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paul44
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 Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:03 am Post subject: Lua - Info/Error Popup Window |
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It happened quite a few times now, but whenever I get an error causing that popup window to loop/print a particular error (either caused by a typo, unfinished function, etc), it becomes impossible to continue.
The error keeps displaying and either I need to kill CE (sometimes not even possible), log off (best case) or restart/reboot...
It would be nice if that particular window had an option to "halt" any reporting (button, tickbox, etc), so one can gracefully save/quit CE. Or actually correct the problem, then continue...
Anyways: did some searching, but could not find anything related to this (except more mentioning of the same situation). If there is a graceful workaround, surely let me/us know.
ps: happened to me 3x last weekend; obviously losing my progress on each occassion (bummer)...
some examples:
- added {luacall(LocationTimer("Welcome"))} (without {}) but mistyped 'Welcome'
- added {addrXY = getAddress("XYstepVal")}: same thing; typo
- plenty more 
PS2:up to last week, I got constant Cloudflare warnings; and could not post a single thing. Seem to be solved now?! (... Ray ID: 3b97dbeea59a442d)
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ParkourPenguin
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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| paul44 wrote: | | It would be nice if that particular window had an option to "halt" any reporting (button, tickbox, etc), so one can gracefully save/quit CE. |
Do you mean you don't want the window to move to the foreground on print? If so, disable the menu item View -> Show on "print" in the Lua Engine window.
If you don't want it repeatedly showing errors, then try testing your code. If it doesn't work, don't place it in a timer where it'll give you the same error every time the timer calls Lua code to run.
You could also hook createTimer to do something like this:
| Code: | createTimer_old = createTimer_old or createTimer
timer_hook_mt = {
__index = function(self, k)
return self.rawtimer[k]
end,
__newindex = function(self, k, v)
if string.lower(k) == 'ontimer' then
self.rawtimer.OnTimer = function(...)
local success, msg = pcall(v, ...)
if not success then
self.rawtimer.Enabled = false
error(msg)
end
end
else
self.rawtimer[k] = v
end
end,
}
createTimer = function(...)
return setmetatable({ rawtimer = createTimer_old(...) }, timer_hook_mt)
end
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This way, when there's an error, the timer is disabled. Note that this is not a solution for a problem: it is a way for you to diagnose what the problem is.
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paul44
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:30 pm Post subject: Error looping |
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I do want it to print (for me a common practice to figure out if I'm working with/getting the right values), when appropriate. Ie when I am using print statements. The situation I have - and I have come across others mentioning this when searching for a solution - is when one simply misses, or mistypes, or forget to update, etc.
In one particular case: I was creating a new entry, based on an existing/working entry in the addreslist. Unfortunately, I got a mistype... and off it goes... In another case, I changed the entryname in the addresslist, but - almost obviously - forgot to update the lua script... 
And indeed, I'm using a 'timer' function here.
Bottomline: usually a 'pain in the butt', and 7/10 I can kill CE without the need to reset my cpu. but I would definitely appreciate some/any way to pause that window when it starts 'print-looping' errors...
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Example: [ imgur_com/a/Zejdl ] (I just slightly changed the entry_name in a 'getAddressList()' to something else ~ clicking very fast  on the CE title [x] can get me quit CE sometimes)
-EDIT-
I have not forgotten this; just did not yet encounter an "extreme" case. But to be honest, it does seem to do exactly what you stated... and what I wanted.
Last edited by paul44 on Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:52 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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ParkourPenguin
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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Cheat Engine can't protect you from yourself, and neither can anyone else if you don't take other people's suggestions.
As I have already said, disable the menu item View -> Show on "print" in the Lua Engine window if you want to stop bringing the Lua engine window to the foreground.
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