CDML Error Pages

[ChristianLeC]

Is there a way to create, or does anyone have an example of an inclusive error page for CDML errors.

For example, right now I have created an error page for adding new records, and an error page for searching records.

However, from my understanding there are many more errors that you can encounter, and FMP is not very forthcoming with information about those errors unless you tell it to look for an error page. If that error page had all possible errors, wouldn't that make it easier to troubleshoot problems?

Thanks

[Keith M. Davie]

Well an all-inclusive error page would be one that says "Oops" and has a nav. button to the home page.

If you are looking for FileMaker error codes, look in FileMaker Help. I think it may be under something like Status[CurrentError], I printed out a copy so I don't go there.

If you are trying to determine from your error page what errors you are encountering as a developer so that you can create pages which work the way you want, you might explore the use of the fmp-currenterror replacement tag on your error pages during development. Or you can remark your -error code line as a comment line (<!-- ... --> ) and the FMP error message will appear in a window.

Peace

Keith M. Davie

[Vaughan]

Of all of the hundred or so possible errors, those likely to occur in a particluar action are few.

In the case of a -new, the likely errors are

102 field missing

105 layout missing

500..509 validation errors

802 unable to open file

A error page for -edit and -delete would include

101 record is missing

200 record access is denied

301 record is in use by another user

A -find error page would have to include:

400 find criteria empty

401 no records match this request

Some of these errors I've never seen but they are possible.

[This message has been edited by Vaughan (edited March 04, 2001).]