print-err Command

The print-err command provides a means of displaying messages from the messages file in their output format.

Syntax

print-err file.reference msg.list {(options)}

Parameter(s)

file.reference	Name of the file, usually messages, that contains the message list.
msg.list	Indicates one or more item-IDs of items in the messages file.
options	n	No pause option suppresses pause at end of page on terminal display.
	p	Directs output to the printer, via the spooler.
	s	Used in FlashBASIC to allow stacked input.

Messages are generally kept in the dm,messages, file, but the process may specify any file which contains items with a similar format to the items in dm,messages, file.

Example(s)

Shows that it did not work, but it actually did. Message 3 prints when an invalid command is issued. The 'A' is where the invalid command would display.

print-err messages 3

[3] The command ’A’ is not defined.

print-err messages 333

[333] The file of files cannot be cleared or deleted.

print-err messages 659 536

[659] Line printer ready.

[536] already logged off

data "stuff"

execute "print-err dm,messages, 201"

This FlashBASIC code produces the output:

[201] ’stuff’ is not a file name.