Syntax Check Failed -- when saving Service with a large number of lines of code.

[shawnt]

I created a service that takes data from our historian (IP.21) and caches into a Thingworx Data Table.  The table has 761 Columns.  When creating a service to populate the table -- I had approximately 850 lines of JavaScript code.  Is there a maximum limit to the allowable size of a javascript service?

I keep getting error:  syntax check failed:

Encountered code generation error while compiling script: Program too complex: too big jump offset at line 1 column 0 source: /null

What does the "Program too complex" error mean?

[paic]

Hi Shawn, could you email me your script please?

Thanks!

[BE_5449806]

The 3rd party implementation we use for script handling/validation has a 70KB script size limit. The error is awful. We'll try and wrap it and display a more informative message in a future release.

In general script > than 70KB is huge. It's best to break it up. Makes it easier to maintain and debug. Personally I try to keep to a 1000 line limit when writing javascript. Even that makes some js zealots cringe.