Mastering PowerBuilder

Error Service

Error service provides support for error processing in the PFC application. Error service provides the following functionality:

• Display messages to the end-user.
• Ability to suppress messages below a specified severity level.
• Supports unattended error processing.
• Supports e-mail notification of errors over a specified severity level.
• Supports time-out period (takes specified action if the user doesn't respond in the specified time).
• Allows the user to input comments at the time or error message display. User comments can also be logged.
• Supports printing of error messages.
• Able to read error messages from a variety of sources:
• a string
• a text file
• a table in a database

Able to log error messages, either

• all the error messages
• over a specified severity level