Informix Error -21614: Expected identifier not found following ^ifdef or ^ifndef at line line-number.

Reasons / Common Causes

-21614 fires when an mkmessage input file's ^ifdef/^ifndef directive isn't followed by a macro identifier — per the official guidance.

1. ^ifdef/^ifndef with no macro identifier following it, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Add the missing macro identifier after ^ifdef/^ifndef at the reported line, per the official guidance's implication.

Examples

A missing identifier

^ifdef
Some text.
^endif

Corrected

^ifdef SOME_MACRO
Some text.
^endif

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the reported line's ^ifdef/^ifndef directive for a missing macro identifier, and add one.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -21608 — "You have exceeded the limits of 8 defines. Extra defines will be ignored." A related preprocessor-define error, on exceeding the define count rather than a missing identifier on a specific directive.

An ^ifdef/^ifndef directive had no macro identifier following it — add one.