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Error.ShortErrorMessage Property

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InfoPath Developer Reference

Sets or retrieves the string value containing the short error message of an Error object. Read/write

Version Information
 Version Added:  InfoPath 2003

Syntax

expression.ShortErrorMessage

expression   An expression that returns a Error object.

Return Value
String

Remarks

The short error message is the ToolTip that users view when data validation fails in their forms.

Security Level 2: Can be accessed only by forms running in the same domain as the currently open form, or by forms that have been granted cross-domain permissions.

Example

In the following example, the ShortErrorMessage property of the Error object is used to display the short message of an error in a message box:

JScript 
  var objError;

objError = XDocument.Errors(0);
XDocument.UI.Alert("Error name: " + objError.ShortErrorMessage);

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