Error 1225 & 1226 Descriptions Reversed in Manual & Help

ID: Q109058

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SUMMARY

In the "Developer's Guide" and online Help file, the descriptions of errors 1225 and 1226 are reversed. The description for error 1225 should apply to error 1226, and the description for error 1226 should apply to error 1225.

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Incorrect Descriptions

The messages and descriptions are incorrectly listed as follows: 

   Must be a file variable.  (1226)
      A file variable (field) was used where a memory or array
      variable was required.

   Must be a memory variable.  (1225)
      A memory variable or an array variable was used where a file
      variable (field) is required.
For example, the message for error 1225 is "Must be a memory variable." Yet the description below it states that "... a file variable (field) is required." The description contradicts the message.

Correct Descriptions

The messages and descriptions should read as follows: 

   Must be a file variable.  (1226)
      A memory variable or an array variable was used where a file
      variable (field) is required.

   Must be a memory variable.  (1225)
      A file variable (field) was used where a memory or array
      variable was required.

Steps to Reproduce Error Messages

To cause error message 1226, "Must be a file variable," use the following command: 

   EDIT FIELDS m.var
To cause error message 1225, "Must be a memory variable," use the following command: 

   STORE 'test' TO test.fld

Locations of Documentation Errors

Additional reference words: FoxMac FoxDos FoxWin 2.00 2.50 2.50a 2.50b docerr doc err switched swapped reversed backwards errmsg err msg KBCategory: kbenv kbother kberrmsg kbdocerr KBSubcategory: FxenvMemory

Last Reviewed: June 27, 1995