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Common Metascript Errors

Check your metascript for consistency. Most of them are with the value of DN (the number of tagged drops) and the content of ARG and ARGn (n is a digit). Here are common consistency error messages that you may observe while loading an untested metascript file.

ERR: ... has DN:0 while BB > 5
If we expect tagged drops and to start D&Do activity from a drop, their number should be at least one (DN:1).

ERR: drop variable(s) in ARGn while BB:1
If no drop is expected (BB:1), no drop variable should be found in the ARG or ARGn string (e.g. *#).

ERR: tagged variable(s) in ARGn while BB < 6
If no tagged drop is expected then no tagged drop variables should be found in the ARG or ARGn string (e.g. *1).

ERR: DN:n but have found var yz
n is a digit and yz is the variable name; z is a digit)
If, for example, 2 tagged drops are expected (DN:2), the template variables representing tagged drops that are permitted are *0 and *1. Any template variables representing other tagged drops are invalid (those ending with a higher digit).

ERR: Same pattern for CVAR and DVAR variables in ...
You have defined the same characters pair for identifying the template variables representing the clipboard and the drops. CVAR and DVAR should be different.


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