Funny Messsage

itspeter

Hi,

There is no issue here, encounter something funny and would like to share.

Declare variable:-

Name          DataType      Subtype
lauto_Shell  Automation  'Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation'.Shell

CREATE(lauto_Shell);
MESSAGE(FORMAT(lauto_Shell.Open(doscommandvar)));
CLEAR(lauto_Shell);

When run it, to prompt as below:-

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Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision
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Type conversion is not possible because 1 of the operators contains an invalid type.

JOKER := VOID

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OK   
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Marije_Brummel

I got the same error last week.

If I remember correctly it poped up after I changed the returnvalue of a function, but I'm not sure. :?

wakestar

hi

the method 'open' doesn't have any return value ---> so you cannot use it with FORMAT(...)

itspeter

Hi wakestar,

I know, I was just playing with it.
Wanted to see how FORMAT handle void function.

wakestar

aaah, I see

obviously FORMAT uses the 'Joker' for such cases

Michael_Schumacher

wakestar wrote:

aaah, I see

obviously FORMAT uses the 'Joker' for such cases

Now there is only one question left:

Was it the "50:50", the "call a friend" or the "audience query" joker?

PrebenRasmussen

There's a thread like this one here:

http://www.mbsonline.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6559

nelson

While we're at it, about about this error message? This was in Financials a few years ago.
I do have a screenshot but I haven't kept the code which triggered the error.

The function  was called with Text in the parameter 1.

It should have been Text.