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Stored procedures
xlsMsgError (Function)
In french: xlsMsgErreur
Returns the caption of the last error caused by an XLS function.
// Open an XLS file
XLSFileID = xlsOpen("C:\MyDirectories\File.XLS")
IF XLSFileID <> -1 THEN
	.. 
ELSE
	// An error occurred in the XLS file
	ResError = xlsMsgError(XLSFileID)
	...
END
Syntax

Syntax that uses the xlsDocument type Hide the details

<Result> = xlsMsgError(<XLS document>)
<Result>: Character string
  • Caption of last error that occurred on the XLS file,
  • Empty string ("") if no error occurred.
<XLS document>: xlsDocument variable
Name of the xlsDocument variable corresponding to the current XLS file.

Syntax kept for backward compatibility with version 12 Hide the details

<Result> = xlsMsgError(<XLS file identifier>)
<Result>: Character string
  • Caption of last error that occurred on the XLS file,
  • Empty string ("") if no error occurred.
<XLS file identifier>: Integer
Identifier of current XLS file, returned by xlsOpen.
Remarks

Different errors

The errors that can occur on the XLS functions are as follows:
  • The XLS file is not found, does not exist, is not opened, is not valid or cannot be opened.
  • The specified row and/or column are empty or do not exist.
  • Insufficient memory to open the file.
  • The version of Excel used is unknown or too old (the XLS functions cannot read the files in Excel version 2 or earlier).

Equivalent function

ErrorInfo (with the errMessage constant) also returns the details of the last error.
Component: wd300xls.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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