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Learning Google Apps Script
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Learning Google Apps Script

by Ramalingam Ganapathy
March 2016
Beginner to intermediate
232 pages
4h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 9. More Tips and Tricks and Creating an Add-on

In the previous chapter, you built an order processing workflow application. In this chapter, you will learn:

  • To overcome script maximum execution time restriction
  • To use script codes from other script files or libraries
  • Create add-ons that use the OAuth2 external library

Overcoming the "script exceeded maximum execution time" error

What if one of your script functions has a bug that causes endless (not terminating) execution, for example, an endless for loop and/or while loop. There are no remedies other than carefully examining the loop terminating statements.

Sometimes, your script may be flawless or bug free, but if it needs to handle a large spreadsheet or external data, it may take a long ...

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