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Flag Error Status

Flag error status specifies whether a calling function should indicate that an error, which occurs in the called function, is associated with the parameter field. If so, the field is highlighted on the display of the calling function if the parameter field in the called function returns a non-blank return code.

Flag error status applies only to the following function types:

• SNDERRMSG (send error message)
• EXCMSG (execute message)
• Any external function

Send Error Message specifies that an error message be sent to a calling function. The Send Error Message function is attached to a CA 2E shipped file called * MESSAGES.

For more information on function types and external functions, see the chapter "Defining Functions."

By default, all parameters of the called function that ended in error are highlighted if they appear on a display. You can override this to suppress error flagging for a parameter by altering the default attributes for fields in error on the Edit Screen Field Attributes panel.