Functions and Directives

Function PPGetMessage() Professional

Returns the textual description of an error code

Syntax 
PPGetMessage( <nError> ) --> cMessage
Parameters
<nError>
<nError> is the numerical error code returned by a function of the PreProcessor-API.
Return

The return value of PPGetMessage() is a character string.

Description

The function PPGetMessage() retrieves the textual description of an error code caused by the PreProcessor-API. The error texts are either specific errors of the PreProcessor-API (see xpppp.ch), errors of the Xbase++-Runtime system (see error.ch) or operating system errors.

Examples
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// This sample shows how to use PPGetMessage() 
#include "xpppp.ch" 
#pragma library("aspapib.lib") 

PROCEDURE Main 
LOCAL nError 
LOCAL cInput, cOutput 
      
      nError := PreprocessorInstall("std.ch") 
      IF nError != XPP_ERR_NONE 
           ? PPGetMessage(nError) 
           QUIT 
      ENDIF 
      // pass errornous #define 
      cInput := "#define 1" 
      nError := PreProcessLine(cInput, @cOutput) 
      IF nError != XPP_ERR_NONE 
           // print error 
           ? cInput +": "+PPGetMessage(nError) 
      ENDIF         
      PreprocessorUninstall() 
RETURN
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