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**FILEERROR(** **)**

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The **FILEERROR** procedure returns a string containing the "native" error message from the file system (file driver) being used to access a data file. Valid only when ERRORCODE() = 90 or ERRORCODE() = 47.

| **Return Data Type:** | STRING |

**Example:**

**PUT(NameFile)            !Write the record**

**IF ERRORCODE() = 90      !Back-end-specific error occurred**

** MESSAGE(****FILEERROR()****)**

** RETURN**

**END**

**See Also:**

[[errorcode  return error code number .htm|ERRORCODE]]

[[error  return error message .htm|ERROR]]

[[errorfile  return error filename .htm|ERRORFILE]]

[[fileerrorcode  return file driver error code number .htm|FILEERRORCODE]]

[[trappable run time errors.htm|Trappable Run Time Errors]]