ErrorManager Object


Description

The ErrorManager object contains methods and properties to get errors and warnings that occurred during an API call, add to Inventor's errors or to display them.

Methods

Name Description
AddMessage Method that adds a new message at the current level in the message tree.
Clear Method that clears all errors and warnings. This method returns a failure if there are any active message sections (indicated by the IsMessageSectionActive property).
Show Method that displays the current error/warning or the stack of errors/warnings to the user.
StartMessageSection Method that starts a message section and returns a MessageSection object which can be used to clear, adopt or retain error/warning messages created during the section.

Properties

Name Description
AllMessages Property that returns an XML string containing all messages (errors and warnings).
Application Returns the top-level parent application object. When used the context of Inventor, an Application object is returned. When used in the context of Apprentice, an ApprenticeServer object is returned.
HasErrors Property that returns whether there are any recorded errors.
HasWarnings Property that returns whether there are any recorded warnings.
IsMessageSectionActive Property that returns whether there is any message section active.
LastMessage Property that returns the last recorded error/warning message. If there is a tree of errors/warnings, this property returns the most recent leaf error/warning.
Parent Property that returns the parent Application object.
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

Application.ErrorManager, InventorServer.ErrorManager, InventorServerObject.ErrorManager, MessageSection.Parent

Samples

Name Description
Using Inventor's error dialog Demonstrates using Inventor's error dialog.
Display custom error messages Demonstrates displaying custom error messages.

Version

Introduced in version 2010