createGlobalMarker() doesn't create a marker in Vector CANoe in Offline Mode

Question

I wrote a basic CAPL program and included it as programming node in a CANoe measurement configuration.

The node will check the content of a specific message and create a Global Marker via createGlobalMarker() if the conditions are met. A write() statement ensures that the code portion is being executed. The CANoe configuration is being used in offline mode (I don't have a licence on this machine, no vector nodes are attached, I just want to replay stuff and check it out).

In the graphics window, no marker is created. No warnings are present in the write window. Here is the code mockup:

on linframe myFrame
{
    output(this)
    if( /* some condition */ )
    {
        write("code being executed");
        createGlobalMarker("A","test");   // in actual code, the name is dynamic to avoid forbidden name duplicates
    }
}

From the docs,

Sets a marker in CANoe Trace Window, Graphics Window and State Tracker. The set marker can be displayed with the shortcut menu Show in the marker bar of these windows.

So I would naturally expect to see the markers. I can create one manually from the Graphics window, and that one is displayed. I can't find the shortcut menu being referred to.

The marker bar is visible in the Graphics window and I can create a new marker by double-clicking on it.

Shyam Shyam · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-11T07:21:26

The markers are added whenever the function createGlobalMarker() is triggered.
To view the markers in the Trace Window, it has to be in chronological mode.

Now, to view the marker created by your code, you have to right-click on the marker area (grey bar) to bring up the shortcut menu and select "Show > A" or "Show All". This will show the markers which your code has generated (with a lock symbol in graphics window).

createGlobalMarker() doesn't create a marker in Vector CANoe in Offline Mode

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