FileMaker Pro 13: The Missing Manual

Appendix D. FileMaker Error Codes

The following table lists the error codes that may pop up when FileMaker detects something out of whack in your database, especially when you’re writing or running a script. You’ll run into error codes when you’re testing a script with the Script Debugger in FileMaker Pro Advanced or if you use a Get(LastError) calcuation. Like many things written by and for computer programmers, these descriptions may not make much sense in English, but they may provide a little more guidance than the error number alone.

Error codes marked with an asterisk (*) apply only to web-published databases.

ERROR NUMBER	DESCRIPTION
-1	Unknown error
0	No error
1	User canceled action
2	Memory error
3	Command is unavailable (for example, wrong operating system, wrong mode, and so on)
4	Command is unknown
5	Command is invalid (for example, a Set Field script step does not have a calculation specified)
6	File is read-only
7	Running out of memory
8	Empty result
9	Insufficient privileges
10	Requested data is missing
11	Name is not valid
12	Name already exists
13	File or object is in use
14	Out of range
15	Can’t divide by zero
16	Operation failed, request retry (for example, a user query)
17	Attempt to convert foreign character set to UTF-16 failed
18	Client must provide account information to proceed
19	String contains characters other than A-Z, a-z, 0-9 (ASCII)
20	Command/operation canceled by triggered script
21	Map Win32 error of “ERROR_NOT_Supported.” Microsoft documentation is “the request is not supported.”
26	The file path ...