Error

[Wonkyth]

I just cut-and-pasted some code in a script module, and as soon as I had done it an error box came up containing a message telling me to post the following here:

Error: StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
Version: AGS 3.1.0.60

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
   at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
   at AGS.Editor.ScintillaWrapper.CheckFunctionForLocalVariables(Int32 currentPos, ScriptFunction func, String scriptExtract)
   at AGS.Editor.ScintillaWrapper.GetListOfLocalVariablesForCurrentPosition(Int32 currentPos)
   at AGS.Editor.ScintillaWrapper.FindLocalVariableWithName(Int32 startAtPos, String nameToFind)
   at AGS.Editor.ScintillaWrapper.GetFinalPartOfExpression(Int32 currentPos, ScriptStruct& memberOfStruct, Boolean functionsOnly)
   at AGS.Editor.ScintillaWrapper.ShowCalltip(Int32 openingBracketPos, Int32 parameterIndex, Boolean functionsOnly)
   at AGS.Editor.ScintillaWrapper.scintillaControl1_DwellStart(Object sender, DwellStartEventArgs e)
   at Scintilla.ScintillaControl.DispatchScintillaEvent(SCNotification notification)
   at Scintilla.ScintillaControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

If it helps, I might have had the game debugging at the time, but I wasn't really paying attention.
It didn't appear to doing anything other than display the exception message.

[Khris]

You should really know what you're doing before c&p-ing code from a module.
Please post the code you used.

My guess is that String.Substring(int index, int length) gets called with a starting index less than zero.

[Pumaman]

This is a bug in the AGS Editor that was fixed in 3.1.2. If you want to avoid it happening again, upgrade to AGS 3.1.2 SP1 which you can download from the website.

[Wonkyth]

Sure.
I downloaded it before, but my cruddy dial-up ruined it.
I haven't got around to downloading it again.