undefined variables

[Rustywinger]

I have been getting these errors for undefined variable or variable of the wrong type.

 

They are either boolean or control vars.

 

In one case, I had named a control variable "%control2%" and MEP would never let the macro go past that line without letting me know it was either undefined or the wrong type. I checked in the variable editor to make sure it was a control variable and it was. I changed the name to "%C[2]%" and it worked just fine after that.

 

Now I am starting to have the same issue with some named boolean variables.

 

Is anyone else having this issue?

 

Thanks!

[Rustywinger]

Looking at this more, it seems that my Boolean variable is not surviving a "Save all variables" in one macro and "restore all variables" in another.

 

Example: at the end of a Macro named start, I set a Boolean named %ZZZZ% to TRUE, then "Macro Run" to macro2, which happens to start with "restore all variables". In macro2 %ZZZZ% has actually FLIPPED from True to False with no variable modification logic present.

 

The two macros in separate boxes below demonstrate this

 

<VARIABLE SET BOOL Destination="%ZZZZ%" Command="263" Value="TRUE"/>
<TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Start Macro, after setting to True" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs16 %ZZZZ%\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="FALSE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x00" Delay="0"/>
<VARIABLE SAVE Option="\x00"/>
<TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Start Macro, after Save All variables" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs16 %ZZZZ%\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="FALSE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x00" Delay="0"/>
<MACRO RUN Use_ID="FALSE" Name="end" ID="-1" Wait="TRUE"/>

 

<TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Second macro, before variable restore" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs16 %ZZZZ%\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="FALSE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x00" Delay="0"/>
<VARIABLE RESTORE Option="\x00"/>
<TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Second Macro after Variable restore" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs16 %ZZZZ%\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="FALSE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x00" Delay="0"/>

[Yehnfikm8Gq]

I couldn't reproduce your problem. Have you tried going back, deleting the variable ZZZZ completely and re-entering? I'm sure I've had similar glitches but they've also been related to If statement issues and variables within variables. This week I was having problems with variables and messed around endlessly. The problem finally disappeared. I had no idea why other than I entered the variable numerous different ways.

 

I've also found %controlname% more problematic than %C[1]%.

[Rustywinger]

Oddly enough, a restart fixed the boolean issue.

 

Yes, "the problem mysteriously disappeared" is an algorithm I am somewhat familiar with!

 

I had this issue in a much larger set of macros (read:huge) and there were so many things to troubleshoot I spent most of the day on it before deciding to do the two-small macros test approach from my second post. Without fail, the last dialog box would return FALSE, exactly what it was doing in the large macro.

 

So a restart apparently has this working now, resulting in TRUE.