FERROR()

Reports the error status of low-level file functions

Syntax

FERROR() --> <nErrorCode>

Returns

<nErrorCode> Value of the DOS error last encountered by a low-level file function.

FERROR() Return Values

Error	Meaning
0	Successful
2	File not found
3	Path not found
4	Too many files open
5	Access denied
6	Invalid handle
8	Insufficient memory
15	Invalid drive specified
19	Attempted to write to a write-protected disk
21	Drive not ready
23	Data CRC error
29	Write fault
30	Read fault
32	Sharing violation
33	Lock Violation

Description

After every low-level file function,this function will return a value that provides additional informationon the status of the last low-level file functions's performance.If the FERROR() function returns a 0, no error was detected.Below is a table of possibles values returned by the FERROR() function.

      #include "Fileio.ch"
      //
      nHandle := FCREATE("Temp.txt", FC_NORMAL)
      IF FERROR() != 0
         ? "Cannot create file, DOS error ", FERROR()
      ENDIF

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is CA-Clipper compatible

Files

Library is Rtl

See Also

• FCLOSE()
• FERASE()
• FOPEN()
• FWRITE()