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Russ Ward
Russ Ward
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Syntax errors with ES freeze/hang FM

Jul 31, 2012 11:18 AM

Hi,

 

I keep bumping into situations where a small syntax error causes FM to freeze, like there is a modal dialog open except there is no dialog. For example:

 

doc = app.ActiveDoc();

 

...this is wrong because of the parenthesis, but rather than throwing any errors, FM just freezes and I can't get it unfrozen, except to kill it with the Task Manager. Is there a way to prevent this freeze or at least thaw it out? It's becoming tiresome to restart FM and reset locks, etc. with every little typo.

 

Thanks,

Russ

322 Views   2 Replies   Latest reply: Russ Ward, Aug 10, 2012 4:22 AM
 
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  • Wiedenmaier
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    1. Wiedenmaier,
    Jul 31, 2012 1:32 PM   in reply to Russ Ward
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    Hi Russ,

    I think this won't help you, but I can reproduce this with app.ActiveDoc() and app.ActiveBook().

    With other properties I get a correct runtime error "app.AutoBackup() is not a function".

    So generally it works as expected, but not in these two cases.

    I think this is a problem of the script engine in these two cases. Perhaps there's an invisible (private) method defined, which is used internally, I don't know.

    Bye

    Markus

     
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    2. Russ Ward,
    Aug 10, 2012 4:22 AM   in reply to Wiedenmaier
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    Markus, thanks. I guess the answer is that there is no answer, other than to get a little bit smarter. I get freezes with other actions, especially when (inadvertently) using invalid objects for various things.

     

    Patient: "It hurts when I do this..."

    Doctor: "Don't do that."

     

    Russ

     
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