Using try/catch blocks, fiddling with the exception and throwing it again is a guaranteed form to destroy the errordialog window.
2011/7/19 Björnke von Gierke <b...@mac.com> > I think one way to fuck up the error dialog is to supress messages when > closing stacks by script, and then an error happens. At least this was a > case I had about 3 years ago. There migth have been other particular > settings or behaviour that triggered it, I don't remember exactly. > > And Rev error reporting is ass in general, not only when it fails to work > as intendet :P > > On 19 Jul 2011, at 17:55, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > Mark Schonewille wrote: > > > > > Richard, > > > > > > Since you are a professional LiveCode programmer, just like me, > > > I know that you know that one may see an error code of the form > > > ###,###,###,xxxx once in a while, where # is a number and x is > > > a letter. Seeing this error isn't necessarily a LiveCode bug. > > > I have no idea why you assume it is. > > > > True, the format you describe is what the engine outputs when errors are > encountered, sent as the argument to the errorDialog message. > > > > But the IDE's revBackScript includes an errorDialog handler which > translates that into a conveniently readable form, also made available for > inclusion in standalones in the Standalone Builder. > > > > Given that RunRev provides this lookup automatically, no one should ever > see the raw error data in either the IDE or a standalone. > > > > If they do it means the errorDialog handler either wasn't triggered > properly, or is somehow failing itself. > > > > So my interest is in identifying a recipe in which an errorDialog message > is sent but the info is being displayed in raw form rather than the more > readable format LiveCode normally provides. > > > > > > > For further questions and comments on this product, you are welcome > > > to contact me off-list. > > > > My question here was about the perception that LiveCode isn't reporting > errors correctly. If I have questions about your product I'll write you > off-list. > > > > -- > > Richard Gaskin > > Fourth World > > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
