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**TakeUser, PROTECTED, VIRTUAL, PROC**

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The **TakeUser** method is called when an error with Level:User is "Thrown" to the ErrorClass (see Throw, ThrowFile, ThrowMessage).

TakeUser must return a severity level to denote the user's response.

**Implementation:**

The base class method (ErrorClass.TakeUser) displays the error message and returns either Level:Benign or Level:Cancel depending on the end user's response.

**Return Data Type:**     BYTE

**Example:**

**  INCLUDE('ABERROR.INC')            !declare ErrorClass**

**MyErrorClass CLASS(ErrorClass)      !declare derived class**

**TakeUser      FUNCTION,BYTE,VIRTUAL !prototype corresponding virtual**

**             END**

**GlobalErrors MyErrorClass           !declare GlobalErrors object**

** CODE**

** GlobalErrors.Init                  !GlobalErrors initialization**

** !program code**

** GlobalErrors.Throw(Msg:CreateFailed) !Throw method calls SELF.TakeUser to **

**                                   !automatically call the derived class method**

**                                   !rather than the base class method**

**  !program code**

**MyErrorClass.TakeUser FUNCTION     !derived class virtual to handle user errors**

** CODE**

**  !your custom code here**

** IF MESSAGE(SELF.SubsString(),SELF.GetErrorBufferTitle(),ICON:Question, |**

**   Button:Yes+Button:No,BUTTON:Yes,0) = Button:Yes**

**  !your custom code here**

**  RETURN Level:Benign**

** ELSE**

**  !your custom code here**

**  RETURN Level:Cancel**

** END**

**See Also:**     [[takeerror  process specified error .htm|TakeError]], [[throw   process specified error .htm|Throw]], [[throwfile  set value of  file  then process error .htm|ThrowFile]], [[throwmessage  set value of  message  then process error .htm|ThrowMessage]]