Informix Error -50057: No help number has been specified for the current object.
Cause and resolution
No help number has been specified for the current object.
Help has been requested for an item that has no help number assigned to it, meaning that no help text is available for the object. No workaround is available for this situation at runtime, but you can address it in the application code by ensuring that the object has a help number associated with it and that a corresponding message is in the appropriate help file.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-50057 fires in the GUI builder ("Window Painter") class library -- per the official guidance: Help has been requested for an item that has no help number assigned to it, meaning that no help text is available for the object. No workaround is available for this situation at runtime, but you can address it in the application code by ensuring that the object has a help number associated with it and that a corresponding message is in the appropriate help file.
- No help number has been specified for the current object -- the specific condition the official text names above, per the official guidance.
Solutions / Resolution
- Correct the application code so the condition described above doesn't occur, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the GUI builder class library condition named in the official text.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check the application code at the point this message is raised, against the specific condition the official text describes.
Related Errors / Related Topics
No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -50057 in this set yet.
No help number has been specified for the current object.