Warning: Could not set the location of the movable zone, because this zone is not set up for the current stage to 'The l<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_runningprocedures.htm">Running procedures</a> > <a href="any-maze_proto_procedures_runtimeerrors.htm">Errors and warnings while running a procedure</a> > Warning: Could not set the location of the movable zone, because this zone is not set up for the current stage to 'The location will be set by a procedure'</p> <H1 class="am5">Warning: Could not set the location of the movable zone, because this zone is not set up for the current stage to 'The location will be set by a procedure' </H1> <p class="am7"><img border="0" src="any-maze_procedurediagnostic_vpznotsettablebyprocedures_image1.png" width="1000" height="1" align="absbottom"></p> <H2 class="am9">Description</H2> <p class="am11">A procedure can set the position of a <a href="any-maze_proto_vpz.htm">movable zone</a> using the <span class="am14">Set location of movable zone</span><span class="am16"> <a href="any-maze_proto_procedureelements_actions.htm">action.</a> However, in order to do this, you need to specify that 'The location will be set by a procedure' for the stage in which the test is running. If this is not set, then the procedure will generate this warning when it encounters after the </span><span class="am14">Set location of movable zone</span><span class="am16"> action. </span></p> <H2 class="am9">More information</H2> <p class="am11">To specify that the location of a movable zone will be set by a procedure, select in turn each of the <a href="any-maze_proto_stage.htm">stages</a> in the protocol list that the procedure will run in. For each movable zone, the stage will contain an option for the <span class="am14">Location of the ... zone during this stage.</span></p> <p class="am11">Selecting this option will allow you to specify that the zone's location will be set by a procedure, by selecting the <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_vpznotsettablebyprocedures_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">If a procedure encounters this action, for a movable zone that is <span class="am14">not</span><span class="am16"> set to be changed by a procedure, then the statement will simply be ignored and the position of the zone will not be set.</span></p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am22" width="20pt" align="left"><span class="am24"><img border="0" src="any-maze_procedurediagnostic_vpznotsettablebyprocedures_stdimage1.png" width="16" height="16" align="absbottom"></span></td><td class="am22" align="left"><span class="am26">When you insert the </span><span class="am24">Set location of movable zone</span><span class="am26"> action into a procedure, the procedure editor should display a message warning you that this will only work if the zone in the test's stage is set to 'The location will be set by a procedure'.</span></td></tr></table> <p class="am11">Note also that the <span class="am14">Set location of movable zone</span><span class="am16"> action can </span><span class="am30">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="am31" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am32" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am34">•</span></td><td class="am32" align="left"><span class="am34"><a href="any-maze_proto_procedures_syntaxerrors.htm">Errors and warnings while writing a procedure</a></span></td><td class="am32" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am31" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am32" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am34">•</span></td><td class="am32" align="left"><span class="am34"><a href="any-maze_proto_procedures_runtimeerrors.htm">Errors and warnings while running a procedure</a></span></td><td class="am32" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am31" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am32" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am34">•</span></td><td class="am32" align="left"><span class="am34"><a href="any-maze_proto_vpzlocation.htm">Specifying positions of movable zones</a></span></td><td class="am32" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="am31" width="24pt"> </td><td class="am32" width="16pt" align="left"><span class="am34">•</span></td><td class="am32" align="left"><span class="am34"><a href="any-maze_proto_procedureelements_actions.htm">Actions available to a procedure</a></span></td><td class="am32" width="40pt" align="left"> </td></tr></table> <p class="am35"><img border="0" src="any-maze_procedurediagnostic_vpznotsettablebyprocedures_image3.png" width="360" height="1" align="absbottom"></p> <p class="am37">© Copyright 2003-2026 Stoelting Co. 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