Error rule

Displays an error announcement and does not allow continuing with the execution while the conditions is complied with.

Syntax

Error('announcement' | &var | character_expression [,ExceptionName]) [ IF condition ] [ON triggering event];

Where:

'announcement' (or &var or character_expression)
         Is the phrase (string) you want to display when the condition is complied with.
        When using a variable or character_expression, GeneXus controls the resulting type is character (if not, it is adviced in the navigation report).

ExceptionName
         If the transaction is configured as Business Component, the ExceptionName parameter can be set as the ID of the error to solve Error handling in Business Components

condition
         Is any valid logic condition

triggering event
         Is one of the predefined events available in GeneXus for transaction rules, which allows you to define the precise time for executing a rule

Examples

1)

Customer                   
{                                    
    CustomerId*          
    CustomerName    
    CustomerLastName
    CustomerAddress
    CustomerPhone
    CustomerBirthDate       
}

Customer rules:

error('Enter the customer name please') if CustomerName.isempty();
error('Enter the customer last name please') if CustomerLastName.isempty();
error('The customer must be 18 years old or older') if CustomerBirthDate.age()<18;
error('Customers can't be deleted') if delete;

2)

Let's suppose the Customer transacction is configured as Business Component and the transaction has the following rule defined:

error('The customer must be 18 years old or older', 'CustomerMustBe18YearsOld') if CustomerBirthDate.age()<18;

The value referenced in the ExceptionName parameter will be charged in the &Messages collection variable based on the Messages SDT (in the "ID" property) which you can load using the GetMessages() method.

Example code:

&CustomerBc is a Customer variable

&CustomerBc.save()
If &CustomerBc.Fail()
   &Messages = &CutomerBc.GetMessages()
    If &Messages.Item(1).ID = 'CustomerMustBe18YearsOld'
        .......

The ExceptionName parameter is an identifier so it does not accept spaces or special characters: / : ” | = < > |

Functions neither are accepted.

If the syntax is not correct, GeneXus will show the following compilation error:

xxx.cs(yy,yy): error CS0103: the name 'pushError' does not exist in the actual context.

Scope

Objects    Transaction object

See also

Transaction rules