Informix Error -1228

-1228 Message number not found in message file.

4GL cannot find a message number that should appear in a message file that was installed with the product. Reinstall all files of type .iem from the distribution materials. If you have modified the contents of the file, 4glusr.msg, review all deletions that you might have made, and recompile that file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1228 fires when 4GL can't find a message number that should appear in a message file installed with the product — per the official guidance, this is the 4GL-runtime equivalent of -1121's form-level HELP clause case.

An installed .iem message file missing an expected message number, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
A customized 4glusr.msg file with a message deleted, per the official guidance's specific note, that the program still expects.

Solutions / Resolution

Reinstall all .iem files from the distribution materials, per the official guidance.
If 4glusr.msg was customized, review any deletions made and recompile it, per the official guidance.

Examples

Recompiling a customized user-message file

$ mkmessage 4glusr.msg 4glusr.iem

Diagnostic Checks

Check whether the expected message number exists in the installed .iem files, and reinstall/recompile as needed.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-1121 — "Message number not found in message file." A related error, at the form-level HELP clause layer rather than 4GL's own runtime message files.
-1227 — "Message file not found." A related error, about the file itself being missing entirely.
-1229 — "Incompatible message file." A related error, about a found file that doesn't match the current product version.

An installed message file is missing an expected message number — reinstall from distribution materials, or recompile a customized 4glusr.msg.