Expert: Concise Systems/Laird Scranton - 3/26/2008

Question
In a subfile, if we use SFLMSG we get a fixed error message as OPTION NOT VALID. Instead of that, I want to display that wrong option with that Error Message. For Example: If I type 85 in Options Column, then the Error Message should be OPTION 85 NOT VALID. How to make it?


Answer
To my knowledge, there is no way to send a variable message using the SFLMSG option.  I tried several approaches today and none works. You could code your own output-only message field and fill it with different messages based on error conditions, but that would not lock the user's keyboard or allow reset using the RESET key.

I tend to use more generic messages like:

"Last name is required" or

"Invalid term code".

- Laird