MPE/iX Error Management
(Subsystem 187)

1

MESSAGE

A system error STACK OVERFLOW occurred.

CAUSE

Number of error entries to PUSH into the Process Error Stack is greater than the Process Error Stack size.

ACTION

Decrease the error entries or increase the Error Stack size.

2

MESSAGE

A system error STACK UNDERFLOW occurred.

CAUSE

Number of error entries to POP off the Process Error Stack is greater than the Error Stack size, or the Error Stack is empty.

ACTION

Decrease the error entries or increase the Error Stack size.

3

MESSAGE

The specified STACK ENTRY does not exist on the PROCESS ERROR STACK.

CAUSE

The value of INDEX does not correspond to an error in the global error log, or in the Process Error Stack.

ACTION

Check the STACK ENTRY and use the valid one.

4

MESSAGE

CREATE_OBJECT failed in creating stack.

CAUSE

In creating stack, an attempt to call CREAT_OBJECT failed; internal error.

ACTION

Check CREATE_OBJECT.

5

MESSAGE

RELEASE_OBJECT failed in releasing stack.

CAUSE

In releasing stack, an attempt to call RELEASE_OBJECT failed; internal error.

ACTION

Check RELEASE_OBJECT.

6

MESSAGE

The specified error number is a zero, which is invalid.

CAUSE

User specifies zero as an error number which is invalid in the System Catalog file.

ACTION

Use the valid number( > 0, < 0).

7

MESSAGE

The specified subsystem number is not valid.

CAUSE

User specified an invalid SUBSYS number (<= 0) or the SUBSYS number is not in the System Catalog.

ACTION

Use the correct SUBSYS number.

8

MESSAGE

The specified buffer is too small to hold the text of the error message; the message has been truncated.

CAUSE

The value of BUF_LEN is smaller than the actual message in the System Catalog being returned. The message has been truncated.

ACTION

Increase the buffer size to hold the entire text.

9

MESSAGE

The requested depth is outside of the valid range for the PROCESS ERROR STACK.

CAUSE

User specified the depth outside of the Process Error Stack range. It has to be in the range between 1 and 16.

ACTION

Use the valid stack depth, which is between 1 and 16.

10

MESSAGE

An error occurred while attempting to create a KSO for use by the ERROR MANAGEMENT subsystem.

CAUSE

An error was encountered in attempting to create the global system error log object or a KSO.

ACTION

Check the system.

11

MESSAGE

The ERROR MANAGEMENT subsystem was unable to get a pointer to one of its KSOs.

CAUSE

An error occured in attempting to get a pointer to the global system error log or the KSO which holds parameters.

ACTION

Check the global system error log or KSO.

12

MESSAGE

The specified STACK ENTRY does not exist in the SYSTEM ERROR STACK.

CAUSE

The value of DEPTH does not correspond to an error in the System Error Stack.

ACTION

Check the value of DEPTH and System Error Stack.

15

MESSAGE

A RECOVER statement was unexpectedly invoked in the ERROR MANAGEMENT subsystem.

CAUSE

An unexpected trap occurred which caused the RECOVER block to be invoked.

ACTION

Check the error trap.

16

MESSAGE

An attempt was made to access process error stack by a caller running on the ICS.

CAUSE

The caller is on ICS and, therefore, no operation was performed when attempting to access process error stack.

ACTION

Do not access process error stack when the caller is on ICS.

17

MESSAGE

An error occurred while attempting to close the System Catalog.

CAUSE

When trying to close the System Catalog, an error occured.

ACTION

Check the System Catalog. You must open it before you can close it.

18

MESSAGE

The process error stack is empty.

CAUSE

User is trying to access the process error stack and there are no errors in the stack.

ACTION

Check the process error stack before accessing it.

19

MESSAGE

An error occurred while attempting to open the System Catalog; error messages cannot be obtained.

CAUSE

User is trying to open the System Catalog to access the error message and it failed.

ACTION

Check System Catalog.

23

MESSAGE

The BUFFER and BUF_LEN parameters must be supplied in order to return the text of the specified error to the caller.

CAUSE

User specified a message to go into buffer and BUFFER and BUF_LEN parameters are not there.

ACTION

Check the parameters and provide BUFFER and BUF_LEN parameters.

24

MESSAGE

The requested display option is invalid.

CAUSE

User is trying to use an invalid display option to display errors.

ACTION

Check the requested display option and use the correct one.

25

MESSAGE

There is no message set in the System Catalog which corresponds to the subsystem number in the specified status.

CAUSE

User is trying to use the invalid subsystem set number to access the System Catalog.

ACTION

Check the System Catalog or use the valid subsystem set number.

26

MESSAGE

There is no error number in the System Catalog which corresponds to the specified status.

CAUSE

User is tring to use the invalid error number to access the error message from System Catalog.

ACTION

Check the System Catalog or use the valid error number.

27

MESSAGE

The specified number of message parameters to push is invalid; valid range is from 1 to 5.

CAUSE

The value of message parameters is not in the range. The valid range is from 1 to 5.

ACTION

Check the value of message parameters and use the valid one.

28

MESSAGE

One of the message parameters to be pushed is not a valid string parameter.

CAUSE

One of the string parameters specified is invalid, meaning that the delimiter in the beginning of the string was not found prior to the maximum number of characters allowed in the string.

ACTION

Check the string parameter and correct it.

