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Access Method Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
086
Access method: file code error.

087
Access method: Attempt to add a duplicate key.

088
Access method: Internal error. Key insertion location error.

089
Access method: Internal error. Block not present.

090
Access method: Attempt to open an old file as new.

091
Access method: Internal error. Key block buffer error.

092
Access method: Internal error. Invalid key block number.

093
Access method: Internal error. Block not verified.

094
Access method: Record not found.

095
Access method: Not enough space in extension for the directory.

096
Access method: Internal error. Parent block not found.

097
Access method: Internal error. Illegal entry number.

098
Access method: The file is not a KSAMless forms/ref file.

099
Access method: The file is at EOF.

Output Sequence Definition Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
101
Field name has more than 15 characters.
Limit name of input field to 15 characters.
102
Field name improperly aligned on screen.
Enter input field name at tab position 1.
103
Form name has more than 15 characters.
Limit name of input form to 15 characters.
104
Form name ! is not ininput forms sequence.
A form name on the OUTPUT RECORD menu was not named on corresponding INPUT FORMS menu.
105
A digit is not a legal character in this field.
A field or form name is expected in this field.
107
Substring start column offset is improperly aligned on screen.
Enter input substring start column at tab position 2.
108
Substring starting column has more than 4 digits.
Substring start column must not exceed 4 digits.
111
Closing quote expected.
Character string constant must be enclosed within quotes; the closing quote is missing.
113
Input length field is improperly aligned on screen.
Enter input substring length at tab position 3.
114
Internal error: Expected LF after CR.
Line feed expected after carriage return.
115
Line must start with field name, literal or system constant.
First column of OUTPUT RECORD menu should contain first character of field name, a literal, or system constant.
116
Input length cannot have more than 4 digits.
Input substring length must not exceed 4 digits.
118
Field name cannot be blank.
A field name must be specified if other characteristics are entered on line.
119
Letters are not allowed in this field.
Only digits are expected in this field.
121
Form name is improperly aligned on screen.
Enter input form name at tab position 4.
123
Output field name has more than 15 characters.
A field name is limited to 15 characters.
124
Output field name is improperly aligned on screen.

Enter output field name at tab position 5.

126
Length of output field may only have up to 4 digits.
Output field length must not exceed 4 digits.
127
Output field length is improperly aligned on screen.

Enter output field length at tab position 7.

129
Output field starting offset can only have up to 5 digits.
Starting column of output field must not exceed 5 digits.
130
Output field starting offset is improperly5 digits.
Starting column of output field must not exceed 5 digits.
131
Start record indicator is not in its field.
Enter start-of-record marker at tab position 8.
132
Start record indicator should be a single character.
A start-of-record marker is limited to 1 character.
133
Column numbering starts with 1.
The starting column in the output record cannot be zero.
134
This is not a legal system constant.
Use one of the legal constants: $CR, $LF, $GS, $US, $RS, or $ followed by the numeric equivalent of an ASCII character. Other constants may not start with a $.
135
Output field length must be a positive integer greater than 0.
Output length cannot be zero or a negative number.
136
Output field starting column causes overlapping fields.

The starting column for this field falls within the bounds of a previous field. Enter a higher value.

137
A single literal cannot have more than 75 characters.
Literal must fit on a single line of OUTPUT RECORD menu and must not overwrite the start-of-record marker position.
138
Literal must not continue beyond column 75.
One line of OUTPUT RECORD menu is limited to columns 1-75.
139
This is not a field. No character may appear here.

140
Only literal, ASCII constant or system constant expected here.

141
Digit must follow sign.

142
Value for ASCII character must be between 0 and 127.
The numeric equivalent of an ASCII character may be only 0-127.
143
 Field name must start with char. No embedded blanks allowed.
First character of field name must be alphabetic; field name may not have embedded blanks.
144
Record size must have a value.
Record size on globals menu is a required field. User must give maximum size of output record.
145
 "Y" or "N" expected in upshift field.
On GLOBALS menu, only a Y or N can be entered in response to "Upshift?"; default is N.
146
 "Y" or "N" expected in answer to "Convert to EBCDIC?".
On GLOBALS menu, only a Y or N can be entered in response to "Convert to EBCDIC?"; default is N.
147
Illegal character.
Character in output record menu is neither alphabetic nor numeric.
148
This is not a field.
In output record menu, you may enter data only in the highlighted fields.
149
Form name must start with char. No embedded blanks allowed.
First character of form name must be alphabetic; name may not have embedded blanks.
150
Output field name must start with char. No embedded blanks allowed.
See error 143.
151
Internal error: Field alignment check failed.

