Lingo in a Nutshell

Appendix E. Error Messages and Error Codes

Lingo Compiler and Runtime Error Messages

There are two broad classes of Lingo errors: those that occur when compiling scripts (compile-time) and those that occur when running Lingo (runtime). Table E-1 lists both types of errors alphabetically. Refer to Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Chapter 3, for many more details. See the Zeus Tech Note on Lingo Error Messages at http://www.zeusprod.com/technote/error.html.

Table E-1. Lingo Errors

Error Message	Cause or Solution
<Member Type> cast member expected	You specified a cast member as part of the command, but it was not of the expected asset type. Check its type of member and explicitly refer to a cast member’s castLib if it is not in castLib 1.
<Member Type> cast member not found	You specified a nonexistent cast member either by name or by number. When using multiple castLibs, specify the castLib explicitly, such as: member 5 of castLib 2 Adding an integer to a member reference causes an incorrect result because members and integers are different data types (See Chapter 5): put the member of sprite 5 -- (member 2 of castLib 1) put the member of sprite 5 + 1 -- 0 Increment the memberNum instead. set the memberNum of sprite 5 = ¬ (the castLibNum of sprite 5) + 1
An internal error occurred	This error is returned by Adobe Acrobat when using open... with because it does not set the working directory. See Chapter 14.
<Something> expected	The Lingo command or function expects you ...