Using the Debug Tab

For any dialog or frame associated with a CLEF node or output, you can activate a Debug tab to enable you to inspect the property settings for the object. You can also view the contents of any containers defined in the extension and save these contents to a file for further inspection. See the topic Containers for more information.

You activate the Debug tab by setting to true the value of the debug attribute of the Extension element in the specification file. See the topic Extension Element for more information.

The fields on the tab are as follows:

Element ID. The unique identifier of the extension--the value of the id attribute of the ExtensionDetails element in the specification file.

Script Name. The unique identifier of the node when referenced in a script--the value of the scriptName attribute of the Node element.

Extension ID. The name of the extension folder under which the file and directory resources for the extension reside. The value is formed by concatenating the providerTag and id attributes (separated by a "." character) of the ExtensionDetails element. Note that for the providerTag portion of the identifier, the value should not include the string spss, which is reserved for internal use.

Properties. This table displays selected details of the Property declarations for the node:

• Property. The unique identifier of the property--the value of the name field of the Property element.
• Script Name. The unique identifier of the property when referenced in a script--the value of the scriptName attribute of the Property element.
• Value Type. The type of value that this property can take, as defined by the valueType attribute of the Property element.
• List? Indicates whether the property is a list of values of the specified value type--the value of the isList attribute of the Property element.
• Shared? If checked, indicates that this property is used in more than one place in the extension (e.g. model builder node, model output, model applier).
• Value. The default value, if any, of the property.

Containers. Displays the contents of the selected container (for example, model data). Click the field to display a list of any other containers defined for the extension, and select different ones to display their contents. Click the adjacent Save Container button to save the contents of the selected container in XML format for further inspection.

Trace. Displays a dialog that enables you to view trace output when the node is executed.