logmode error line number

[troy_walters]

I am trying to debug a large prg. The program stops with an error. I am trying to locate the offending line. I am using:

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logmode -p error -hideprogline

to log the errors. However this only gives the the line in which the error occurs, not the line number. How do I get it to show me the line number instead of just the line itself?

[EViews Gareth]

Unfortunately you cannot. The way that EViews handles includes, execs and subroutines means that it is, currently, impossible for EViews to know the line number currently being executed.

[troy_walters]

Ouch. Is this something that will be added in the future?

[EViews Jason]

Not anytime soon.

The docs are not correct and will be updated. As you have already discovered, it currently reads

[Hide/Do not hide] the program line number when reporting errors encountered during execution.

It should read

[Hide/Do not hide] the program line when reporting errors encountered during execution.

This isn't as helpful as having line numbers, but you can sporadically add your own custom messages to the program log using 'logmsg'.

I would add several calls to logmsg around where you think the problem made be occurring. Here is an example on how to use logmsg:

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logmode logmsg
logmsg creating workfile
create u 10

logmsg creating 2 series
series x=rnd
series y= x+1

logmsg entering for loop
for !i=1 to 10
  %s = @str(!i)
  logmsg %s
next

logmsg finished