153
Fields cannot have embedded blanks.
Embedded blanks are not allowed in any field of the OUTPUT RECORD menu.
154
Input length field cannot have embedded blanks.
Length of input field must be a positive integer with no embedded blanks.
155
Start substring field cannot have embedded blanks.
Input starting column must not contain embedded blanks.
157
Output starting column field cannot contain blanks.
Embedded blanks are not allowed as part of the output starting specification.
158
Input length field cannot contain blanks.
No embedded blanks are allowed in the input length field.
159
Input length must be greater than 0.
Specify input length as positive integer greater than zero.
160
Substring starting column exceeds length of forms file field.
Start of input field must be within the forms file field; column specified is greater than the number of characters in the form field.
161
Substring start column + input length > length of forms file field.
Specified starting column plus length of field add up to more characters than the forms file field contains.
162
Input length for reformat field exceeds length of forms file field.
Length specified for input field is greater than the number of forms file field. characters in the field.
163
Output record size must be between 1 and 8192.
The output record size exceeds 8192 characters. Make the output record smaller.

Validation Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
201
Field ! not found in form !.
Input field in OUTPUT RECORD menu not found in specified form.
202
Field ! not found in any form in input forms sequence.
Input field in OUTPUT RECORD menu not found in any form in the sequence. corresponding INPUT FORMS menu.
203
Reformat identifier ! is not a unique reformat sequence.
First form specified on INPUT FORMS menu is not unique to the identifier. reformat file. Use a form name that has not been specified as a reformat identifier on another menu.
204
Internal error: Data type is bad.

See error 206.

205
Output record length is greater than globally defined record length.

Change either the total output record length on the OUTPUT RECORD defined record length. menu, or the record length on the GLOBALS menu, or start a new record using the start record marker.

206
Internal error: Bad entry in field table. Illegal field type.
Internal descriptions of fields are bad. Press ENTER again. If field type. that fails, delete and recreate the offending format.
207
Error opening reformat file. (FSERR !!!!)
Refer to the file system error for the cause of the open failure.
208
A unique reformat identifier is required.
See error 203.
210
Internal error: OFST table is bad.
See error 206. OFST is Old Field Symbol Table.
211
Internal error: Field table is bad. Set'next failed.
See error 206.
212
Form name must begin with an alphabetic character.
Form name cannot start with a special character or a digit.
213
Form name cannot have embedded " "'s or "."'s.
The only non-alphanumeric character allowed in a form name is the underline "_".
214
Form name may contain only alphas, digits and "_"'s.
Use the correct naming conventions: A name may contain letters, digits, or the underline, must start with a letter, and have no more than 15 characters.
215
Internal error in ADJUST'ALL'START'COL.
Internal error in recording the change in the default starting position of each field, a change resulting from altering the field or record separators in the globals menu.
216
Internal error reading reformat intermediate record for !.
Error reading an internally used record from the reformat file.
217
WARNING: Start column goes beyond global output record length.
Starting column for output record specified on OUTPUT RECORD menu is greater than the record length on the GLOBALS menu. To avoid truncation, change one of the two specifications.
218
Embedded blank form names not allowed in a sequence.
A form name consisting of a blank found in the INPUT FORMS menu. Remove the blank line from the sequence.
219
Internal error: Data type is bad.
See error 204.
220
WARNING: This field causes output record size to be too big.
 A field specified on the OUTPUT RECORD menu is beyond the record to be too big. size set on the GLOBALS menu. Change the GLOBALS specification or delete the field.

Field Table Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
301
Internal error: OFST ALLOCATE failed.
Space allocated for dynamic array is insufficient.
302
Internal error: OFST record missing. Write failed previously.
Attempt to read internal record failed because the record did not exist.
303
Internal error: OFST write failed. (FSERR !!!!)
Attempt to write an internal record failed.
304
Internal error: OFST does not have any more room.
 
305
Output field name ! not unique.
Output field name on OUTPUT RECORD menu must be unique for the record. Use output field name to provide unique name.
306
Internal error: OFST search range error.
See error 301.
307
Internal error reading OFST record. (FSERR !!!!)
Failure to read an intermediate (internal) record.
308
Internal error: OFST start order.
See error 301.
309
Internal error: OFST end order.
See error 301.
313
Internal error: OFST unreferenced error.
See error 301.
316
Internal error: OFST update screen order error.
See error 301.
320
Internal error: OFST wrap loop error.
See error 301.
400
Internal error: Field table allocation failed.
See error 301
401
Internal error: Field table record missing. Prev write failed.
See error 302.
402
Internal error reading FST from forms file. (FSERR !!!!)
Field names in output record menu cannot be checked against the forms file because of internal inability to read information from forms file.
403
Internal error writing FST to reformat file. (FSERR !!!!)
See error 303.
404
Internal error: Field table has no more room.

