Informix Error -50104: Attempt to open a popup ixWindow while its containing ixWindow is still unopened.

Reasons / Common Causes

-50104 is raised by the ixWindow class in the Window Painter GUI builder library — per the official guidance:

This message is generated by ixWindows::open(). A popup cannot be opened before its container is opened.

1. Attempt to open a popup ixWindow while its containing ixWindow is still unopened, per the official guidance — the direct, documented condition.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Adjust the calling code to respect the constraint named in the message, per the official guidance — no other resolution is documented.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the class-library condition described above.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the specific value, object state, or call sequence that ixWindow flags here, against the constraint the official guidance describes.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -50110 — "Attempt to create a modelessPopup style ixWindow with a modalPopup style ixWindow as its container. A modalPopup cannot contain a modelessPopup. Use modalPopup as the windowStyle of the new ixWindow instead." Another ixWindow-related condition in this set.
• -50106 — "Attempt to set default button in a top level style ixWindow. Only a modalPopup style ixWindow can have a default button. No default button will be set." Another ixWindow-related condition in this set.

Attempt to open a popup ixWindow while its containing ixWindow is still unopened.