Perform find doesn't find any records in fmGo

[igboamerican]

Set Error Capture [ On ] Enter Find Mode [ ] [ Pause ] Go to Field [ Primary::ID ] Insert from Device [ Primary::ID; Type: Bar Code; Camera: Back; Resolution: Full; Types: QR Code ] Perform Find [ ]
This script works on the desktop (if I manually insert a client ID), but finds no record when run on fmGo on iPad (even though it successfully scans the QR code)
Script debugger returns error 3!

[comment]

8 hours ago, igboamerican said:

Script debugger returns error 3!

You can run script debugger in FM Go??

[igboamerican]

Not to my knowledge! I ran script debugger on Filemaker Pro on the desktop, which is where I created the solution with the problematic script

[comment]

Well, of course you will get error 3 on a desktop, because Insert from Device[] can run only in FileMaker Go. So this test tells you nothing about the actual cause of the problem. Which could be either:

• the code is not successfully scanned into the field; or
• there are no records that match the scanned code.

To determine which is it, I suggest you start by scanning the code into a global field, then compare it with the value stored in a record which you believe should have been found.

 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by comment

[igboamerican]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that, and confirmed that the code (Client ID) is being scanned correctly. Also, I used "QR Code", a utility I downloaded from the App store, and it scans and returns the client ID.

[comment]

9 hours ago, comment said:

start by scanning the code into a global field, then compare it with the value stored in a record which you believe should have been found.

So have you looked at the result of:

Exact ( gScan ; ID )

?

 

[igboamerican]

I really do appreciate you taking the time to help me with this issue. Ok, so I did set the global text field to my client ID field, and performed the search (on the iPad), and I get the following message:
"The provided find request is not valid. Enter a valid request before proceeding"

[comment]

5 hours ago, igboamerican said:

I did set the global text field to my client ID field, and performed the search

??

That is not what I suggested, not even close.

 

[igboamerican]

My bad! "...start by scanning the code into a global field" I've done that!

"...then compare it with the value stored in a record which you believe should have been found." I've done that, and yes, I find the record

[bcooney]

So, it’s all working? I believe comment was leading you to discover that the result of the scan may contain extra or not enough characters. The exact function will reveal that.