ERROR('');

northerner

Can anybody tell me what

ERROR('');

is used for? I see it in standard code occasionally and have no idea what it's there for! An example is in Report 6 - Trial Balance, in the MakeExcelInfo() function:

ExcelBuf.CreateBook;
ExcelBuf.CreateSheet(Text002,Text001,COMPANYNAME,USERID);
ExcelBuf.GiveUserControl;
ERROR('');

Thanks

Luc_VanDyck

This statement terminates execution, without giving a message to the user.

northerner

Why use that rather than, for example,

Exit

or

CurrReport.Quit

?

einsTeIn.NET

ERROR will rollback the current transaction. Don't know if that makes sense in your case.

Luc_VanDyck

ERROR also rolls back any changes made so far in the database.

ta5

It's only used in very special situations. Normally you want to give an error message to the users.
Regards
Thomas