Error: To set the position of a movable zone from a procedure, you must set up the zone's location for this stage to 'Th<style>  </style> <style>:root{--page-max-width:230mm;--page-padding:12mm;}html{ background: #f7f7f7;}body{ margin:0;}.am-page{box-sizing: border-box;max-width: var(--page-max-width);margin: 0px auto;padding: 3pt var(--page-padding);background: #fff;}.am-page img{ max-width: 100%; height: auto; }.am-page table{ max-width: 100%; width: 100%; } @media print{html{ background: #fff;}.am-page{ margin: 0; padding: 10mm;}}a{text-decoration: none;color: #4E78B6;}a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}</style> </head> <body class="am-page" topmargin="15pt" leftmargin="15pt"><table border="0" width="467pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr><td class="am1"> <p class="am3"><a href="contents.htm">ANY-maze Help</a> > <a href="any-maze_reference.htm">The ANY-maze reference</a> > <a href="any-maze_protocol.htm">The Protocol page</a> > <a href="any-maze_protocolelements.htm">The elements of a protocol</a> > <a href="any-maze_proto_group_testing.htm">Testing</a> > <a href="any-maze_proto_procedures.htm">Procedures</a> > <a href="any-maze_proto_procedureeditor.htm">Writing a procedure using the procedure editor</a> > <a href="any-maze_proto_procedures_syntaxerrors.htm">Errors and warnings while writing a procedure</a> > Error: To set the position of a movable zone from a procedure, you must set up the zone's location for this stage to 'The location will be set by a procedure'</p> <H1 class="am5">Error: To set the position of a movable zone from a procedure, you must set up the zone's location for this stage to 'The location will be set by a procedure' </H1> <p class="am7"><img border="0" src="any-maze_procedurediagnostic_stagemustallowprocedurestosetvpz_image1.png" width="1000" height="1" align="absbottom"></p> <H2 class="am9">Description</H2> <p class="am11">If you've set up a zone to be a <a href="any-maze_proto_vpz.htm">movable zone</a>, you can change its location for each test using a procedure. This is specified for each <a href="any-maze_proto_stage.htm">stage</a> of the experiment, in the stage's <a href="any-maze_proto_stagesetup.htm">settings page</a>, under <a href="any-maze_proto_vpzlocation.htm">Location of the zone during this stage</a>.</p> <p class="am11">If you try and set the movable zone's position in a procedure, using the <span class="am14">Set location of movable zone</span><span class="am16"> action, but you </span><span class="am14">haven't</span><span class="am16"> specified in the stage that this zone's location should be set by a procedure, then this error will be shown in the list of errors and warnings at the bottom of the <a href="any-maze_proto_procedureeditor.htm">procedure editor</a> when the procedure is checked for errors, or when you exit the procedure editor. </span></p> <H2 class="am9">More information</H2> <p class="am11">To specify that the location of a movable zone can be set by a procedure, select the relevant stage in the protocol list and then the entry for <span class="am14">Location of the ... zone during this stage.</span><span class="am16"> This will allow you to specify that the zone's location will be set by a procedure, by selecting the </span><span class="am14">The location will be set by a procedure</span><span class="am16"> option. </span></p> <p class="am11"> </p> <p class="am17"><img border="0" src="any-maze_procedurediagnostic_stagemustallowprocedurestosetvpz_image2.png" width="755" height="221" align="absbottom"> </p> <p class="am11"> </p> <p class="am19">Figure 1. Selecting the option for a stage to allow a procedure to set the location of a movable zone.</p> <p class="am11"> </p> <p class="am11">Note also that the <span class="am14">Set location of movable zone</span><span class="am16"> action can </span><span class="am22">only</span><span class="am16"> be used in a procedure </span><span class="am14">before</span><span class="am16"> the test starts - i.e. in the shaded area at the top of the procedure. You can't change the location of a movable zone </span><span class="am14">after</span><span class="am16"> the test has started. </span></p> <H2 class="am9">See also:</H2> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am23" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am24" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am26">•</span></td><td class="am24" align="left"><span class="am26"><a href="any-maze_proto_procedures_syntaxerrors.htm">Errors and warnings while writing a procedure</a></span></td><td class="am24" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am23" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am24" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am26">•</span></td><td class="am24" align="left"><span class="am26"><a href="any-maze_proto_procedures_runtimeerrors.htm">Errors and warnings while running a procedure</a></span></td><td class="am24" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am23" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am24" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am26">•</span></td><td class="am24" align="left"><span class="am26"><a href="any-maze_proto_vpzlocation.htm">Specifying the positions of movable zones during a stage</a></span></td><td class="am24" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am23" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am24" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am26">•</span></td><td class="am24" align="left"><span class="am26"><a href="any-maze_proto_stagesetup.htm">Setting up a stage</a> </span></td><td class="am24" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <p class="am27"><img border="0" src="any-maze_procedurediagnostic_stagemustallowprocedurestosetvpz_image3.png" width="360" height="1" align="absbottom"></p> <p class="am29">© Copyright 2003-2026 Stoelting Co. 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