The Designer includes option settings that affect the behavior of Automated Workflow while running and debugging Workflows. In some cases, you might want to change these settings to help you debug a Workflow.
To change Designer debugger options
On the Designer Tools menu, click Editor Options.
Click the Debugger tab, and select the desired options:
Save Workflow on run: Saves any changes made to a Workflow before the Workflow starts running. If the Workflow has not been saved yet, Automated Workflow will prompt the user for a filename before running.
Minimize on run: Minimizes the Designer to the system tray before starting the Workflow. When the Workflow ends, the Designer restores itself and highlights the current step, or displays "Finished" as the step status in the status bar.
Restore on pause and/or breakpoint: When the Workflow is manually paused or pauses at a breakpoint, the Designer restores itself and highlights the current step.
Clear output window on run: Clears the contents of the Debug Output Window before the Workflow starts executing. If this is not selected, new debugging output is appended to information accumulated from the previous Workflow run.
Real-time variable insight: The Designer maintains a list of Automated Workflow variables in the current Workflow that can be viewed in the Variables tab of the Debug Window. At runtime, the view also shows the current value of these variables. When this option is selected, the variable view is updated after each step is executed to show the current variable value. When this option is not selected, the variable view is updated only when the Workflow is paused (by clicking the Pause icon or when a breakpoint is encountered), while stepping through the Workflow, and when the Workflow ends. Note that selecting this option could cause Workflows to execute somewhat slower while debugging (it does not affect execution speed when not debugging, however).
Inspect entire dataset: Automated Workflow Datasets contain a number of properties that are not usually displayed in the Automated Workflow Variable Window. These properties are used, for example, to view the date/time the dataset was created, the total number of rows in the dataset, etc. Select this option to display these extended dataset properties in the Variables view when the Workflow is run.
Show initial variable value: Causes the Variables tab to include a column for initial value in addition to the Current Value column. If this is not selected, only the current value is shown.
Play sound on error: Selects whether to play a sound when the Workflow stops as a result of an error. Regardless of this setting, when a step fails, it is always colored using the Error color set in the Color Options (usually red). Also, Workflow execution stops, and the error is written to the Output view. The selections are:
Never: Do not play a sound when an error occurs
Use default sound: Use the default system error sound, as specified in Window's Control Panel.
Use this sound: Specify a valid path and filename of a .wav file to use. Automated Workflow comes standard with "error.wav", though any standard .wav file can be used.