VUFORM Messages 0-99

1

ERROR: malloc() failed

Description

An attempt dynamically to allocate memory from the operating system using malloc() failed in vuform while trying to allocate space for a fielded buffer.

Action

Make sure the operating system parameters are set correctly for the amount of memory on the machine and the amount of memory that can be used by a process. Reduce the memory usage on the machine or increase the amount of physical memory on the machine. Re-execute the vuform command.

See Also

vuform(1), ulimit(2) in UNIX reference manuals

2

ERROR: Couldn't find system form formname

Description

The vuform program was not able to find the specified system form, formname, or an I/O error was found while reading the specified form.

Action

Check that the TUXDIR environment variable is set to the proper value and export this variable. Also, verify that the specified form exists under the corresponding locale directory, for example, ${TUXDIR}/locale/C/mask/vuform, and is readable. Then, re-execute the vuform command.

See Also

vuform(1)

5

ERROR: Couldn't find formname

Description

The vuform program was not able to find the specified form, formname, or an I/O error was found while reading the specified form. This error was produced while the vuform command was trying to initialize a MENU type form.

Action

Check that the TUXDIR and the MASKPATH environment variables are set to the proper values and export these variables. Also, check that the file containing the specified form is readable. Then, re-execute the vuform command.

See Also

vuform(1)

11

ERROR: this page already has a home field

Description

This error is provided by the vuform command during a cross validation of the lastval function. This cross validation found that there is more than one field declared as a Home field on the corresponding page. Only one field can be the Home field.

Action

For each field, enter Attribute Mode (that is, type cf) and verify the value of the Home field attribute. Only one field is allowed to be the Home field.

See Also

vuform(1)

12

ERROR: this page already has an initial field

Description

This error is provided by the vuform command during a cross validation of the lastval function. This cross validation found that there is more than one field declared as an Initial field on the corresponding page. Only one field can be the Initial field.

Action

For each field, enter Attribute Mode (that is, type CF) and verify the value of the Initial field attribute. Only one field is allowed to be the Initial field.

See Also

vuform(1)

13

ERROR: this form already has a menu field

Description

This page already has a menu field (MENU). Only one MENU type field is allowed on a form.

Action

Do not define a new MENU type field. Edit the field attribute parameters and delete the values provided for the Menu Type and Argument: fields.

See Also

vuform(1)

14

ERROR: invalid menu type (choose MENU or FORMEXIT)

Description

This error is returned by vuform during the definition of the parameters for a variable field. The field labeled Menu type: takes either the MENU or the FORMEXIT keyword. Another value has been specified.

Action

Check the value of the field labeled Menu type:; it must be MENU or FORMEXIT. The remainder of the specification of the MENU or the FORMEXIT statement must be entered on the lines following the label Argument:.

See Also

vuform(1)

15

ERROR: no spaces allowed in display code string

Description

There should be no spaces between display flags. This error is produced by the vuform command while validating the display flags for a particular field.

Action

Re-enter the value of the display flags without spaces.

See Also

vuform(1)

16

ERROR: invalid display code - use digits 0 through 9

Description

A display flag must be a digit between 0 and 9, where 0 is the normal mode, 1 is standout mode, 2 is inverse video, 3 is bold, 4 is dim, 5 is blink, 6 is invisible, 7 is underline, 8 is protected, and 9 is alternate character set. This error is produced by the vuform command while validating the display flags for a particular field.

Action

Correct and re-enter the value of the display flags.

See Also

vuform(1)

17

ERROR: duplicate display code

Description

A display flag can only be specified once. This error is produced by the vuform command while validating the display flags specified for a particular field.

Action

Correct and re-enter the value of the display flags field.

See Also

vuform(1)

18

ERROR: FML id not found in field tables

Description

This error is produced by the vuform program while validating the FML name given to a particular field in the field attribute form. The FML id must be defined in the corresponding field table.

Action

Check the FIELDTBLS and FLDTBLDIR environment variables to make sure they are set correctly, and re-execute the command. Add the FML identifier to the field table file. You can escape to the editor to edit the field table file and add the field identifier, for example, ESC!vi field table file>.

See Also

vuform(1)

19

ERROR: argument specification not consistent with type

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Default type: field. A value for the Argument: field has been specified but no value has been given to the Default type: field. A default type (the value of the Default type: field) must be specified in this case.

Action

Specify a default type value for the Default type: field, or delete the value of the Argument: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

20

ERROR: type requires argument

Description

This error is issued by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the definition of the Default type: field. A value for the Default type: field has been specified but no value has been given to the Argument: field. An argument value for the Argument: field must be specified.

