Blank ScriptTracer after Read from file

[andre.tremblay]

Hello, 

I am having this unexpected issue with ScripTracer. 

I had this happening on two different computers running OS X High Sierra and Yosemite with SC 4.81 respectively. 

On trace, the ScriptTracer window will show blank spaces after :

read from file HFSFilePAth until end

ScriptTracer still works but shows blank lines!

Anyone else is having a similar issue?

Any suggestion?

Regards

[codegreen]

It appears you've stumbled upon an Original Sin here... ;-)

Apparently the code which parses out script lines for display in the Tracer was not designed to expect an end token in the read command, and goes totally off into the weeds.

Most people use eof there instead of end (I wasn't even aware of the alternative syntax until now). If you change your script to until eof instead, the display glitch should go away.

I'll get a fix into the next beta.

Thanks!

-Mark

[andre.tremblay]

Hello Mark, 

It appears you've stumbled upon an Original Sin here... ;-)

Well, it appears it is a script that was imported from an HyperCard project. 

 

Apparently the code which parses out script lines for display in the Tracer was not designed to expect an end token in the read command, and goes totally off into the weeds.

Most people use eof there instead of end (I wasn't even aware of the alternative syntax until now). If you change your script to until eof instead, the display glitch should go away.

Well after a general verification of the scripts it appear that this was an only occurence, I didn't notice it, in all other occurrences the correct eof is used 

I'll get a fix into the next beta.

Thank you! 

[andre.tremblay]

Hello Mark, 

It appears you've stumbled upon an Original Sin here... ;-)

Here is an extract of the original documentation for the read command:

HyperCard Script Language Guide 1993 p254~255 

Regards

- André