See error 301.

405
Internal error reading input seq from reformat file. (FSERR !!!!)
See error 402.
406
Internal error: Input seq table record missing. Prev write failed.
See error 302.
407
Internal error writing seq table to refmt file. 
(FSERR !!!!)

450
Form ! does not exist in the forms file.
Form name specified on INPUT FORMS menu is not in forms file. Check name and correct it.
451
Internal error reading glob forms buf from form file. (FSERR !!!!)
Failure to read list of forms in the forms file.
452
Internal error: Global forms file rec missing. Prev write failed.

453
Internal error reading field name table for form !. 
(FSERR !!!)
Failure to read list of all fields for a particular form in the forms file.
460
Internal error in reading globals from forms file. (FSERR !!!!)

461
Internal error: Allocation of form'glob'buf failed.

462
Internal error: Allocation of form'flds'buf failed.

463
Internal error: Allocation of literal table failed.

464
Internal error: Literal table record missing. Prev write failed.

465
Internal error: Error reading literal table record. 
(FSERR !!!!)

466
Internal error writing literal table record. 
(FSERR !!!!)

468
Internal error: Allocation of global buffer failed.

469
Form ! does not exist in this forms file.

Menu Processing Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
501
Selection field cannot be blank.
Enter one of the following codes in the MAIN menu selection box: A, X, G, F, L, or D.
502
Reformat identifier ! not found.
A reformat id entered on the MAIN menu is not in the reformat file. Check the INPUT FORMS menu or correct the identifier.
503
Output field name ! not found.
An output field name entered on the MAIN menu is not in the reformat file. Check the OUTPUT RECORD menus or correct the field name.
504
No reformat identifier was specified.
A selection on the MAIN menu requires a reformat identifier. Enter the identifier or change the selection.
505
There are no input form sequences in the deleted was specified.
A reformat identifier was specified, but no INPUT FORMS reformat file. menu has been entered.
506
No reformat to be deleted was specified.
"D" was entered in MAIN menu selection box; specify the reformat identifier to be deleted.
507
No such reformat identifier exists.
A reformat identifier on the MAIN menu is not on any INPUT FORMS menu.
508
Main selection field must be "A!, "X", "G", "F", "L" or "D".
Enter one of the listed codes.
509
This field must be blank when deleting.

The reformat id for deletion should be in the right hand box; clear in the lefthand box.

510
Listing is not done on a field level.
Enter "L" to list, and a reformat identifier in the left hand box; you cannot list a single field.
511
Form name must be blank for compile.
When you enter "X" to compile the reformat file, you cannot enter a reformat identifier.
512
Field name must be blank for compile option.
When you enter "X" to compile the reformat file, you cannot enter an output field name.
513
Form name is not specified when adding a form.
When you enter "A" to add a reformat, do not specify the reformat id; reformat id's are entered on the INPUT FORMS menu.
514
Fields are not added from the MAIN menu.
Output fields are added on the OUTPUT RECORD menu, not using the "A" option of the MAIN menu.
515
Form name must be blank for this option.
A selection was made on the MAIN menu that cannot use a reformat id. Clear the reformat id box.
516
Field name must be blank for this option.
A selection was made on the MAIN menu that cannot use an output field name. Clear the output field box.

Menu Processing Utility Errors

ErrorsMessageCause/Action
600
NUMn can have digits only from "O" to "9".
A value other than a digit was entered for a NUMn type field; change the data type or the selection.
606
Must be NUMn, DIG, IMPn,MDY, DMY, YMD, or CHAR.
Enter one of the listed codes as the data type of this field; n can be a digit 0-9 for NUM, 1-9 for IMP.
608
Justify field must be "L", "R", "C", or " ".
Enter one of the codes to justify field Left, Right, or Center; default is Right justify for numbers or dates, no justification for characters.
609
Checkdigit must be either "10" or "11".
 If you want to insert a check digit, specify 10 for modulus 10, 11 for modulus 11.
610
Checkdigit can only be added to fields of type DIGIT or CHAR.

If you want to add a checkdigit, change the data type on the OUTPUT FIELD menu.

