Application Start

Application Startup can be quite a pain to debug. Here are some information to help…

Config

ACE

You need to define the ACE twice. Once in the smallworld_product.register_application() and in the config.xml. Examples:

smallworld_product.register_application( :my_application,
                     :application,
                     :external_name,        "My Application",
                     :resource_module_name, :my_app_module,
                     :ace_name, :|MyAce|,                    
                     :soc_name, :gis)

   <framework_data>
     <!--   specify which ACE to use to view each spatial_context type  
     --> 
     <spatial_context name="gis" ace_name="MyAce" universe_name="gis" /> 
   </framework_data>

Messages

The messages are based on the module name. In the example above, any application messages would be in the my_app_module.msg file.

Errors

:condition_raised :does_not_understand :object unset :selector :|make_invisible()| :arguments sw:simple_vector:[1-0] :iterator? False :private? False

+ Traceback

---- traceback: queued_work (heavy_thread 777768529) ----
time=09/18/2020 08:46:43
sw!version=5.1.9.2 (swaf)
os_text_encoding=cp1252
!snapshot_traceback?!=unset

!traceback!()            (sys_src/misc/procs.magik:1138)
condition.fcsi!raise()            (fcsi_utils\utils\source\condition.magik:169)
object.does_not_understand()            (sys_src/guts/object.magik:805)
object.sys!does_not_understand()            (sys_src/guts/object.magik:679)
composite_transaction_plugin.post_build_gui()            (modules\pni_tools\source\composite_transaction_plugin.magik:189)
  <loopbody>            (modules/sw_core/component_framework/source/gui_framework.magik:1989)
    <loopbody>            (modules/sw_core/component_framework/source/component_framework.magik:239)
      <loopbody>            (sys_src/mixins/collections/basic_collection_mixin.magik:65)
        <loopbody>            (sys_src/collections_high_level/property_list.magik:135)
          <loopbody>            (sys_src/collections_high_level/property_list.magik:124)
          range()            (sys_src/misc/procs.magik:50)
        property_list.fast_keys_and_elements()            (sys_src/collections_high_level/property_list.magik:119)
      property_list.fast_elements()            (sys_src/collections_high_level/property_list.magik:133)
    basic_collection_mixin.elements()            (sys_src/mixins/collections/basic_collection_mixin.magik:63)
  component_framework.components()            (modules/sw_core/component_framework/source/component_framework.magik:232)
gui_framework.post_build_gui()            (modules/sw_core/component_framework/source/gui_framework.magik:1984)
application.post_build_gui()            (modules/sw_core/application/source/application.magik:987)
gui_framework.build_gui()            (modules/sw_core/component_framework/source/gui_framework.magik:565)
gui_framework.int!activate()            (modules/sw_core/component_framework/source/gui_framework.magik:437)
gui_framework.activate()            (modules/sw_core/component_framework/source/gui_framework.magik:353)
application.activate()            (modules/sw_core/application/source/application.magik:544)
dm_application.activate()            (modules\dm_design_browser\source\dm_application.magik:226)
application_definition.int!start()            (module_management/source/application_definition.magik:551)
application_definition.int!start()            (fcsi_ogres\overwrites\source\application_definition.magik:35)
application_definition.start()            (module_management/source/application_definition.magik:246)
...

Caused by not having the following defined in gui.xml (editor area), but the plugin is defined in config.xml.
<plugin plugin_name="transaction_plugin" role="transaction_viewer"/>