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**GetSilent(**// //**)**

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| **GetSilent** | Retrieves the current state of error display mode. |

**GetSilent** retrieves the value of the ErrorClass **Silent** private property.

The **Silent** property determines whether an error will be displayed to the screen. If Silent is set to one (1 or True), the error message box will not be displayed to the screen; however it will be added to the error log file. If Silent is set to zero, (0 or False) the error is displayed to the screen as well as added to the error log file.

**Return Data Type:**     BYTE

**See Also:** [[setsilent set silent error flag .htm|SetSilent]]