error 32500: invalid group

[markjkubicki]

is there an easy (easier) way of tracking down this error?

I am cleaning up a project where the key field (used all over the project, in multiple multiple instances) had been named "type". It has / is being renamed to be "Tag". It's not a tiny project.

(and of course with this extensive of a task there will be misses... I' think i've gotten all of them, except this one; which may or may not be related to the change from 'type' to 'tag'. It had not been there before.) It occurs at the OnOpen event of a form that has multiple tabs, each with multiple subforms...

(to be candid, I'm not even certain where to start looking. ANY guidance will be greatly appreciated in advance.

[Welshgasman]

Wow, I would have thought both would be reserved names?
For code use ctrl + f and search on whole project.
Perhaps use the documenter to find no code usage?

Perhaps find the usage next time before deciding to rename?, prevention is always better than cure?

[June7]

What method did you use to make field name change?

Several system tables have field named Type. I found five. Hope you didn't change them.

[markjkubicki]

'type' Is a reserved word, but surprisingly... 'tag' is not. (Which works out well for me since 'tag' in the term used as an industry standard in the related work.)

The project itself was first written in a very (very) simple way about 18 years ago. At that time the original author used 'type' (not paying attention to it's reserved status) because that would have been the related industry term at that time. Since then it has incrementally been expanded -with the field name never having been adjusted, most likely b/c there were multiple related tables being used (each account was using a dedicated back-end file) and many tables in those files also included a field named: 'type' - all of which would to have been updated. More work than the warranted -at that time.

NTL... For renaming, i have been using V-tools which has been very effective and has made the task MUCH easier (although you do need to be attentive to erroneous changes.) I hihchly recommend the investment (there is a try-for-free download available.)

https://www.skrol29.com/us/vtools.php#download

anyhow... my question was not so much about the renaming, but more about error (#32500)
...which i'm still working on)
=:-(

[Welshgasman]

So please explain how you resolved it. This site like others is here to help people, which is why you came here?
So try and give back? It might help someone else, you never know?

[markjkubicki]

agreed. and i should have.
and where i can... (100% self taught here, so...'where i can cautiously'), i try to


...unfortunately, i jumped the gun on 'issue solved'; it is not...
They way i look at it, every 'issue' is an opportunity to learn something new.
In this case, i still have a lesson in progress !

[Micron]

according to AB it is a reserved word
http://www.allenbrowne.com/AppIssueBadWord.html#T

Did you try stepping through the code to identify what line raises the error, or do you already know what is happening at that point?