Informix Error -50702

Reasons / Common Causes

-50702 is raised by the ixOleField class in the Window Painter GUI builder library — per the official guidance:

The displayType value specified for the data in the ixOleField is invalid. For ixOleFields in a grid-form SuperTable, the valid display types are display- Default and displayText. For valid display types for ixOleField, consult the NewEra documentation

1. Invalid displayType for an ixOleField, 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 ixOleField flags here, against the constraint the official guidance describes.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -50704 — "Bad initialDataValue. Displaying empty data in the ixOleField." Another ixOleField-related condition in this set.
• -50701 — "Invalid data for an ixOleField." Another ixOleField-related condition in this set.

Invalid displayType for an ixOleField.