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Error Maintenance

DataFlex comes with an Error Maintenance utility, which can be launched from the DataFlex Studio by choosing Error Maintenance from the Workspace pulldown menu.

The Error Maintenance utility displays error messages that are kept in several tables. The tables are named:

  • flexerrs.dat: Stores Operating System and User errors
  • dferr001.dat: Stores System errors
  • dferr002.dat: Stores Utility errors
  • dferr003.dat: Stores generic DBMS driver errors

Depending on which database drivers you have installed, there may be additional error message tables (dferr004.dat, dferr005.dat, etc.) on your system. These tables are stored in the Usr subfolder beneath the folder where you installed DataFlex.

In the Error Maintenance Utility, all available error messages can be viewed, and those in the 1-4096 range (in the flexerrs.dat table) can be edited. We do not suggest editing existing error message numbers or messages, but this utility can be used to add your own error messages to the existing ones.

In order to edit the available data files for a specific workspace, copy the tables listed above to the Data subfolder of your workspace, then use the Error Maintenance utility to edit the errors.

Error codes can be translated into the language of your choice, and, in many cases, errors already are translated into the language you have or intend to install DataFlex in. See the Language Translation Guide for more information.

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