611
Internal error: Substring start column value could not be displayed.
Intrinsic ASCII failed.
612
Numeric fields cannot be converted to fields of date type.
When the input field is a number, you cannot specify a data type of MDY, DMY, or YMD on the OUTPUT FIELD menu. Change the data type.
613
Date fields cannot be converted to fields of numeric type.
When the input field is a date, you cannot specify DIG, IMPn, or NUMn as the data type on an OUTPUT FIELD menu. Change the data type to a date or CHAR.
614
Fields of type CHAR cannot be converted to other data types.
When the input field is type CHAR, you cannot change the data type on an OUTPUT FIELD menu. Leave the type as CHAR.
615
Internal error: Input length value could not be displayed.
Intrinsic ASCII failed.
617
Only fields of type NUM, NUMn and IMP can be signed.
If the input field is not one of the listed types, you cannot specify a sign on the OUTPUT FIELD menu.
618
Sign must be "L", "R","F", "Z", "N" or " ".
Only the listed codes or a space can be entered on the SIGN box of the OUTPUT FIELD menu. Correct your entry.
620
Plus field must be "Y"or"N".
If you want the plus sign retained in the field, enter Y in the PLUS SIGN? box; if N or blank, only minus signs are inserted.
621
Expected "F", "V", or "U" in record format field.

Enter one of the listed codes in the Output Record Format box of the GLOBALS menu; default is F (fixed length).

622
Record size must be a numeric value less than 32767.

Enter a positive integer less than 32767 in the Record Length box of the GLOBALS menu, or leave the default length of 80 characters.

624
Expected literal, system constant or ASCII equivalent in string.
Record terminator or field separator string can only be a quoted string, the numeric equivalent of an ASCII c.haracter preceded by $, or a system constant: $LF, $CR, $GS, $US, or $RS.
625
Output field must be expanded to allow for checkdigit.
If you enter 10 or 11 in the CDIGIT box of the OUTPUT FIELD menu, be sure to increase the size of the output field on the OUTPUT RECORD menu.
626
Internal error: Checkdigit option not valid for data type.

See error 610

627
Strip fields must start and end with a quote.
Enclose any characters in a STRIP box of the OUTPUT FIELD menu between quotes.
628
Use "" or '' to indicate " or ' inside a literal.
Use double quotes for any quotation marks within a literal (literal is entered in the GLOBALS menu.)
629
Plus option cannot be "Y" if sign option is "N".
If you want a plus sign, you must also specify where you want any sign in the SIGN box of the OUTPUT FIELD menu.
630
Fill all has already filled leading blanks.
Enter a character in Fill ALL OR Fill Leading, not both.
631
Fill all has already filled leading blanks.
Enter a character in Fill ALL OR Fill Leading, not both.
632
IMPn can have digits only from "0" to "9".
 Number of implied decimal places must be a digit.

Menu Init and Processing Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
702
Internal error. Intrinsic ASCII failed.

703
Largest legal integer value is 32767.
Error in Record Length field of GLOBALS menu.
704
Length of field cannot be negative.

Negative value specified as field length on OUTPUT RECORD menu.

705
Internal error initializing OUTPUT RECORD menu. 
(COMSTATUS !!!!)
Internal error in writing the header part of the output record menu.
706
Internal err writing old output recdef to screen 
(COMSTATUS !!!!)
Internal error in writing user's specifications--part of output menu.
707
Internal error reading output recdef from screen. 
(COMSTATUS !!!!)
Attempt to read the output record menu failed.
708
Internal error in writing output recdef to refmt file. (FSERR !!!!)

709
Internal error reading source rec from reformat file. 
(FSERR !!!!)

710
Internal error in writing source rec to reformat file. (FSERR !!!!)
If trying to change the forms file name in REFSPEC make sure that the original forms file does not exist by temporarily renaming it.
714
Internal error writing the window. (COM'STATUS !!!!)

716
Internal error writing the error cursor pos'n. 
(COM'STATUS !!!!)

742
Internal error: Start column could not be displayed.
Intrinsic ASCII failed.
743
Internal error: Length could not be displayed.

Intrinsic ASCII failed.

744
Forms file is not a valid forms file or forms file is not compiled.
The forms file specified on the FORMS FILE menu is not valid. Correct the name or go back to FORMSPEC and compile the forms file.
745
Internal error in T'READ'NO'HOME. Bad key read. (COMSTATUS !!!!)

746
Internal error in cursor positioning before read.

747
Internal error writing the current reformat rec for !. (FSERR !!!)

748
Internal error initializing Input Form Menu for reformat id !.

749
Internal error reading MAIN MENU form. (COMSTATUS !!!!)

750
Internal error showing MAIN MENU form. (COMSTATUS !!!!)

751
Internal error getting MAIN MENU form. (COMSTATUS !!!!)

752
Internal error in initializing output record menu. 
(COMSTATUS !!!!)

753
Internal error: VSETERROR failed. (COMSTATUS !!!!)

754
Internal error: FGETINFO failed.

755
File is not a forms file.
File name specified on the FORMS FILE menu does not name an existing forms file. Correct the name.
756
File is not a reformat file.
The file name specified on the REFORMAT file menu does not identify an existing reformat file.
757
Internal error: Could not get information from reformat file.
Intrinsic FGETINFO failed.
758
Internal error: Could not get information from forms file.
Intrinsic FGETINFO failed.

