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errorDialog

errorDialog errorMessageText

Handler:

on errorDialog whatText

  statements

end errorDialog

HyperCard sends the errorDialog message and its text to the current card if it encounters an error when the lockErrorDialogs property is set true.

(In such a case, the ordinary error dialog box is not displayed.)

errorMessageText is the contents of the error dialog box that would be displayed if the lockErrorDialogs property were false.

Examples

on errorDialog what

  if what is "User level is too low to edit scripts."

  then set userLevel to 5

end errorDialog

Demo Script

on errorDemo

  set the cantDelete of this card to true

  set lockErrorDialogs to true

  doMenu "Delete Card"

end errorDemo

-- handler in the script of this card

on errorDialog whichError

  answer "Had lockErrorDialogs not been set to true," &&¬

  "HyperCard would have displayed the error, “" & whichError & "”"

end errorDialog

Placeholders

statements

Any return-separated list of built-in commands, user-defined handlers, or keywords that are part of a message or function handler.

put "Hello world"   -- built-in command

get total(field 1)  -- function call

global HelpInfo     -- keyword

HyperTalk Reference

Commands sent automatically

Message sending orders

Where messages are sent initially

errorDialog

errorDialog

Examples

Demo Script

Related Topics

Placeholders

statements