200

MESSAGE

WARNING ** The error management subsystem was unable to open the System Catalog; error messages cannot be obtained.

CAUSE

When the user tried to access the System Catalog to obtain error messages, an error occurred.

ACTION

Check the System Catalog or Error messages.

201

MESSAGE

WARNING ** Message set ! was not found in the System Catalog.

CAUSE

If the user is trying to access System Catalog with an invalid subsystem number, this warning message is issued.

ACTION

Check the System Catalog and use the valid number.

202

MESSAGE

WARNING ** Message set !, Error number ! was not found in the System Catalog.

CAUSE

When the user is trying to access the System Catalog with invalid subsystem numbers and error number, this warning message is issued.

ACTION

Check the subsystem and error number before accessing the System Catalog.

203

MESSAGE

WARNING ** An unexpected error was encountered while reading error messages from the System Catalog.

CAUSE

When the user tried to query the System Catalog with subsystem numbers and message numbers, an internal error occurred.

ACTION

Check the subsystem numbers and message numbers.

204

MESSAGE

The ERROR MANAGEMENT subsystem was unable to initialize its semaphore.

CAUSE

When the ERROR MANAGEMENT subsystem tried to call the Control Block routine to initialize its semaphore, an internal error occurred.

ACTION

Check the internal error and contact the Control Block routines owner.

205

MESSAGE

WARNING ** One or more entries on the error stack have been overwritten.

CAUSE

If the user tried to dump the entire error stack and some entries were overwritten, this warning message is issued to warn the user of that fact.

ACTION

Check the error stack.

501

MESSAGE

The menu selection is not valid; select from the menu choices only.

CAUSE

User has entered a character string which does not match any of the options specified in the accompanying menu of choices.

ACTION

Enter only the indicated selections.

502

MESSAGE

The specified INFO string is longer than allowed.

CAUSE

User has entered an INFO string which is larger than the program can handle.

ACTION

The program will handle an INFO string with the largest possible subsystem INFO string. Entries must be limited to 50 characters between the quotations.

503

MESSAGE

Only numeric digits (0...9) and an optional sign indicator (+, -) are allowed.

CAUSE

Numeric entries may contain a leading "+" or "-", but all other characters must be digits only. Blanks (other than leading or trailing blanks) are not allowed.

ACTION

Enter a valid numeric quantity.

504

MESSAGE

The specified time code contains an invalid date and/or time.

CAUSE

The time stamp code provided is not recognized by the system conversion procedures.

ACTION

Check the time code and re-enter correctly.

505

MESSAGE

An internal failure of NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT intrinsic occurred.

CAUSE

Unexpected error of an unknown nature returned from NLS.

ACTION

Notify your support engineer. An error stack dump may indicate the precise nature of the error.

506

MESSAGE

NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT is not available on this system.

CAUSE

This is an unexpected error which should have been detected at the start of the program and corrected by bypassing Native Language support.

ACTION

Notify your support engineer.

508

MESSAGE

The subsystem was specified without a corresponding message number.

CAUSE

The message number (second parameter) was left blank after specifying a subsystem number.

ACTION

Either provide a message number or delete the subsystem number from the INFO string.

509

MESSAGE

A message number was specified without a corresponding subsystem number.

CAUSE

A message number was specified but the subsystem number (first parameter) was left blank.

ACTION

You must either specify both a subsystem number and message number or neither.

510

MESSAGE

The specified number is outside the permissible range of 1...32766.

CAUSE

The user has provided a number less than 0 or greater than one less than maxshortint. (One less than maxshortint is a message catalog limitation).

ACTION

Restrict entries to the indicated range.

511

MESSAGE

The specified number is outside the permissible range of 1...2147483647.

CAUSE

The user has provided a number less than 0 or greater than maxint.

ACTION

Restrict entries to the indicated range.

512

MESSAGE

The specified number is outside the permissible range of 1...9223372036854775807.

CAUSE

The user has provided a number less than 0 or greater than maxlongint.

ACTION

Restrict entries to the indicated range.

513

MESSAGE

The specified number is larger/smaller than the largest/smallest integer which this system can handle.

CAUSE

The user has provided a number that this system can not handle.

ACTION

Check the number and use a correct one.

514

MESSAGE

An unexpected problem was encountered while trying to convert a string to a number.

CAUSE

When trying to convert a string to a number, an internal error was encountered.

ACTION

Check the string.

515

MESSAGE

Too few parameters were specified in the INFO string.

CAUSE

Syntax error. Parameters may be nil, but their corresponding delimiters must be present.

ACTION

Adhere to required syntax. The INFO string for this program must contain a minimum of two parameters. If you need help on syntax, type "HELP MSGUTIL".

516

MESSAGE

The name for the specified subsystem could not be obtained.

CAUSE

The user has provided a subsystem number which is not in the System Catalog.

ACTION

Check the System Catalog or use the right number.

534

MESSAGE

Unable to display Message #

ACTION

Information only.

550

MESSAGE

WARNING - Time/date display capabilities could not be activated.

CAUSE

The program could not adequately initialize range checking for time codes. Therefore, time code conversions will not be accepted. This error is unexpected and may be system dependent.

ACTION

Other functions of the program will continue to function. Notify your support engineer.

551

MESSAGE

WARNING - Extra, unused parameters were specified in the INFO string.

CAUSE

More than three parameters have been supplied. MSGUTIL ignored all past those first three.

ACTION

Adhere to the required syntax.