niSwitch_error_message

NI-SWITCH Functions

niSwitch_error_message

Specific Function

C Function Prototype

ViStatus niSwitch_error_message (ViSession vi, ViStatus errorCode, ViChar[] errorMessage);

Purpose

Converts an error code returned by NI-SWITCH into a user-readable string. Generally this information is supplied in error out of any NI-SWITCH VI. Use niSwitch_error_message for a static lookup of an error code description.

Parameters

Name Type Description
vi ViSession A particular NI-SWITCH session established with niSwitch_InitWithTopology, niSwitch_InitWithOptions, or niSwitch_init and used for all subsequent NI-SWITCH calls.

errorCode ViStatus Status code returned by any NI-SWITCH function. The default value is 0 (VI_SUCCESS).
errorMessage ViChar[] The error information formatted into a string. You must pass a ViChar array with at least 256 bytes.