10
                    Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                    Hi Robin - thanks but like I said I am not a programmer - give me a hint on where I should look for the Autoexec - Also I have noticed that at least one computer (out of the 7 I have tried so far), does not have the warnings after the refresh - I have 23 more to check out. Any idea why that one would not show an error? The shadow comes from the same development database.

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                      #11
                      Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                      On the code tab where you found the global variables script you should find the autoexec.

                      I assume you have a pretty stable environment if you are still using V8. I don't see how anything could have changed but have you verified that the runtime version/build is the same as the development? All machines using the same Windows version/updates and antivirus?
                      There can be only one.

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                        #12
                        Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                        We have used v8 since 2009 (Started with v2!) - had problems at the beginning but things have been stable for most of the years - the only thing that has changed is we moved everything to a new server a couple of weeks ago. Until we did a refresh for something I did not realize it was not working -- EXCEPT it works on that one computer - very strange.

                        We are all on Windows 7 / same antivirus etc and the same version/build of V8 -

                        I looked for the autoexec in the code list but do not see it there - screenshot attached - I arranged the list in alphabetical order.
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                          #13
                          Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                          It is not necessary that there be an autoexec. You database may be set up so that the login process is triggered by the init of the startup form and the globals are populated there.

                          Issue is likely something with the new server. Can you check the detail view of the runtime users' control panel, tables/sets tab, and see if the list all point to the same directory? Or just the "good" one vs one "bad" one.
                          Last edited by Stan Mathews; 08-31-2018, 11:41 AM.
                          There can be only one.

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                            #14
                            Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                            I believe that is how it is set up - they click on the shortcut and it opens to their login screen -- so where do I find this 'init of the startup form' to check it out ?

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                              #15
                              Re: Trace window error - after a refresh shadow

                              In design mode if you use the File menu, Database Properties, you should see on the Startup tab the designation for which form is shown when the database is opened. If you put that form in design mode and check its events you should see Oninit.

                              But, as one computer is working correctly the issue is likely not the global variable. More likely something different with the new server and where the runtimes are pointed.
                              There can be only one.

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