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Error Handling at Runtime

You can handle errors that occur at runtime in two ways:

• You can allow CA Ideal to validate data and guide the application user through the correction of any errors that are found.
• You can write the application program to validate panel entries and handle any errors that are found.

You can also provide help panels for both fields and panels that explain to the application user the requirements for the field or panel. Setting up the help panels for the application panel is described in the section titled Changing Panel Parameters and Defining and Changing Field Attributes in Chapter 3.

If you define help panels for your application, the application user can press the PF1/13 key or enter the HELP command to display the help panels. You must be sure to set up either the panel definition or the application to process the HELP command when the PF1/13 key is pressed.