Informix Error -1133

-1133 The NEXT OPTION name is not in the menu.

This MENU statement contains a NEXT OPTION clause that names a menu-option that is not defined in the statement. The string that follows NEXT OPTION must be identical to one that follows a COMMAND clause in the same MENU statement. Review the statement to ensure that these clauses agree with each other.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1133 fires when a MENU statement's NEXT OPTION clause references an option name that isn't defined within that same MENU statement — per the official guidance, the name after NEXT OPTION must exactly match a name that follows a COMMAND clause in the identical statement.

A NEXT OPTION clause naming an option that was never declared with COMMAND in this same MENU statement, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
A misspelling between the COMMAND-declared option name and the NEXT OPTION reference to it.

Solutions / Resolution

Verify all referenced option names are consistently spelled and properly declared, per the official guidance — every NEXT OPTION target needs a matching COMMAND clause in the same MENU statement.

Examples

A NEXT OPTION referencing an undeclared option

MENU "Orders"
  COMMAND "View" "View an order"
    ...
  COMMAND "Edit" "Edit an order"
    NEXT OPTION "Update"
    ...
END MENU
-- -1133: no COMMAND "Update" exists in this MENU statement

Corrected

MENU "Orders"
  COMMAND "View" "View an order"
    ...
  COMMAND "Edit" "Edit an order"
    NEXT OPTION "View"
    ...
END MENU

Diagnostic Checks

List every COMMAND-declared option name in the MENU statement, and check each NEXT OPTION clause's target against that list.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -1133 in this set yet.

NEXT OPTION must name an option declared via COMMAND in the same MENU statement — check spelling and declaration.