I would guess that err is garbage because you don't initialize it and you don't pass in the address of err to FileOpen (that last parameter is a pointer to an Err, not an Err). Does this compile? Or was that a typo?
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Cheok Yan Cheng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:42 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Checking For Masked Error Code I try, Err err fileHandle = FileOpen(0, "game0", CreatorId, CreatorId, fileModeReadOnly, err); Then, i try to purposely open a file that doesn't exsit in the system and calling the error checking code. // check for error code, but won't work if(err == fileErrCreateError) { } // this also won't work? why? if((err & fileErrCreateError) == fileErrCreateError) { } thank you. regards yccheok p/s how can i reply a specific message thread through e-mail. any special command for that ? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
