Informix Error -50123: Invalid length specified for the ixString::pad() member function.

Reasons / Common Causes

-50123 is raised by the ixString class in the Window Painter GUI builder library — per the official guidance:

You have asked to pad the string either to more than its maximum possible length (32,766) or to a negative value. Check the width value (using ixString::getWidth()) before calling ixString::pad().

1. Invalid length specified for the ixString::pad() member function, per the official guidance — the direct, documented condition.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Check the specific value or object state the message names, per the official guidance, against the constraint it describes.

Examples

N/A

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 ixString flags here, against the constraint the official guidance describes.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -50122 — "Invalid length specified for the ixString::truncate() member function." Another ixString-related condition in this set.
• -50121 — "Invalid position specified for the ixString::getChar() member function." Another ixString-related condition in this set.

Invalid length specified for the ixString::pad() member function.