Running a form from another

[audiopro]

I have a form which has a button on it which launches another form.
The second form is launched OK when the project is run in the dev environment but has stopped running in a built .exe.

I have placed wait windows in the load method and the activate method.

In the .exe - The load method is completed but the activate method isn't, how do I debug a .exe?


Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[EzLogic]

how are you launching the 2nd form from the the 1st form's buttons?

do form XXXX ?

Ez Logic
Michigan

 

[Dan Freeman]

This is invariably a sign that either the INIT is returning .f. or a control is failing to initialize. (Either will cause the form not to load.)

You can put SET STEP ON in any of the methods you want to step through and then DO the.exe from the command window.

 

[Mike Lewis]

how do I debug a .exe?

Not with WAIT WINDOWs - for reasons which I think we have discussed in an earlier thread.

Given that your aim is to figure out whether specifics events have fired, you could try [tt]SET EVENTTRACKING TO <filename>[/tt].

I've never done that from an EXE, but I can't see why it shouldn't work.

Mike



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[audiopro]

Command is:- DO FORM pagdesign
and it is in the button click method.

I was using the wait windows to quickly see how far it got.

When I issue set step on and launch the .exe from the command, the app works correctly.
I tried the event tracking thing by issuing:-
set eventtracking to 'd:/softftp/eventz.txt'
in the button before the 2nd form is called and it did not create a file, am I doing this correctly.



Keith

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[Mike Lewis]

I tried the event tracking thing by issuing:-
set eventtracking to 'd:/softftp/eventz.txt'
in the button before the 2nd form is called and it did not create a file, am I doing this correctly.

Not quite. You need to do this:

SET EVENTTRACKING TO d:/softftp/eventz.txt  
SET EVENTLIST TO Load, Init, Activate   && List the events you want to track
SET EVENTTRACKING ON

&& now launch the form

SET EVENTTRACKING OFF

I forgot to mention that you need to actually set it ON and OFF, and that you also need to SET EVENTLIST.

Don't specify too many events to track, or your text file will be enormous.

You might need to come out of the EXE in order to open the text file, as it might otherwise keep it open behind the scenes.

Mike

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[audiopro]

No joy with that, no file is created.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[Olaf Doschke]

The directory d:/softftp exists? VFP never creates paths not existing, neither with SET EVENTTRACKING TO, nor with COPY FILE, COPY TO or STRTOFILE, first MKDIR or make sure the dir exists with DIRECTORY().

Eventtracking works at runtime, that shouldn't be a problem. Sometimes the file just appears after closing VFP, or the EXE. VFP caches files, so you might still not see them after SET EVENTTRACKING OFF, but only after existing the application. Also SET EVENTRACKING TO and ON should suffice, that would by default tack all events.

Within the exe you could also DO FORM formname.scx without any path, as the form is within the exe and no path is needed to find it. Unless you have excluded the form from compilation into the exe by mistake. But this can't be, as you see wait window from the load.

It's both load or init returning .f. cause the form not to launch.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[audiopro]

Thanks guys, I have wasted enough time trying to fathom it out, I have converted it to a pageframe and all is good now.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

Sorry we couldn't help you solve it, Keith. But at least you can move on now.

Keep event tracking in mind for the future. It really does work, and can be very useful in some situations.

Mike

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[audiopro]

Steady on there, I have only just discovered how useful the debugger is

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very drole.

Mike

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