[Laszlo-dev] Misleading error message for script error when referencing null object

[Raju Bitter]

Which doesn't help you in that case since the application doesn't even
load/initialize, and there is no debugger window.

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM, P T Withington <ptw at pobox.com> wrote:
> Well, you didn't put the code into "LzScript" either.  That was done by the compiler.  In general, you can't expect the "assembly language debugger" to understand the source language.  That's why there is a separate source language debugger.
>
> On 2011-06-08, at 06:36, Raju Bitter wrote:
>
>> I know Tucker, but I didn't put the code into the method
>> "runToplevelDefinitions". That must have been done by the compiler.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:10 PM, P T Withington <ptw at pobox.com> wrote:
>>> The error you are describing here is the error generated by the swf10 player.  OL has no control over that.
>>>
>>> On 2011-06-08, at 04:33, Raju Bitter wrote:
>>>
>>>> When using a <script when="immediate" />, the error message I get when
>>>> referencing a null object in the SWF10 runtime is not very detailed.
>>>>
>>>> TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
>>>>       at LzApplication/runToplevelDefinitions()
>>>>       at LFCApplication/initLFC()
>>>>       at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/addChild()
>>>>       at flash.display::Stage/addChild()
>>>>       at LzPreloader/enterFrame()
>>>>
>>>> Here is the LZX code:
>>>>
>>>> <canvas>
>>>>    <script when="immediate">
>>>>        var someObj = {};
>>>>       someObj.missing.test = {};
>>>>    </script>
>>>> </canvas>
>>>>
>>>> If the script is not run with the when="immediate", but at default
>>>> initialization time, I get the following message:
>>>>
>>>> TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
>>>>       at MethodInfo-35()
>>>>       at LzScript()
>>>>       at LzNode/makeChild()
>>>>       at LzInstantiatorService/makeSomeViews()
>>>>       at LzInstantiatorService/checkQ()
>>>>       at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call()
>>>>       at LzEvent/sendEvent()
>>>>       at LzIdleKernel$/__update()
>>>>
>>>> I guess the reason is that scripts which run immediately are included
>>>> into the top-level definitions of the application?
>>>
>>>
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