<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">It’s a bug. I’m on it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Paul R.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 8, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Sam Finn <<a href="mailto:lsfinn@gmail.com" class="">lsfinn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">APBeta V2.3a32 (64bit)<div class="">Mac OSX 10.14.5</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi - <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m trying to create a user field script. As a start I’ve tried the example/template script created by the Script Editor, and reproduced on page 292 of the Scripting Manual (v2.1: is there a later version?). Briefly put, I can’t get the example/template to run. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In more detail: </div><div class="">* Opening the script editor I use the + button to create a new User Field Script. I give it the name RADec. </div><div class="">* I select the checkbox “Include in Script menu, with shortcut: None"</div><div class="">* Changing nothing I save the script. </div><div class="">* I push the “Check For Errors” button: no errors are detected. </div><div class="">* I push the “Execute” bottom. In a few moments the script terminates. </div><div class="">* Selecting my plan document I create the User-defined field RA*Dec (conforming with the ScriptParameter param field in the example/template)</div><div class="">* I save the plan document</div><div class="">* With my plan document as the active window, from menubar Edit>List Columns I add the “User: RA*Dec” column, and confirm that the RA and Dec columns are already selected. </div><div class="">* Still with the plan document as the active window use menubar Script>RADec to execute the script. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Neither the appropriate column nor the User-defined Fields RA*Dec values appear: i.e., everything was blank before executing the script, and remains blank after executing the script. I get no error messages or other diagnostics. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any help/suggestions/advice? I’m not sufficiently familiar with scripting to know if this is “user error” or a bug that needs reporting. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sam</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">—</div><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Sam Finn<br class=""><a href="mailto:lsfinn@gmail.com" class="">lsfinn@gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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