Find / Replace inside calculation fields

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Can I do Find / Replace inside calculation fields?
I think this is a must have for me (for everyone too). If I change a relation name and that relation is used inside many calculations, then I would be able to do a global find/replace within calculation fields as well.

Thanks
Hameed

2

sounds like a great idea.

in general, editing of calculations is a little strange; it
would be great if they could just be opened and edited
in the method editor along with all global & form methods.

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both (better search/replace and opening calculations in the method editor) are in the feature db’s. Don’t know exactly what release they will emerge.

4

excellent!

and now one more idea…(i’m full of ideas some days :lol: );

would it be possible to debug calculations?

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RobertMeyer:
excellent!

and now one more idea…(i’m full of ideas some days :lol: );

would it be possible to debug calculations?

Yes, would be wonderfull

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This is an excellent thing!!

Also it would be much better, if we can be able to find the fields placed in forms (find this by its dataprovider & element name) and labels placed in forms.

Thanks

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jcompagner:
both (better search/replace and opening calculations in the method editor) are in the feature db’s.

Great :!:

jcompagner:
Don’t know exactly what release they will emerge.

:cry:

RobertMeyer:
would it be possible to debug calculations?

PPPPlease :!:

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TIP: Great way to debug calculations: create a method that sets a global (or show a dialog) with the result of the calculation. This way you can use the debugger. Once debugged, copy/paste into your calculation (minus the global setting or showDialog). I do this all the time (I have a special “_aTEST” method for this purpose. WORKS!

Cheers,

Bob Cusick

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but this doesn’t let you actually debug (step thru, and examine
variables in) the calculation, does it?

a trick i use a lot is to put “application.output()” statements
in the calcs to dump info as i’m debugging.

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you can debug a calculation if you really want it.
Just make a global method where you move the code of the calculation for a while.
Then call that global method in that calculation (return globals.testCalcMethod():wink:

Set the breakpoint in the global method.

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sounds good! thanks.