Try/Catch Problem

Dave dave at looktowindward.com
Thu Apr 5 09:59:05 EDT 2007


> try
>    addNew()
> catch err
>   put "You got error: " & err
> end try

I know the docs are hopeless.

It's nothing to do with the "try", you can't call a function without  
using a "get" or "put", so it should be:

get addNew()

or

put addNew() into xxx

Hope this Helps
All the Best
Dave

On 5 Apr 2007, at 14:49, Len Morgan wrote:

> I'm trying to do a simple error trap:
>
> try
>    addNew()
> catch err
>   put "You got error: " & err
> end try
>
> This script won't compile and it says the error is the "catch"  
> statement.
>
> The docs say that try has to be on a line by itself (which I've  
> done).  The docs give NO EXAMPLE CODE so I can't see from them what  
> I'm doing wrong.
>
> Any ideas or pointers to where I can look?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Len Morgan
>
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