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**ThrowMessage( **//error id, text //**), VIRTUAL, PROC**

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| **ThrowMessage** | Passes the specified error and text to the error handler object for processing. |
| //error id// | A numeric constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression that indicates the error to process. |
| //text// | A string constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression to include in the error message. |

The **ThrowMessage **method passes the specified error, including FILEERROR() and FILEERRORCODE() values, and text to the error handler object for processing, then returns the severity level of the error. See //Error Class// for more about error ids and severity levels.

**Implementation: **The Init method receives and sets the error handler. The incorporation of the //text //into the error message depends on the error handler. See //Error Class//.

**Return Data Type:**     BYTE

**Example:**

**GlobalErrors ErrorClass                            !declare GlobalErrors object**

**Access:Client CLASS(FileManager)                   !derive Access:Client object**

**ValidateField  PROCEDURE(UNSIGNED Id),BYTE,VIRTUAL !prototype validation**

**              END**

**Client  FILE,DRIVER('TOPSPEED'),PRE(CLI),THREAD                 **

**IDKey   KEY(CLI:ID),NOCASE,OPT,PRIMARY**

**Record   RECORD,PRE()**

**ID        LONG**

**Name      STRING(20)**

**StateCode STRING(2)**

**         END**

**        END**

** CODE**

** !program code**

**Access:Client.ValidateField FUNCTION(UNSIGNED Id)**

** CODE**

** IF ID = 3                   !validate statecode (3rd) field**

**  IF ~CLI:StateCode          !if no statecode, **

**                             !pass error & text to error handler**

**   RETURN Access:Client.ThrowMessage(Msg:RequiredField,'StateCode')**

**  END**

** END**

** RETURN Level:Notify**

**See Also:     **[[init  initialize the filemanager object .htm|Init]]