Informix Error -2941

-2941 name is not a display field name on the form.

This statement refers to a field as name, but no such name is defined. Check the spelling, and review the ATTRIBUTES section to see how the field was defined.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-2941 fires when a statement refers to a field name that isn't defined anywhere on the form — per the official guidance, this is a straightforward undefined-name reference.

A field name referenced that was never defined in ATTRIBUTES, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the spelling of the referenced field name, per the official guidance.
Review the ATTRIBUTES section to see how the field was defined, per the official guidance.

Examples

A reference to an undefined field

INSTRUCTIONS
  BEFORE FIELD custname
    MESSAGE "Enter customer name"
  END
-- -2941: the field is actually named "cust_name" in ATTRIBUTES

Corrected

INSTRUCTIONS
  BEFORE FIELD cust_name
    MESSAGE "Enter customer name"
  END

Diagnostic Checks

Check the spelling of the referenced field name against the ATTRIBUTES section, and correct any mismatch.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-2955 — "The name field-tag is not a displayed field in this form." The mirror-image error: a name defined in ATTRIBUTES but missing from SCREEN, rather than one referenced but never defined in ATTRIBUTES.

The referenced field name isn't defined anywhere on the form — check its spelling against ATTRIBUTES.