Diagnostics user preferences options in the web client

Diagnostics settings control how the system works when you are trying to diagnose problems and bugs while designing and modifying forms. You need these only if you are actively involved in creating and modifying forms in the system.

Caution:

Configure diagnostics only if Infor Support has instructed you to do so, or if you are debugging a form under development. Use these settings to specify what information is recorded in the session log.

The Diagnostics user preferences options in the web client are organized into multiple tabs.

General

This table shows the available General Diagnostics user preferences options in the web client:


Option	Description/Comments/Procedures
Enabled	To record diagnostic information in the session log, select this option. Caution: Recording diagnostic information can degrade system performance. We recommend that you enable this option only in a development environment.
System Information	When selected, system information is included in the session log when diagnostic information is recorded. Such messages identify the current language ID, the current string table, and other general settings in effect.
Security	When selected, security information about form-level and component-level permissions is recorded in the log.

Form

This table shows the available Form Diagnostics user preferences options in the web client:


Option	Description/Comments/Procedures
Initialization	When selected, an entry is included in the diagnostic record, each time a form is opened, including information about the initialization parameters.
Events	When this option is selected, an entry about each event that is generated by the system is included in the diagnostic record.

This table shows the available Call Details Diagnostics user preferences options in the web client:


Options	Description/Comments/Procedures
Scripts	When selected, diagnostic information is recorded about the execution of scripts, including script parameters and return values.
IDO Methods	When selected, diagnostic information is recorded about IDO methods executed from event handlers or from validators, including method parameters, return codes, and error messages.
Form Server	When selected, diagnostic information is recorded about the form server, from which forms data was obtained.

This table shows the available Component Diagnostics user preferences options in the Windows client:


Options	Description/Comments/Procedures
Initialization	When selected, information is recorded about components in the log. When this option is cleared, even if other options in this group are selected, information about components is not recorded.
List Building	When selected, information is recorded about lists, when they are created and when they are invalidated, so that the next access will cause them to be recreated.
User Interaction	When selected, information is recorded about the interactions of all users with components, including information about these actions: Changing focus on the component or away from it Selecting items from lists Clicking a button on the component Specifying information in a field In a grid, changing a record that result in it being marked as modified Saving a record in a grid prior to the entire collection being saved Any other action that causes modified data to be processed Caution: Selecting this option generates a large number of entries in the log and can degrade system performance.
To/From Source	When selected, information is recorded about data moving to and from the source, or data binding for the component, including variables, properties, or the building of derived values. Caution: Selecting this option generates a large number of entries in the log and can degrade system performance.
To/From Control	When selected, information is recorded about data moving to and from the control for the component. Caution: Selecting this option generates a large number of entries in the log and can degrade system performance.
Dependent Notification	When selected, information is recorded each time a dependent of a component is refreshed, due to changes to the value of the component.

This table shows the available Event Handler Diagnostics user preferences option in the Windows client:


Option	Description/Comments/Procedures
Include	When selected, information about event handlers is included in the diagnostic record, whenever an event handler is used.

This table shows the available Validator Diagnostics user preferences option in the Windows client:


Option	Description/Comments/Procedures
Include	When selected, information about validators is included in the diagnostic record, whenever a validator is used.

This table shows the available Variable Diagnostics user preferences options in the Windows client:


Option	Description/Comments/Procedures
Initialization	When selected, each time a variable is created, information is recorded about whether the variable is global or form-level, and whether it is persistent or temporary.
Value Changed	When selected, each time a the value of a variable changes, information is recorded about the previous value and the new one.
Dependent Notification	When selected, data is recorded each time the dependents of a variable are refreshed, due to changes to the value of the variable.

IDO Collections

This table shows the available IDO Collections Diagnostics user preferences options in the web client:


Options	Description/Comments/Procedures
Initialization	When selected, information is recorded about the parameters that are passed to the IDO to retrieve the collection, the properties that are included, and the components that are bound to the collection.
Commands	When selected, information is recorded about commands and standard operations.
Update Overview	When selected, an overview of the process of updating the collections is recorded.
Load Overview	When selected, an overview of the process of loading the collection is recorded.
Update Values	When selected, data is recorded each time the value of a property is updated in the collection, including individual requests from components or scripts, and a record of each individual value sent during a collection update. Caution: Selecting this option generates a large number of entries in the log and can degrade system performance.
Load Values	When selected, data is recorded each time the value of a property is retrieved from the collection, including individual requests from components or scripts, and a record of each individual value retrieved during a collection load. Caution: Selecting this option generates a large number of entries in the log and can degrade system performance.
Dependent Notification	When selected, information is recorded about notifications to dependents.

Others

This table shows the available Interpreter Diagnostics user preferences options in the web client:


Option	Description/Comments/Procedures
Overview	When selected, information is recorded about strings, before and after they are interpreted.
Components	When selected, information is recorded about the detailed substitutions of the C() and FC() keywords.
Properties	When selected, information is recorded about the detailed substitutions of the P() and FP() keywords.
Scripts	When selected, information is recorded about the detailed substitutions of the SCRIPTS keyword.
Variables	When selected, information is recorded about the detailed substitutions of the V(), FV(), and FVN() keywords.
Others	When selected, information is recorded about the detailed substitutions of the CURDATE(), STRINGS(), and any other substitution keywords.