AVEVA™ Work Tasks

Validate Scripts

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Validate a script to ensure the code is valid.

To validate a script

In the Enterprise Console, click the Menu button, and then click Forms. The Forms page appears.
Right-click on a form, and then click Design Form (or click on a form, and then click Design). The Forms Designer page appears.
Point to the control, and then click the Properties button. The Properties dialog box appears.
Click the Scripts tab, and then click the Script Editor button for the required property. The Script Editor page appears.
Code the script, and then click Check Syntax. The code is validated.
Correct the invalid code and then click Save & Close. The script is saved and the Script Editor page is closed.

The following properties and methods are validated:

Properties	Methods
enable visible readOnly isMandatory value topLevelForm	findById() findByXmlNode() findByName()

Code is validated only when the Check Syntax button is clicked and not when the Save or Save & Close button is clicked.
Control specific syntax is validated only if the script starts with the control keyword.
User referenced JavaScript files are not validated.
Run-time scenarios are not validated.

var b = "T1";

control.findById(b).value;

var a = control;

// This line of code is not validated.

a.findById("T1").value