| Author | Topic: DirMake() return error | |
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 | Carlos Beling | DirMake() return error on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:18:28 -0300 Hi: good afternoon. The DirMake() from XbtTools (1.90) is returning a code that does nor match with the ones defined in XbtSys.ch. I attached a sample and I'd like somebody advise me what is wrong. Beling Best regards  x.prg |
| Andreas Gehrs-Pahl | Re: DirMake() return error on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:30:33 -0500 |
| Carlos Beling | Re: DirMake() return error on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:31:19 -0300 Hi Andreas: good afternoon. Many thanks. Here is the program modified (DirMake.zip) for showing what are the errors and a print screen of its execution (DirMake.jpg). Xbase++ version: 1.90.331 XbtTools: see the attached XbTools.jpg Beling Best regards Andreas Gehrs-Pahl escreveu: > Beling, > >> The DirMake() from XbtTools (1.90) is returning a code that does nor >> match with the ones defined in XbtSys.ch. >> I attached a sample and I'd like somebody advise me what is wrong. > > I tested your program and also tried some other directory values, but > I couldn't get any strange error codes. Could you post here the value > of those error codes and under what circumstances you receive them? > > -- Andreas > > --- --- > Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net > 415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com > Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net > Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site: http://www.Aerospace-History.net > --- ---  DirMake.jpg Dirmake.zip XbTools.jpg |
| Andreas Gehrs-Pahl | Re: DirMake() return error on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:07:24 -0500 Beling, >Here is the program modified (DirMake.zip) for showing what are the errors >and a print screen of its execution (DirMake.jpg). Yes, your jpg shows Error Code -183, which explains it all. |
| Carlos Beling | Re: DirMake() return error on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:58:51 -0300 Hi Andreas: good night. Many thanks. The docs of DirMake() made me this kind of misunderstanding. Beling Best regards Andreas Gehrs-Pahl escreveu: > Beling, > >> Here is the program modified (DirMake.zip) for showing what are the errors >> and a print screen of its execution (DirMake.jpg). > > Yes, your jpg shows Error Code -183, which explains it all. |
The returned Error Codes of DirMake() are simply OS Error Codes -- which
are also the same error codes that FError() reports -- just with a negative
sign added. So "Abs(nErrorCode)" will give you the OS Error Code, and using
"DosErrorMessage(Abs(nErrorCode))" will give you the correct Error Message.
OS Error 183 is actually ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS or in clear text:
"Cannot create a file when that file already exists." And you will get this
Error if you try to create a directory that actually exists or when a file
with the same filename as specified for the directory already exists.
There are probably other OS Error Codes possible, so you should ignore the
given constants and make it a generic OS Error Test Routine, instead.
Hope that helps,
-- Andreas
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