EvaluationError()

EvaluationError()

Category: Logical

Syntax: EvaluationError ( expression )

Parameters: expression ”any FileMaker calculation formula.

Description: Returns an error code, if any, from expression . There are two types of errors: syntax errors and runtime errors. A syntax error indicates an invalid calculation. A runtime error, such as Field missing or Record missing , occurs when the calculation currently being run is valid but cannot properly execute.

The EvaluationError() function must enclose the Evaluate() function to return any syntax errors.

Examples:

 EvaluationError ( myFunction ) 

Returns any runtime error codes that would arise from evaluating the expression in myFunction .

 EvaluationError(Evaluate(myFunction)) 

Returns any error codes that would arise from evaluating the expression in myFunction .