PWB displays an error message whenever it detects a command it cannot execute. Most errors terminate the command that is in error, but do not terminate PWB.
For most errors, PWB displays a message box with only the text of the message. The error number does not appear. With these messages, press F1 or click Help when the message box is displayed for Help on the error. Some errors terminate PWB. PWB displays these fatal errors on the command line after returning to the operating system.
This section lists only the fatal PWB errors.
| Number | PWB Error Message |
| PWB3089 Out of local memory. Unable to recover. | ||
| PWB has run out of memory and cannot recover. This is a fatal PWB condition. However, PWB is able to save your files, and you can restart PWB to continue. | ||
| This can happen when using PWB continuously for a long time. | ||
| This can also happen when creating a project with a very large number of files or adding files to a large project. To make the largest amount of memory available to PWB for creating a very large project, load only the PWBUTILS extension and only the language extensions you need for the project. Start PWB with the /DS option, and create the project before doing any other work. | ||
| If the project is too large for PWB to handle as a PWB project, you can use a non-PWB makefile for your project. | ||
| PWB3090 Out of virtual memory space. Unable to recover. | ||
| PWB has run out of virtual memory and cannot recover. This is a fatal PWB condition. However, PWB is able to save your files, and you can restart PWB to continue. | ||
| PWB3096 Unsupported video mode. Please change modes and restart. | ||
| A request was made to start PWB with the Savescreen switch set to yes (the default), but PWB does not support the current operating-system video mode. | ||
| Change the video mode and restart PWB. | ||
| PWB3178 Cannot start: unable to open swapping file | ||
| PWB is unable to create its virtual-memory file on disk. | ||
| PWB creates this file in the directory pointed to by the TMP environment variable. If no TMP environment variable is set, PWB creates the file in the current directory. | ||
| Check that the disk has at least 2 free megabytes and that the directory can be accessed with permissions to create a file. Check that the TMP environment variable lists a single existing directory. | ||
| PWB3180 Cannot start: not enough far memory | ||
| PWB ran out of memory while starting up. | ||
| Make more memory available to PWB and restart PWB. | ||
| PWB3181 Cannot initialize | ||
| PWB cannot initialize itself. | ||
| Check that there is enough memory available for PWB. Also, check that there is no conflict with a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) program. | ||
| PWB3901 RE: error number, line line | ||
| PWB has encountered an error while processing a regular expression. The expression may be malformed or too complex. | ||
| Check that the syntax of the regular expression is correct. | ||
| PWB3909 RemoveFile can't find file | ||
| PWB has encountered an internal error. | ||
| Contact Microsoft Product Support Services. | ||
| Note the circumstances of the error and notify Microsoft Corporation by following the instructions in the Microsoft Product Assistance Request form at the back of one of your manuals. | ||
| PWB3912 Internal VM Error | ||
| PWB has encountered an internal error. | ||
| Contact Microsoft Product Support Services. | ||
| Note the circumstances of the error and notify Microsoft Corporation by following the instructions in the Microsoft Product Assistance Request form at the back of one of your manuals. | ||
| PWB12078 Cannot access file: reason | ||
| PWB cannot access the given file for the stated reason. | ||
| Correct the situation and restart PWB. | ||
| PWB12086 Cannot access TMP directory: reason | ||
| PWB cannot access the directory listed in the TMP environment variable for the stated reason. | ||
| Correct the situation and restart PWB. | ||