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Apprentice Joined: 18 Jan 2001 Posts: 116 Location: USA

I have a script attached for a test example of a problem I'm having... it's where I'm using an alias to generate a speed menu. If I right click on the alias in the settings editor and select EXECUTE then the speed menu is created correctly. However, if I run the alias from the command line (or it's fired by a trigger) then the value of the menu item is wrong. It comes down to the expansion of %%i in a nested forall loop. If executed from the settings editor it expands as expected, but from the command line it expands to just %i. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong.. but could someone tell me how to get around this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Eupher

#CLASS {testing}


#ALIAS generate_test_menu {


  #DELCLASS testing|testing_menu


  #CLASS {testing|testing_menu} {menu}


  #FORALL @recipe_names {


    #MENU {%i} {} "" {%{i}_menu}


    #CLASS {testing|testing_menu|%{i}_menu} {menu}


    #MENU {Edit} {


      #VARIABLE ingredients_pick_list "" {} {testing}


      #FORALL @ingredients {#IF (%ismember( %%i, %db( @recipes, %i))) {#ADDITEM ingredients_pick_list %concat( "*", %%i)} {#ADDITEM ingredients_pick_list {%%i}}}


      #ADDKEY ingredients_pick_list {%i} %pick( "p:Select the ingredients to make %i", {@ingredients_pick_list})


      generate_test_menu


      } ""


    #MENU {Delete} {#YESNO "Delete the %i recipe?" {


        #DELKEY recipes {%i}


        generate_test_menu


        }}


    #CLASS {testing|testing_menu} {menu}


    }


  #CLASS 0


  }


#VARIABLE recipes {meatloafchocolate cakepasta salad}


#VARIABLE ingredients {meat|onion|noodles|tomatoes|mayo|flour|egg|milk|oil}


#VARIABLE recipe_names {meatloaf|chocolate cake|pasta salad}


#VARIABLE ingredients_pick_list {meat|onion|noodles|tomatoes|mayo|flour|egg|milk|oilmeatloaf} {}


#MENU {Testing Menu} {} "" {testing_menu}


#CLASS 0

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

This appears to be a bug in how the delayed expansion is preformed. You can get around this by putting "%i" into a variable and then replacing the "%%i" with a reference to that variable.

Apprentice Joined: 18 Jan 2001 Posts: 116 Location: USA

Thanks for the tip, it worked great.

Hehe.. you wouldn't believe how long I banged my head against the wall trying to figure out why the alias was working sometimes and not others :)

Thanks again.

Eupher