basic.abort
Terminates program and PROC{s}.
Syntax
abort {message#}{,'parameter'{,'parameter'..}} abort {error message string}
Description
immediately stops program execution and unconditionally returns to the TCL command prompt.
The 'abort' statement specifies an abnormal end and can appear anywhere in the program. The 'error.message#' parameter is the item-id of the desired message in the 'dm,messages,' file to be output.
The parameters are the values required by the message. If the 'string' form is used, the message string is displayed on the screen and placed in the 'dm,messages,' file.
The 'abort' statement is similiar to the 'stop' statement, except the 'abort' statement also terminates execution of any macro or PROC which might have called the program containing the 'abort' statement and aborts the Pick/BASIC program.
The 'abort' statement automatically generates error message '[b1] run-time abort at line 'n''.
Example
open 'invoices' to invoice.file else abort 201,'invoices'
If 'invoices' can not be opened, the program aborts with error
message 201 and passes in the string 'invoices'. This causes the
program to stop with the message ''invoices' is not a file
name'. In this case, both [b201] and [b1] error messages are displayed.
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