I have just created a Design Report for a complex database, and find
that in many cases the Deisgn Report indicates that scripts contain
Missing Fileds. BUT when I review the scripts I cannot see any missing
fields?

I think that disabled script steps may be part of this problem, but I
am finding that this occurs in scripts that don't have any disabled
steps.

Is this a bug?

As another thought, I don't seem to be able to find script variables
listed eitherin the Design Report, which would be v. useful,
especially if one needs to keep track of global variables.

Am I also right in thinking that script variables need to be typed
each and every time they are used, because they don't seem to be
listed anywhere in the scripting dialogs? (I know that the steps can
be duplicated, or steps copied -at last, or the text of a variable can
be copied to the clipboard, but that ain't much help when there are
multiple script variables in a script.

Perhaps this will be addressed in FM 9?

Mike

Can't comment on the variables but I have a potential explanation for
your missing fields. If you do the following:
use the script step go to related records
select to show the records in a new window
use fields to specify the size / title of the window

Now the fields used to position the window should be reported in the
DDR as being used by the script which it does.

If you deselect the show in new window portion of the go to related
records script step then the DDR should NOT be reporting those fields
as being used anymore. Unfortunately what happens instead is that the
DDR still references those fields. The DDR does however also include
in the XML output that the option of "Show in new window" is false
therefore all data referenced in that section is irrelevant. This
makes it just about impossible to use a text editor to figure out if
you have errors in your scripts.

Thanks for this explanation.


I will check to see if the circumstances you describe apply to the
scripts which are reoprted as having missing fileds!


On 6 Sep 2005 14:35:24 -0700, "FP" <a (AT) pottnerconsulting (DOT) ca> wrote: