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app.getErrorString

Syntax app.getErrorString ()

Params None.

Action Gets the text of the last error message generated by the application.

Returns Returns the error string, the result of the last error-prone operation. It's empty if the operation was successful.

Examples app.start ("MinApp"); app.newWindow ("Untitled"); app.getErrorString ()

   » "Out of Memory." // non-empty string - the operation failed

app.start ("MinApp"); app.saveWindow ("Work"); app.getErrorString ()

   » ""

Platform Notes This verb is only implemented in the Mac OS version of Frontier.

Notes This verb is useful if you've turned alerts off using the enableDialogs verb.

Call this verb if a save or open returns false, for example.

The string can be displayed in a call to the Frontier scriptError verb or displayed using the msg verb.

See Also app.enableDialogs

scriptError

msg

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