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**ThrowFile(**// error id, filename //**), PROC**

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| **ThrowFile** | Sets the substitution value of %File, then processes the error. |
| //error id// | An integer constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression that indicates which error to process. |
| //filename// | A string constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression that indicates which file produced the error. |

The **ThrowFile **method sets the substitution value of %File, then processes the error, and finally returns the severity level of the error.

ThrowFile combines the functionality of SetFile and Throw into a single method.

**Implementation:**

The ABERROR.INC file contains a list of default symbolic constants for the //error id //parameter. The value of the ErrorClass.FileName property is substituted for any %File symbols in the error message text.

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**The ThrowFile method may or may not RETURN to your calling program, depending on the severity of the error.**

**Return Data Type:**     BYTE

**Example:**

** OPEN(MyFile)**

** IF ERRORCODE()**

**  Severity = GlobalErrors.ThrowFile(Msg:OpenFailed, NAME(MyFile))**

** END**

**See Also:**     [[filename  file that produced the error .htm|FileName]], [[setfile  set the substitution value of the  file macro .htm|SetFile]], [[throw   process specified error .htm|Throw]]