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When configMenu saves a waveform record holding a string it prints an error message if the string is zero length.
*** 13VMB1:cam1:NDAttributesFile is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:cam1:NDAttributesMacros is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:image1:NDAttributesFile is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:image1:NDAttributesMacros is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:netCDF1:FilePath is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:netCDF1:FileName is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:netCDF1:FileTemplate is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:netCDF1:NDAttributesFile is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:netCDF1:NDAttributesMacros is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:TIFF1:FilePath is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:TIFF1:FileName is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:TIFF1:FileTemplate is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:TIFF1:NDAttributesFile is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:TIFF1:NDAttributesMacros is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:JPEG1:FilePath is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:JPEG1:FileName is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
*** 13VMB1:JPEG1:FileTemplate is scalar in file, but array in ioc.
If the string contains at least 1 character then there is no error message.
@timmmooney had suggested adding a trailing $ after the PV name in the .req file. However, that does not work for waveform records holding strings, because autosave says it cannot connects to the PVs at all. That does work for record fields that are DBR_STRING and holding long strings.
asVerify.c should be fixed to recognize the case of waveform records holding zero-length strings and not treat them a scalers, but as arrays and so avoid the error message.
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