3.1.5 Check Syntax Button

Here is a button to quickly check the syntax of the script for errors while you are editing an expression.

This button - in opposite to the Update Project button - checks the syntax of the script only for the current frame and does not write any values to the channels in the project window. This is faster as an error checking for the whole duration of the animation but it also means that the error checking can not detect any errors that may arise on other frames than the current frame of the animation. Such errors can for example be divisions by zero that may occur only on some frames of the animation but not necessarily on the current frame. You will detect such errors if you click on the Update Project button.

If the syntax check does not find any errors in your script the color of the gray hook beside the Update Project Button will change to green.

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