Informix Error -2976

Reasons / Common Causes

-2976 fires when a form specification has a SCREEN section but no TABLES or ATTRIBUTES section — per the official guidance, the compiler reaches end-of-file before finding these required sections.

1. A SCREEN section with no following TABLES/ATTRIBUTES sections, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Complete the form specification, per the official guidance, by adding the missing TABLES and ATTRIBUTES sections.

Examples

An incomplete form specification

SCREEN
{
Order #: [ordnum]
}
END
-- -2976: no TABLES or ATTRIBUTES section follows

Corrected

SCREEN
{
Order #: [ordnum]
}
END

TABLES
  orders

ATTRIBUTES
  ordnum = order_id;

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check that the form specification includes TABLES and ATTRIBUTES sections after SCREEN, and add whichever is missing.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -2880 — "The word 'screen' or 'end' has been left out." A related form-structure error, about a missing SCREEN/END keyword rather than missing TABLES/ATTRIBUTES sections.

The form specification ends after SCREEN with no TABLES/ATTRIBUTES section — complete the specification.