It looks like Analyzer is giving people a lot of erroneous results. My main complaint is that it's finding hundreds of hits in the Undefined Variables report, when the variables clearly are defined.
Does anyone have this particular problem too?
False positives on undefined variables.
Re: False positives on undefined variables.
This shows up as a Database Error for me:
This must be a bug in Analyzer, since these variables are all valid, and they work OK in Flare.
I have Undefined Variables reported, and Broken Links reported related to these variables.Variable: SQL logic error or missing databasetable Variable has no column named Variable Type
This must be a bug in Analyzer, since these variables are all valid, and they work OK in Flare.
Re: False positives on undefined variables.
You can clean up the mess by closing both Analyzer and Flare, and then deleting the Analyzer cache.
Go to and delete all the files in this folder. By default, "AppData" is hidden by Windows, so you might need to turn on hidden directories.
When you restart Analyzer, it will do a new analysis of the project.
I still consider this to be a bug, since MadCap should be able to clean up their own mess in restricted directories.
Go to
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C:\Users\[your_username]\AppData\Local\MadCap Software\Analyzer
When you restart Analyzer, it will do a new analysis of the project.
I still consider this to be a bug, since MadCap should be able to clean up their own mess in restricted directories.
Re: False positives on undefined variables.
@Dirk - Thanks, that really helped me with my falsely reported broken links
Re: False positives on undefined variables.
This was helpful - thanks!
As an additional tip, I found that exposing the AppData folder (removing the hidden attribute), and setting it to read/write, and not read-only, made Analyzer able to find and update the report list automatically.
As an additional tip, I found that exposing the AppData folder (removing the hidden attribute), and setting it to read/write, and not read-only, made Analyzer able to find and update the report list automatically.