Menu Controller Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
802
The PREV key is not allowed here.
There is no previous menu.
803
The function key just hit is not defined for this mode.
This key has not meaning on the current menu.
805
Error getting next form !. (COM'STATUS !!!)

806
Internal error in VSHOWFORM. (COM'STATUS !!!!)

807
Internal error in VREADFIELDS. (COM'STATUS !!!!)

808
Internal error in VGETBUF. (COM'STATUS !!!!)

810
Internal error in writing reformat rec for reformat !. (FSERR !!!)

811
Internal error in reading reformat rec for reformat !. (FSERR !!!)

812
Internal error in reading globals record. (FSERR !!!!)

815
NEXT is not meaningful until a forms file name is specified.
Enter a forms file name on the FORMS FILE menu before using the NEXT key.
816
NEXT is not appropriate. There are no more reformats.
Use the MAIN menu to go to a particular reformat, or use PREV REFORMAT key to go to a prior reformat.
817
NEXT is not meaningful until a reformat file name is specified.
Enter a reformat file name on the REFORMAT FILE menu before using the NEXT key.
818
You cannot specify more than 255 reformats.
You have already entered 255 INPUT FORMS menus; try to use fewer.
819
The NEXT REFORMAT key is inappropriate.There are no more reformats.
There are no more INPUT FORMS menus in the file.
820
There are no previous reformats.
The current reformat is the first one. Use the main menu to go to a particular reformat or use the NEXT REFORMAT key to go to the next input forms sequence.
821
Internal error in writing globals table record. 
(FSERR !!!!)

822
WARNING: Changes in input forms menu may have invalidated this menu.
The OUTPUT FIELD menu may be affected by changes to the INPUT FORMS menu.
823
WARNING: Changes in input forms menu may have invalidated this menu.
The OUTPUT RECORD menu may be affected by changes to the INPUT FORMS menu.
824
Internal error: Missing record for reformat !. Prev write failed.

825
NEXT'REFORMAT is not meaningful until forms file name is specified.

826
NEXT'REFORMAT not meaningful until reformat file name is specified.

827
Cannot go to MAIN MENU until reformat file name has been specified.

828
Cannot go to MAIN MENU until forms file name has been specified.
Do not press MAIN key until you have entered forms file name on FORMS FILE menu.
829
Reformat file was modified since last compile. Press EXIT to exit.
You pressed EXIT before compiling the reformat file; press MAIN to go to MAIN menu to compile, or press EXIT to exit without compiling.

Init and Compile Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
906
Error writing reformat !. (FSERR !!!)

913
Internal error closing your forms file. (FSERR !!!!)

914
Internal error in storing the field symbol table. 
(FSERR !!!! )

917
Internal error in storing OFST. (FSERR !!!!)

918
Error closing reformat file. (FSERR !!!!)

919
Internal error in closing REFSPEC forms file. 
(FSERR !!!!)

920
Internal error in closing terminal file. (FSERR !!!!)

921
Internal error in writing globals record on exit. 
(FSERR !!!!)

922
Internal error in storing literal table. (FSERR !!!!)

923
Error in opening user's forms file. (FSERR !!!!)
Refer to the file system error to determine the cause of the open failure.

Compile Errors

ErrorMessageCause/Action
1000
Internal error on compile. Bad field type.

1001
Internal error writing field intermediate code rec. 
(FSERR !!!!)

1002
Internal error writing reformat code record. (FSERR !!!!)

1003
Internal error: Allocation of compile buffer failed.

1004
Internal error writing globals code record. (FSERR !!!!)

1005
Internal error reading field intermediate code rec. 
(FSERR !!!!)

1006
REFSPEC version has been changed. Reformat file invalid.
The specified reformat file was produced on an earlier version of REFSPEC.
1007
Reformat file is empty. There is nothing to compile.
Enter A to add a reformat before entering X to compile.
1008
Error in output record menu in reformat !.
Go to the OUTPUT RECORD menu for the specified reformat, and make correction.
1009
Error in input forms menu in reformat !.
Go to the specified reformat (INPUT FORMS menu) and make correction.
1010
Output field ! of reformat ! is in error.
Go to the specified OUTPUT FIELD menu and make correction.
1011
Internal error writing code rec for input forms seq. 
(FSERR !!!!)



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