Why does the AppGen complain about Section headers when I use #Include('SomeFile.ext')?

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1

So when I add
#Include('SomeFile.EXT')
to a template (tpw or tpl) it doesnt matter, when I load an app before it loads the appgen I get a message saying
Error:Expected a Section Header

The only reference to section header is in the main language help doc
Include('filename.ext','Section Header')

Any one know?

TIA

2

Perhaps if you look at another #INCLUDE statement, then look at the top of the TPW thatā€™s referenced by the #INCLUDE, you could glean whatā€™s expected?

3

What are you hinting at? What should I look for?

4

Look at the start of the files #INCLUDE(d) by CW.TPL or ABCHAIN.TPL and youā€™ll see that the first non-comment line has to be a section header like
#CODE or
#PROCEDURE or
#MODULE or
#CONTROL etc

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5

I think Iā€™ve figured it out. I found this in the help docs:
#Append('filename'),Section('GlobalEmbeds')

#Section('GlobalEmbeds')
#EndSection

So where I had been using
#Include('filename.tpw'),Once
I changed that for
#Append('filename.tpw'),Section('GlobalEmbeds')

and then in the filename.tpw file I have
#Section(ā€˜GlobalEmbedsā€™)
#At(blah)
#EndAt
#EndSection

and Iā€™m not getting any errors when the appgen loads.

You see when you look up #Include in the C11 help docs, there is zero mention of #Append or #Section/#EndSection, but the #Append appears to be the same as #Include('Filename.tpw'),Once from what I can tell, and then just wrap the template code in Filename.tpw with the #Section/#EndSection and so far it works in my limited tests. :grinning:

6

#APPEND and #INCLUDE are used for completely different purposes.
#INCLUDE adds template code thatā€™s used by the AppGen
#APPEND adds source code thatā€™s added to that generated by the templates

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7

Well the section of template that was causing the error msg to appear when loading the appgen was:
#At / #EndAt

#Section('GlobalEmbeds')
#AT(%GlobalMap),Once
#Call(%grpGlobalMapEmbed )
#Call(%grpGlobalProcedure )
#EndAt

#AT(%BeforeInitializingGlobalObjects),PRIORITY(1),Once
#Call(%grpBeforeInitializingGlobalObjects )
#EndAT

#At(%AfterKillingGlobalObjects),Priority(5000),Once
#Call(%grpKillingGlobalObjectsEmbed )
#EndAt

#At(%AfterKillingGlobalObjects),Last,Once
#Call(%grpGlobalProcedureCode )
#EndAt

#AT(%DataSection),PRIORITY(1303),Once
#Call(%grpDataSection )
#ENDAT
#EndSection

Edit

The only examples of #Append in the shipping templates are things like this:

#APPEND('PBDY.$$$'),SECTION
#EMBED(%AfterAPPENDStatement),HIDE
#REMOVE('PBDY.$$$')

Technically though, the #AT / #EndAt could be considered in the source file, would you agree?

8

Well to add to this, so thanks to #RunDll OutputDebugStringA I can now see that even though no errors are thrown, the code in the section shown above doesnt get called.

So in this instance, I can not detach these #At/#EndAt template code from the #Extension #Sheet and put them in a separate .tpw.

So that might well still explain why there is no link with #Include and #Append in the help docs.

It is very information having the outputdebugstringa working though

[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #EXTENSION(IS_MessagesToDebugViewLocal,'IS Send Messages to DebugView'),Procedure
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #Prepare
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #Group(%grpPrepareCodeTemplate)
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #EndPrepare
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #AT(%DataSection),Where(%ProcedureTemplate = 'Window'),PRIORITY(1303),Once 
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #Group(%grpDataSection)
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #AT(%AdditionalDebugHooks),Where(%ProcedureTemplate = 'Window'),PRIORITY(4000) 
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #Group(%grpAdditionalDebugHooks)
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #AT(%ProcedureRoutines),Where(%ProcedureTemplate = 'Window') 
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #Group(%grpLocalProcedureCode)
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #AT(%LocalDataAfterClasses),Where(%ProcedureTemplate = 'Window') 
[716] LanguageTranslator Langu080.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:50 #Group(%grpLocalProcedureMap)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #AT(%BeforeInitializingGlobalObjects),PRIORITY(1),Once 
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpBeforeInitializingGlobalObjects)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpDebugViewImageName)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpDbgVwCommandSwitches)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpMakeDebugLogFolder)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpProgramStart)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #At(%AfterKillingGlobalObjects),Last,Once 
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpGlobalProcedureCode)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #AT(%GlobalMap),Once 
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpGlobalMapEmbed)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #IF(%SleepDelay[100] > 0 and %SleepDelayModule[1] = %True)
[716] LanguageTranslator LanguageTranslator.clw BrwCommand 06/05/2022 00:57:51 #Group(%grpGlobalProcedure)
9

AFAIK ONCE isnā€™t valid as a parameter of the #AT command and you seem to be using it all over?
ONCE is only valid as a parameter of the #INCLUDE command (templates) or INCLUDE (source)

10

Just curious, where in the docs is written about ā€œONCEā€ modifier of #INCLUDE?

11

Thats possible, this is why Iā€™ve been trying to get the outputdebugstringa to work for months, to find out what works and what doesnt.

#Call doesnt work in some situations which Iā€™ve only been to find out since getting this debugview api to work yesterday. Its surprising how much stuff on this computer doesnt work.

Its why I shut my company down years ago, too much hacking which Iā€™ve been witnessing since I first got online in the dialup days in the 90ā€™s and the police dont want nothing to do with it, they deny the evidence put before them.

12

Because the computer hacking is so bad in the UK, I take all docs, including the MS website apiā€™s (MSDN) with a pinch of salt, because it changes and its easy to change docs, its harder to change the program code.

I was warned decades ago, if I dont want to be hacked dont put any computer online, I was also shown what to look for without any programs how to spot when Windows has been hacked and I see it all the time on this computer.