Informix Error -4669

-4669 The function fgl_setcurrline can only be used in

INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block.

The function is being used outside of an INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block. Review the code to make sure that fgl_setcurrline has not been used anywhere else except in the INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4669 fires when fgl_setcurrline is called outside an INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block — per the official guidance, it's only meaningful there.

fgl_setcurrline called outside an INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Review the code to make sure fgl_setcurrline has not been used anywhere else except in the INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block, per the official guidance.

Examples

fgl_setcurrline outside INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY

FUNCTION highlightRow(n)
  CALL fgl_setcurrline(n)
  -- -4669: only valid inside an INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block
END FUNCTION

Corrected

DISPLAY ARRAY items TO scr.*
  ON KEY(F1)
    CALL fgl_setcurrline(3)
END DISPLAY

Diagnostic Checks

Check every call to fgl_setcurrline, and confirm it's inside an INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-4652 — "The function function name can only be used within an INPUT or CONSTRUCT statement." The same class of scope-restricted-function error, for functions meaningful only inside INPUT/CONSTRUCT rather than INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY.

fgl_setcurrline was called outside an INPUT/DISPLAY ARRAY block — it's only valid there.