[Laszlo-dev] clues for an app that only breaks in dhtml with debug=false

[Henry Minsky]

Hmm , I wonder if an ondata event is being sent when the dataset is
initially empty, causing some confusion someplace.


On 8/23/07, Benjamin Shine <ben at laszlosystems.com> wrote:
> Making progress -- ye old data loader!
>
> The whole thing works in dhtml if I specify my dataset inline:
> <dataset name="navdata">
>     <menu>....</menu>
> </dataset>
>
> but not if I first specify an empty dataset
> <dataset name="navdata" />
>
> and then fill it in with
> navdata.setSrc("myfile.xml");
> navdata.doRequest();
>
> Hmmm. Ring any bells?
>
> PS: there was one warning in debug mode, which I tracked down and
> eliminated the issue causing it.
>
> On Aug 23, 2007, at 4:29 AM, P T Withington wrote:
>
> > Are you getting any warnings in debug mode?
> >
> > ---
> > L'iPhone, c'est moi.
> >
> > On Aug 22, 2007, at 11:53 PM, "Henry Minsky"
> > <henry.minsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Often it is some conditional code path in either the LFC (likely) or
> >> the app (less likely) that
> >> depends on the state of the $debug compiler constant...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/22/07, Benjamin Shine <ben at laszlosystems.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I've got an app (the laszlo explorer, actually) that works just
> >>> right
> >>> in swf7 and swf8, and even works in dhtml when debug=true. When
> >>> debug=false, though, the navigation menu (most of the app, IOW)
> >>> doesn't appear.
> >>>
> >>> I remember there's some lore about what usually causes problems only
> >>> when not debugging. Anybody remember?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Henry Minsky
> >> Software Architect
> >> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>
>


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Henry Minsky
Software Architect
hminsky at laszlosystems.com