System Template

mode()

Change the test mode for Pattern Page generation.

Syntax

void = rb.debug.mode(newMode)

Parameters

The 'mode' method takes 1 parameter:

Results

The 'mode' method returns no useful information.

Remarks

The Presentation Engine maintains a debug output buffer, that can be written to using rb.debug.write. By default calls to rb.debug.write are ignored in the live site. This is generally the desired behaviour - the live site has been debugged and there should be no problems with it.

There may however be occassions when there are problems with the live site that cannot be reproduced on the test site. In these situations it can be useful to enable the debug output buffer on the live site. This is achieved by calling this method with a parameter of true.

The method can also be called from the test site with a parameter of 'false' in which case the debug buffer will not accept additional output. However using this call in the test site has limited benefits.