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Informix Error -1227

-1227 Message file not found.

4GL cannot locate a file of message texts. The file should have a suffix of .iem and be in the product directory, $INFORMIXDIR/msg. Reinstall such files from the distribution materials. If you have started to modify the user-message file, 4glusr.msg, check that its compiled form has been replaced in the correct directory.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-1227 fires when 4GL can't locate a file of message texts — per the official guidance, the file needs a .iem suffix and must live in $INFORMIXDIR/msg; this is the 4GL-runtime equivalent of -1120's form-level OPTIONS HELP FILE case.

  1. A .iem message file missing from $INFORMIXDIR/msg, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
  2. A customized 4glusr.msg file whose compiled .iem output isn't in the correct directory, per the official guidance's specific note.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Reinstall the message files from the distribution materials, per the official guidance.
  2. If 4glusr.msg was modified, ensure its compiled version is placed in the correct directory, per the official guidance.
Examples
Checking for the message file
$ ls "$INFORMIXDIR/msg/"*.iem
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check $INFORMIXDIR/msg for the expected .iem files, and reinstall from distribution materials if any are missing.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -1120 — "Message file not found." A related help-message error, at the form-level OPTIONS HELP FILE layer rather than 4GL's own runtime message files.
  • -1228 — "Message number not found in message file." A related error, about a specific number missing from an otherwise-found file.
  • -1229 — "Incompatible message file." A related error, about a found file whose content doesn't match the current product version.

A .iem message file is missing from $INFORMIXDIR/msg — reinstall from distribution materials.