MESSAGE()

Purpose

Function to return last error encountered message

Syntax

MESSAGE([<expN>])

See Also

ERRNO(), ERROR(), ON ERROR

Description

The MESSAGE() function returns a character string describing the last error encountered. The optional parameter <expN> must result in 1, and when used will cause MESSAGE() to return the last program line which caused an error.

Example

set exclusive off
on error *
use payroll
if not used()
    msg=message()
    dialog box "&msg..  Press any key to continue."
endif
set exclusive on

Products

Recital Server, Recital