RE: On-Error -- RPG400-L

Rob,
  To the best of my knowledge (which means that I could very likely be
wrong) there is no On-Error function in any of the various forms of RPG.
  The manual does, however, have this information, and it might be what
you're looking for.
  (note:  for some reason I couldn't cut and paste properly from the
internet, so I retyped this.  i.e. there could be misspellings and/or other
errors)
Duane

  * The "E" extender indicates that if an error occurs, the error
  * is to be handled as though an error indicator were coded.
  * The success of the operation can then be checked using the
  * %ERROR built-in function.  The status associated with the error
  * can be checked using the %STATUS built-in function.
  /FREE
     exfmt(e) InFile;
     if %error;
        exsr CheckError;
     endif;
     //------------------------------------
     //CheckError:  Subroutine to process a file I/O error
     //------------------------------------
     begsr CheckError;
        select;
        when %status, 01000;
           // No error occurred
        when %status = 01211;
           // Attempted to read a file that was not open
           exsr InternalError;
        when %status = 01331;
           // The wait time was exceeded for a READ operation
           exsr TimeOut;
        when %status = 01261;
           // Operation to unacquired device
           exsr DeviceError;
        when %status = 01251;
           // Permanent I/O error
           exsr PermError;
        other;
           // Some other error occurred
           exsr FileError;
        endsl;
     endsr;
  /END-FREE

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@dekko.com [SMTP:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 12:22 PM
> To:   rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      On-Error
>
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> Is it possible to do the following:
>      D NoError         C                   0
>      D RecordNotFound  C                   12
>      D FileIsClosed    C                   1211
>       /free
>        Monitor;
>        Chain mykey myfile;
>        On-Error NoError;
>          // perform normal processing
>          ...
>        On-Error RecordNotFound;
>          // perform new record processing
>          ...
>        On-Error FileIsClosed;
>          // Oops, forgot to open file
>          ...
>        ...
>        EndMon;
>
> Or will NoError not activate since it is not an error?
>
> I know that most people assume that if a Chain fails that it is because
> the record is not found, but I like to do more error trapping.  This
> especially comes into play when you do updates and deletes and you have
> Referential Integrity defined on your files.
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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