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  • Features of the dialog box
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Displays a custom error message in a system error window.To close the window, the user must click OK.
Example
Reports and Queries
NextTitle("Error: Unknown customer")
ErrorBuild("The %1 code does not exist. It must be created.", cCustomerCode)
Syntax
ErrorBuild(<Format string> [, <Parameter 1> [... [, <Parameter N>]]])
<Format string>: Character string
Character string to display containing optional parameters (%1 to %n). To display the % character, this character must be typed twice (%%).
<Parameter 1>: Optional character string
First parameter that will be inserted into the formatted character string.
<Parameter 1> will replace the %1 character, <Parameter 2> will replace the %2 character, etc.
The number of specified parameters must be equal to or greater than the number of parameters used in <Format string>.
If <Format string> contains more parameters, the additional parameters will be replaced with empty strings.
<Parameter N>: Optional character string
Nth parameter that will be inserted into the formatted character string.
<Parameter 1> will replace the %1 character, <Parameter 2> will replace the %2 character, etc.
The number of specified parameters must be equal to or greater than the number of parameters used in <Format string>.
If <Format string> contains more parameters, the additional parameters will be replaced with empty strings.
Remarks

Features of the dialog box

  • The title of the dialog box corresponds to the title of the current window (or page).
  • To modify or define the title of dialog box, use NextTitle.
  • The message is aligned to the left.
  • The button caption depends on the runtime language of Windows.
  • The maximum number of characters cannot exceed 4096. If a larger string is passed as parameter, it will be truncated.
  • The icon displayed (white cross) cannot be modified.

Miscellaneous

  • Timers (TimerSys) are not stopped when this function is called.
  • The caption of the button is displayed in the language used by Windows on the current computer.
Component: wd290obj.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 15
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Last update: 02/28/2024

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