Roku Developer Program

[kisuke]

Guys, I'm calling a:

userData = store.getPartialUserData("firstname, lastname, email")
if userData <> invalid
   name = userData.firstname + " " + userData.lastname
end if

and got the following error:

Type Mismatch. Operator "+" can't be applied to "Invalid" and "String".

I thought firstname and lastname were required in Roku account. Does anyone know of anything that might help?

[renojim · Accepted solution]

Check each part of userData before you try to concatenate them and just use whichever part isn't invalid as the name.

[kisuke]

I understand that I must check if it is invalid. But why do that if they are mandatory fields in the Roku registration?

[renojim]

Good question.  I can't answer that and it's rare than anyone from Roku participates here.  You can try raising the issue with Partner Success, but don't be surprised if you don't get a satisfactory response there either.  I find it easier to work around the many, many, many Roku flaws than to get anyone from Roku to acknowledge or fix them.