>>>>>You need to pass the LINENO() in your on error call. As in:
>>>>>
>>>>>ON ERROR DO CatchErr WITH ERROR(), MESSAGE(), LINENO(), PROGRAM()
>>>>>
>>>>>>I am trying to catch errors using
>>>>>>on error do catcherr where catcherr.prg contains:
>>>>>>"str(ERROR( ))+MESSAGE( )+str(LINENO( ))+pROGRAM( )"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>but the lineno() reports back the lineno of catcherr, not where the error actually happens!
>>>>
>>>* CatchErr.prg
>>>LPARAMETERS lnError, lcMessage, lnLineNo, lcProgram
>>>?lnError, lcMessage, lnLineNo, lcProgram
>>
>>OK it's like this:
>>on error do catcherr
>>
>>~~catcherr.prg~~~
>>use errors excl
>> appe blank
>> repl problem with str(ERROR())+MESSAGE()+str(LINENO())+' '+pROGRAM()
>>RETU
>>
>>lineno always comes back with 3.
>
>Take a look at the sample I posted. You need to pass the ERROR(), LINENO(), etc. to catcherr from your ON ERROR call. Otherwise they'll be evaluated in catcherr and of course you'll get the line # in catcherr instead of the program that had the error.

Josh, Got it! thank you. Of course the lineno() fnct was dependant on the fact that it be passed as a param!