Action

Specify an argument value for the Argument: field, or delete the value of the Default type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

21

ERROR: argument specification not consistent with type

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the validation specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Validation type: field. A value for the Argument: field has been specified but no value has been given to the Validation type: field. A value for the Validation type: field must be specified.

Action

Type a value for the Validation type: field, or delete the value of the Argument: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

22

ERROR: validation type does not take an argument

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the validation specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Validation type: field. A value for the Argument: field has been specified but the value provided for the Validation type: field does not take an argument. For example, ALPHA, ALNUM, INTEGER, and NUMERIC are validation types that do not take arguments.

Action

Do not specify a value for the Argument: field. Correct the value and proceed with editing the form.

See Also

vuform(1)

23

ERROR: type requires argument

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the validation specification for a variable field. A value for the Validation type: field has been specified that requires an argument but no value for the Argument: field has been provided.

Action

Specify a value for Argument: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

24

ERROR: argument specification not consistent with type

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Argument: field for a Menu type: field, but the Menu type: field has not been set to either MENU or FORMEXIT.

Action

Set the value for the Menu type: field to MENU or FORMEXIT, or delete the value for the Argument: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

25

ERROR: MENU field must be unprotected

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as either MENU or FORMEXIT, but the field has not been marked as unprotected.

Action

Set the protected field indication to "n".

See Also

vuform(1)

26

ERROR: type requires argument

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as either MENU or FORMEXIT, but no value for the Argument: field has been specified.

Action

Specify a value for the Argument: field, or delete the value for the Menu type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

27

ERROR: regular expression syntax error

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Validation type: field as RE (regular expression). The associated argument is an invalid regular expression.

Action

Specify a value for the Argument: field that is a valid regular expression, or delete the Validation type: field value.

See Also

vuform(1)

28

ERROR: bad function specification

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Validation type: field as FUNC (function). The associated argument is an invalid function specification.

Action

Specify a value for the Argument: field that is a valid function specification, function(string_arg), or delete the Validation type: field value.

See Also

vuform(1)

29

ERROR: bad range specification

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Validation type: field as NR (numeric range). The associated argument is an invalid numeric range (for example, a closing bracket is missing).

Action

Specify a value for the Argument: field that is a valid numeric range, or delete the Validation type: field value.

See Also

vuform(1)

30

ERROR: bad range specification

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Validation type: field as IR (integer range). The associated argument is an invalid integer range (for example, a closing bracket is missing).

Action

Specify a value for the Argument: field that is a valid integer range, or delete the Validation type: field value.

See Also

vuform(1)

31

ERROR: floating point constant in integer range specification

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Validation type: field as IR (integer range). The associated argument is an invalid integer range (the numbers specified are not integers).

Action

Specify a value for the Argument: field that is a valid integer range, or delete the Validation type: field value. Use a numeric range (NR) if floating point values are desired.

See Also

vuform(1)

32

ERROR: Cannot have null menu/formexit value

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as either MENU or FORMEXIT, but the Argument: field is invalid. The format of the field should be a comma-separated list of menu_value=menu_type:jump_type values, but one of the entries is missing the menu_value (either the field value starts with an equal sign or an equal sign follows a comma).

Action

Specify a valid value for the Argument: field, or delete the value for the Menu type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

33

ERROR: values for FORMEXIT must be F0-F9 or F11 or *

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as FORMEXIT, but the Argument: field is invalid. The format of the field should be a comma-separated list of menu_value=menu_type:jump_type values where menu_value must be F1 through F09, F11, or *.

Action

Specify a valid value for the Argument: field, or delete the value for the Menu type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

34

ERROR: expected '=' in menu/formexit list

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as either MENU or FORMEXIT, but the Argument: field is invalid. The format of the field should be a comma-separated list of menu_value=menu_type:jump_type values, but one of the entries is missing the equal sign (a menu_value was followed by white space but no equal sign).

Action

Specify a valid value for the Argument: field, or delete the value for the Menu type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

35

ERROR: invalid menu/formexit type

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as either MENU or FORMEXIT, but the Argument: field is invalid. The format of the field should be a comma-separated list of menu_value=menu_type:jump_type values, but one of the entries has an invalid menu_type.

Action

Specify a valid value for the Argument: field, or delete the value for the Menu type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

36

ERROR: expected ':' in menu/formexit line

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as either MENU or FORMEXIT, but the Argument: field is invalid. The format of the field should be a comma-separated list of

menu_value=menu_type:jump_type

values, but one of the entries is missing the colon (the character following the menu_type and optional white space is not a colon).

Action

Specify a valid value for the Argument: field, or delete the value for the Menu type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

37

ERROR: invalid action type

Description

This error is produced by vuform while validating the argument specification for a variable field. The error occurred during the specification of the Menu type: field as either MENU or FORMEXIT, but the Argument: field is invalid. The format of the field should be a comma-separated list of

menu_value=menu_type:action_type

values, but one of the entries has an Action (A or a) menu_type, with an invalid action_type.

