No script result gets printed in Daml Studio when my script doesn't create any contracts

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I’m trying to find the best way to write out function return values for debugging.

Creating a script which returns the value I need seems to be a good idea. But when the script doesn’t create any contracts, I cannot see the return value on the tab which opens when I click to Script results, because the tab is totally empty. Is that intentional?

When I put any contract creation into the script, the script result gets printed under the transaction view, so I use this workaround. But this is awkward.

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That’s a bug. I fixed that last week in Handle absence of table view in Daml Studio (#13245) · digital-asset/daml@a8057a5 · GitHub which will be part of the next snapshot. Note that the fix is in the vscode extension so you need to run daml studio --replace=always for it to work.

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Thanks!

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I have to start Daml Studio every time like this?

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Just once to install the vscode extension. After that you can just invoke vscode directly and it will have the right extension.

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Thanks!