Crazy Values for Get (RecordNumber)

[animation_master]

A simple but baffling script bug in FM 8 Advanced:

In a found set, Data Viewer reports that the last record is Record 1, and the first 3 records are all Record 0. That doesn’t make sense in any universe.

This is the sequence of single-step scripts I execute, and what Data Viewer displays.

Go to Record/Request/Page [Last]

Data Viewer shows Get(RecordNumber) = 1

Go to Record/Request/Page [First]

Data Viewer shows Get(RecordNumber) = 0

Go to Record/Request/Page [Next]

Data Viewer shows Get(RecordNumber) = 0

Go to Record/Request/Page [Next]

Data Viewer shows Get(RecordNumber) = 0

That’s right. Data Viewer says the first record in the found set is Record 0, and the next records in the set also are Record 0. (By the way, each time I execute a script or a script step, I click on Refresh Values, so it’s not an update problem.)

Have I found a bug? A corrupted file?

[dwins]

A calculation field with Get(RecordNumber) must be UNSTORED.

The results will then be the same as just having @@ in a text box.

[animation_master]

A calculation field with Get(RecordNumber) must be UNSTORED.

But there is no field involved at all. I merely add Get (RecordNumber) to the Data Viewer and monitor its value as I step through the records.

That's what's puzzling. It's just the pure value being reported each time by Data Viewer.

[Ender]

Works for me.

[animation_master]

Update: I deleted Get(RecordNumber) from the Data Viewer list, then immediately re-added it. Data Viewer began reporting the record number correctly once again. About an hour later, it started reporting incorrectly. Sounds like a memory leak or something. I'm going to report it to FileMaker.

Thanks for taking the time, though.