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Informix Error -50233

Cause and resolution

DDE Error: Invalid item specified.

An initialization error occurred when the server attempted to recognize the item. Verify that the string that specifies the item is one of the established set of items.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-50233 is raised by the Window Painter GUI builder library in the Window Painter GUI builder library — per the official guidance:

An initialization error occurred when the server attempted to recognize the item. Verify that the string that specifies the item is one of the established set of items.

  1. DDE Error: Invalid item specified, 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
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 this condition flags here, against the constraint the official guidance describes.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -50233 in this set yet.

DDE Error: Invalid item specified.