Diagnostics user preferences options in the Windows 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 Windows client are organized into multiple sections.

General

This table shows the available General Diagnostics user preferences options in the Windows 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.
Save to Disk	When selected, diagnostic information is written directly to a file on your computer's hard drive. Middle tier messages are excluded even if they are recorded in the session log. The file WinStudio.log is created and is saved in a randomly named folder, located in a directory path similar to this: C:\Documents and Settings\`login`\Local Settings\Temp, where `login` is a workstation login. For example, C:\Documents and Settings\JohnQPublic\Local Settings\Temp\1\Winstudio.log Instead of manually looking through folders, you can use the search feature in Windows to find the WinStudio.log file. When this options is cleared, diagnostic information is recorded only in the session log and not in a separate file. Caution: Selecting this option can degrade system performance.
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 Windows 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 selected, an entry about each event, that is generated by the system, is included in the diagnostic record.

Event Handler

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.

Validator

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.

Variable

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.

Call Details

This table shows the available Call Details Diagnostics user preferences options in the Windows 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.

Component

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.

IDO Collections

This table shows the available IDO Collections Diagnostics user preferences options in the Windows 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.
Dependent Notification	When selected, information is recorded about notifications to dependents.
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.

Interpreter

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


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