base.Application.getStackTrace()

 

The GetStackTrace() method is used to keep track of the functions which are invoked by the application at runtime. The method, when called, displays a formatted list of the invoked functions and the .4gl files in which they are located.

The method does not need any arguments.

 

base.Application.getStackTrace()

 

It is convenient to invoke this method from WHENEVER ERROR or WHENEVER ANY ERROR statements to find out instantly which function caused the error:

 

MAIN

...

WHENEVER ANY ERROR CALL track_func()

...

END MAIN

 

FUNCTION track_func()

      DISPLAY base.Application.getStackTrace()

END FUNCTION

 

If an error occurs, the program control goes to the track_func() function which invokes the getStackTrace() method. The output in this case may be similar to the following:

 

track_func() at runner.4gl:50

get_items_list() at items.4gl:321

display_items() at items.4gl:450

search_customer() at customers.4gl:763