Error Messages

WHEN you compile a ViviFire program, errors can occur. What follows is a list of error messages and how you can correct your code.

Argument BEGIN must be last one in list

Argument list must be between parentheses ('(' ')') because of @OPTION

Bad assignment operator

Bad escaped name or character literal - usually caused by missing backtick ('`')

Bad fixed constant

Bad floating-point literal

Bad integer literal

Bad modifier

Bad string constant. Possibly you want two quotes ('\

Bad string literal - usually caused by missing quote(s) ('\

Bad symbol

BEGIN without NEW or WHEN

Bit field not permitted here

CALL BASE is available only in a CONSTRUCTOR

CALL CONSTRUCTOR is available only in a CONSTRUCTOR

Cannot have expression after TOL clause

Cannot have GET with @WriteOnly

Cannot have more than one statement after THEN or ELSE

Cannot have SET with @Iterator or @ReadOnly

Cannot have SET with dictionary access

Cannot use @OPTION after @OPTION LAST

Cannot use @WRITEONLY with default property

Cannot use a constant value here

Cannot use ANSI with UTF16

Cannot use BEGIN in procedure call

Cannot use BYREFwith OPTIONAL

Cannot use CASE after SELECT because of @OPTION

Cannot use DIM/VAR with default property

Cannot use EXIT in FINALLY

Cannot use EXIT PROGRAM in LIBRARY

Cannot use GOTO CASE in FINALLY

Cannot use METHOD in PROGRAM module

Cannot use UTF16 with ANSI

Cannot use WHERE after a list

Cannot use YIELD in CATCH or FINALLY

Cannot use YIELD without @ITERATOR on procedure

CASE cannot follow CASE ELSE in SELECT

CASE ELSE cannot be first CASE in SELECT

CASE without SELECT

CATCH without TRY

CLASS without END

CONSTRUCTOR DIM/VAR must have a parameter list

CONSTRUCTOR without CLASS or STRUCT

CONSTRUCTOR without END

DECLARE without END

Declared element is missing generic type parameter(s)

DESTRUCTOR without CLASS

DESTRUCTOR without END

Dictionary-access property must have one parameter

DO WHILE/UNTIL cannot have LOOP WHILE/UNTIL

DO without LOOP

ELSE or ELSE IF cannot follow ELSE

ELSE without IF

END cannot have block type because of @OPTION

END cannot have type name because of @OPTION

END cannot have block type because of @OPTION

END FOR cannot have name because of @OPTION

END FOR must have name because of @OPTION

END must have block type because of @OPTION

END type name must be the same as NEW type name

END without block. Possibly you want EXIT PROGRAM.

ENUM without END

Enumeration constant must have an initializer because of @OPTION

Enumeration must have a base type (IS) because of @FLAGS or @OPTION

Enumeration must have a name because of @FLAGS, @OPEN, or @OPTION

Event handlers cannot have a return type

EXIT cannot be first statement in loop. Possibly you want EXIT WHEN.

EXIT CONSTRUCTOR without CONSTRUCTOR

EXIT DO without DO

EXIT FOR without FOR

EXIT FUNCTION without FUNCTION

EXIT label without EXIT WHEN

EXIT list can use only DO or FOR or WHILE

EXIT METHOD without METHOD

EXIT PROPERTY without PROPERTY

EXIT SUB without SUB

EXIT WHEN cannot have two of the same label

EXIT WHILE without WHILE

External library must be a string constant

FINALLY without TRY

First argument is missing

FOR without END

FUNCTION must have a return type

FUNCTION without END

GET without PROPERTY

GOTO CASE without SELECT

IF cannot have THEN because of @OPTION

IF must have THEN because of @OPTION

IF must use block construct because of @OPTION

IF without END

IF-THEN-ELSE must be between parentheses

IN and OUT are permitted only with EVENT and TRAIT

Invalid Constraint

Invalid directive or modifier

Invalid name caused by incorrect file encoding. Write the file again as "UTF-8 with BOM"

Last argument is missing

Loop cannot have more than one WHEN BEGIN

Loop cannot have more than one WHEN EACH/ELSE

Loop cannot have more than one WHEN with the same label

LOOP without DO

Method must have return type because of modifier(s)

METHOD without END

More left braces than right

More left parentheses than right

More right braces than left

More right parentheses than left

Must use backslash because of @OPTION

Must use DIM because of @OPTION

Must use EACH because of @OPTION

Must use ELSE because of @OPTION

Must use SELECT CASE because of @OPTION

Must use slash because of @OPTION

Must use VAR because of @OPTION

Namespace or type name expected

NEW...BEGIN without END

Newline or inline comment must follow line continuation

Number before unit name must be 0, 1, or 2

Object BASE is available only in a child class

OBJECT cannot have CONSTRUCTOR

OBJECT cannot have DESTRUCTOR

OBJECT without END

Optional parameter must have initializer because of @OPTION

PROPERTY without END

RAISE expression is mandatory here

REM is not a comment. Possibly you want ' or //

REQUIRE must be before statements

SELECT must have a minimum of one CASE

SELECT without END

SELF constraint only available in CLASS and TRAIT

SET must have one parameter

SET without PROPERTY

Statement not permitted in collection initializer

STRUCT cannot have CLASS member

STRUCT cannot have DESTRUCTOR

STRUCT without END

SUB must have return type because of modifier(s)

SUB without END

THEN without IF

This statement not permitted with one-line IF...ELSE

Too many arguments for MOD or REM

TRAIT without END

TRY without END

Unit name cannot have a plural part after 1 or 2

Unknown identifier. After @SI only BINARY, LARGE, and SMALL are available.

Unknown identifier. After @TEST, only IGNORE is available.

Unknown identifier. After DECLARE only ANSI, CDECL, and UTF16 are available.

Unknown or missing option

UNTIL without DO or LOOP

WHEN label must be declared at EXIT WHEN because of @OPTION

WHEN without EXIT WHEN

WHERE is not permitted here

WHERE must be on the same logical line as REQUIRE

WHILE without END