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Informix Error -50052: An error occurred while accessing the message file.

Cause and resolution

An error occurred while accessing the message file.

The ixMsgFile constructor or ixMsgFile::readMsg() generates this message. The file that is specified is corrupt or is not an Informix compile message file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-50052 fires in the GUI builder ("Window Painter") class library -- per the official guidance: The ixMsgFile constructor or ixMsgFile::readMsg() generates this message. The file that is specified is corrupt or is not an Informix compile message file.

  1. An error occurred while accessing the message file -- an invalid argument, state, or NULL value reaching ixMsgFile::readMsg(), per the official guidance.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Review the application's call to ixMsgFile::readMsg() against the condition described above, and correct the argument, object state, or configuration involved, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the GUI builder class library condition named in the official text.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the application's use of ixMsgFile::readMsg(), against the specific condition the official text describes.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -50052 in this set yet.

An error occurred while accessing the message file.