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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

527.0. "GPC - OA$NOTES_STATUS and _ERROR" by ADO75A::BEESTON () Tue Apr 21 1992 08:45

In a script I attempt to use the OA$NOTES_STATUS and OA$NOTES_ERROR symbols.
In the following case I am not able to use either of these symbols 
successfully and I suspect that I will have the same problem in other function
calls.

In a script I use the following code. 

	NOTES OPEN 'conference-name', 'class' 
	.IF NOT OA$NOTES_STATUS THEN GET OA$DISPLAY = OA$NOTES_ERROR

The conference is restricted and the user is not a member of the
conference. 

The NOTES OPEN reports the following error messages -       
                            
   %NONAME-E-OPENIN, error opening 'note file VMS filename' 
   -NOTES-E-NOTMEMBER, you are not a member of this conference

with the 'error opening' message being displayed on line 24 when the script
does eventually fail.

The test on the OA$NOTES_STATUS symbol returns a value of 1 and the
script continues processing. However, the script fails on the next command 
(which attempts to check the conference membership list) because 
the conference has not been successfully opened.     
                         
1) I expected that the NOTES OPEN would fail and that OA$NOTES_STATUS 
   would be set to 0.                     
                        
2) Should I be able to use the OA$NOTES_ERROR symbol to display a meaningful
   message to the user?
                                             
3) Also, are there restrictions to when OA$NOTES_STATUS is useful and why 
   doesn't OA$NOTES_ERROR only display the useful -NOTES- error messaage?
                                                  
Thanks.. Liz
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527.1GPC error status etc. on the bug listSIOG::T_REDMONDThoughts of an Idle MindTue Apr 21 1992 11:008
    We know that the GPC error signalling is not great at the moment. It's
    on the bug list to be fixed. We started out with the idea that we would
    be nice to people and try and trap any unfriendly error messages issued
    by VAX Notes and turn them into user-friendly ALL-IN-1 type messages.
    Unhappily for the technical users we appear to have gone too far... The
    situation does not change in V3.0.
    
    Tony