Action

Specify a valid value for the Argument: field, or delete the value for the Menu type: field.

See Also

vuform(1)

64

ERROR: Signal caught - vuform exiting additional_information

Description

This message is printed when vuform processing is interrupted by a signal, usually a BREAK signal sent by the user hitting the BREAK key on the terminal. additional_information may be printed if vuform has additional information relating to the form being processed.

Action

Restart vuform and reformat the mask information.

See Also

vuform(1)

65

ERROR: Signal caught - vuform exiting

Description

This message is printed when vuform processing is interrupted by a signal, usually a BREAK signal sent by the user hitting the BREAK key on the terminal.

Action

Restart vuform and reformat the mask information.

See Also

vuform(1)

66

ERROR: program_name - unknown terminal type term_type

Description

The terminal type indicated is not known on this system and therefore cannot be used with vuform.

Action

Correct TERM environment variable setting to one understood on the local system, or run vuform from a terminal that has a known type.

See Also

vuform(1), curses(3X) and terminfo(4) in UNIX reference manuals

68

ERROR: program_name - form dimensions, cols X rows, are too large for screen, cols X rows

Description

The dimensions of the form to be processed by vuform are too large for the screen or window in use. The form dimensions come from the command line of vuform via the -c and -r options or default to 80 by 23 respectively.

Action

Run vuform from a bigger window or reduce the size of the form being created.

See Also

vuform(1)

69

ERROR: file_name is either an invalid file name or too long

Description

vuform creates a file with the same basename as that specified on the command line, but with a ".M" suffix appended to the end (if it does not already exist). This error occurs when the file name specified is invalid for use on the vuform command line for one of the following reasons:

• The last level of the filename (for example, dev for abc/dev and xyz for xyz) is 0-length

• The last level of the filename is ".M"

• The last level of the filename is more than 14 characters in length

• The last level of the filename is more than 12 characters in length and does not end in ".M"

Action

Modify the file name used on the vuform command line to conform to the restrictions specified above.

See Also

vuform(1)

74

ERROR: file_name is either an invalid file name or too long

Description

See Message No. 69 above.

Action

See Message No. 69 above.

See Also

vuform(1)

75

ERROR: file_name is either an invalid file name or too long

Description

See Message No. 69 above.

Action

See Message No. 69 above.

See Also

vuform(1)

77

ERROR: file_name is either an invalid file name or too long

Description

See Message No. 69 above.

Action

See Message No. 69 above.

See Also

vuform(1)

78

ERROR: file_name is either an invalid file name or too long

Description

See Message No. 69 above.

Action

See Message No. 69 above.

See Also

vuform(1)

80

ERROR: file_name is either an invalid file name or too long

Description

See Message No. 69 above.

Action

See Message No. 69 above.

See Also

vuform(1)

82

ERROR: file_name is either an invalid file name or too long

Description

See Message No. 69 above.

Action

See Message No. 69 above.

See Also

vuform(1)

90

ERROR: rows must be between 1 and rows

Description

When trying to reset the number of rows on form using ":rows=", the value specified was too large. The value must be between 1 and rows, where rows is dependent on the screen and/or window size.

Action

Run vuform from a bigger window or reduce the row size value specified.

See Also

vuform(1)

92

ERROR: cols must be between 1 and cols

Description

When trying to reset the number of columns on form using ":cols=", the value specified was too large. The value must be between 1 and cols, where cols is dependent on the screen and/or window size.

Action

Run vuform from a bigger window or reduce the column size value specified.

See Also

vuform(1)

94

ERROR: unknown command: string

Description

A command mode string, beginning with a colon, was entered but is not a valid vuform command.

Action

Enter a valid command mode string, as listed in the vuform(1) manual page.

See Also

vuform(1)

95

ERROR: formname - bad magic number

Description

The form formname specified for processing by vuform is not a valid form or was generated with an earlier version of the software (it has an invalid magic number).

Action

Make sure that the correct form name was specified and that it was compiled with the current version of the software. If necessary, de-compile it with the old version of the software and re-compile it with the new version.

See Also

mc(1), mcdis(1), vuform(1)

99

ERROR: read failed for formname - FML id, field_number (field_type), not found in any field table

Description

While reading the specified form, formname, the field name for field number field_number and type field_type could not be found (for example, Fname failed).

Action

Check the FIELDTBLS and FLDTBLDIR environment variables to make sure they are set correctly, and re-execute the command. Add the FML identifier to the field table file. You can escape to the editor to edit the field table file and add the field identifier, for example, ESC!vi field table file>.

See Also

vuform(1)