Debugging the User View

When debugging the User view, you might find it useful to dump the contents of the view into a new file. To create a dump file, add the following Derivation statement to the User view:

<Field name=’DumpView’>
   <Derivation>
      <invoke name=’dumpFile’>
         <ref>form_inputs</ref>
            <s>c:/temp/view.xml</s>
      </invoke>
   </Derivation>
</Field>

This Derivation expression invokes the dumpFile method, which generates the file after the User form is displayed for the first time. The form_inputs variable is automatically bound to the view that is being used with this form.

In the preceding example, the String argument to the dumpFile method is a file system path, where you substitute a valid path for c:/temp/view.xml.