#FILEMAKER PRO 17 CHECK FOR FIND ERROR DOWNLOAD#
In the mean time download the sample file to check out the client side script error log in action!
In a future version of the FileMaker platform we would love the ability to enable or disable script error logging on FileMaker Server to prevent unnecessary log entires. Script error logging is no longer relegated to only FileMaker Server: it is now available in both FileMaker Pro Advanced and FileMaker Go, to help troubleshoot errors in client side scripting. Having an easily accessible error log can go a long way when something has gone wrong and troubleshooting becomes necessary. For example you could import the log every time a user closes the FileMaker application via the OnLastWindowClose trigger. the script debugger and checking Pause on error is a good suggestion. 3 FileMaker Pro 19 He even created an open source FileMaker product, called the Punisher, aimed at testing a FileMaker solution over the network Side by side view of a FileMaker database on the left in FileMaker and the same database viewed in the web browser Safari on the right side Go to File > Open Remote Under View, select Favorite Hosts. To really make these log files useful you should consider automatically importing them into a centralized table so the information is in one location and easily searchable by a developer. Ive been using Filemaker since 1998, but I have no formal computer training. Set Error Logging is currently only supported on FileMaker Pro and Go, not WebDirect, nor FileMaker Server. Each log entry will include the following pieces of information: the name of the file, account, script, script step, error code, timestamp, session number, and custom debug information. When enabling error logging in a script, FileMaker will create a single file named “ScriptErrors.log”, which will be created in the user’s Documents folder if it doesn't already exist. Additionally you can set up a “custom debug info” calculation, the result of which will be added to each log entry of the script allowing developers to log dynamic information the moment an error occurs. Īnd because you can control when error logging occurs you can prevent unnecessary log entries from being created. Error logging can now be accomplished with a simple script step: Set Error Logging.