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File-based scripts and setting error logging

File-based scripts and setting error logging - FileMaker Pro Tutorial

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File-based scripts and setting error logging

you can now more easily debug your work flow automation. A new set error log and script step gives you the ability to write information about script errors to a log file. Let me show you an example of how this works in this file. You see that I've got this blue generate errors button and attached to it is script that's called generate errors. And you'll notice on line three and line eight I'm using Errors continue to be logged for all scripts in the current file until the file is either closed or this script step is run with the off option, and that's why on line eight, I've got set error set to logging off. This is very similar to how set error capture works. Now of course, on line eight, I've got it set to off to stop logging script errors. You also notice in line three that I'm using the custom debug info. This is an expression that's evaluated when a script error is logged. I'm using this option to provide additional get current timestamp information that will help me debug the…

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