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Informix Error -3082

-3082 No program specified to edit this BYTE field.

The form user has keyed! in the display of a BYTE field. However, no program= attribute was defined for this field.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-3082 fires when the operator presses ! to edit a BYTE field's display, but the field has no associated editor program — per the official guidance, no program= attribute was defined for this field.

  1. The BYTE field's ATTRIBUTES entry has no program= attribute, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Add a program= attribute to the field's ATTRIBUTES entry, per the official guidance, naming an external editor for the BYTE content.
Examples
Adding a program attribute
ATTRIBUTES
  photo = photo_data, PROGRAM = "/usr/bin/vi";
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether the BYTE field's ATTRIBUTES entry has a program= attribute, and add one if editing via ! is expected to work.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -3002 — "There are no BLOB fields to view." A related BLOB-handling error, about a form with no BLOB fields at all rather than one missing its editor program.
  • -3003 — "This BLOB field is empty." A related BLOB-handling error, about a null field value rather than a missing editor program.

No program= attribute is defined for this BYTE field — add one to allow !-editing.