TechNote (Archived)

Net error codes in Director

Error codes produced through network operations in Director versions 6 through MX
The following is a list of the most common network related errors reported to Lingo in both Shockwave and Director. These error codes will be returned when accessing information via the netError() or netError(netID)functions.

The netError is a function that determines whether an error has occurred in a network operation and, if so, returns an error number corresponding to an error message. If the operation was successful, this function returns a code indicating that everything is okay ("OK"). If no background loading operation has started, or if the operation is in progress, this function returns an empty string. For more information see netError in the Lingo Dictionary

Lingo Network Errors

Error	Description
0	Everything is fine.
1	Occurs when the local path points to a directory which doesn't exist
4	Bad MOA Class. This generally means the required network Xtras are improperly installed, or not installed at all. Note: This can occur with non-network Xtras as well.
5	Bad MOA Interface. Same as Bad MOA Class in symptoms and remedies.
6	This alert can be achieved by using an URL which Shockwave does not support.
20	Internal error. Returned by netError() in Shockwave if the browser detected a network or internal error.
900	File to be written to is read-only
903	Disk is full.
905	Bad filespec
2018	postNetText error usually happens when you use postNetText with the parameters in the URL. M.Kloss recommends this syntax to avoid 2018: pNetID = postNetText(myURL, myParamPropList)
4144	Failed network operation
4145	Failed network operation
4146	Connection could not be established with the remote host
4149	Data supplied by the server was in an unexpected format
4150	Unexpected early closing of connection
4154	Operation could not be completed due to timeout.
4155	Not enough memory available to complete the transaction
4156	Protocol reply to request indicates an error in the reply
4157	Transaction failed to be authenticated
4159	Invalid URL
4164	Could not create a socket
4165	Requested Object could not be found (URL may be incorrect)
4166	Generic proxy failure
4167	Transfer was intentionally interrupted by client
4242	Download stopped by netAbort(url)
4836	Download stopped for an unknown reason. May have been a network error, or the download may have been abandoned
4144	Failed network operation
4145	Failed network operation
4146	Connection could not be established with the remote host
4147	Failed network operation
4148	Failed network operation
4149	Data supplied by the server was in an unexpected format
4150	Unexpected early closing of connection
4151	Failed network operation
4152	Data returned is truncated This may occur when using a ? character at the end of a URL (T. Schussler)
4153	Failed network operation
4154	Operation could not be completed due to timeout
4155	Not enough memory available to complete the transaction
4157	Transaction failed to be authenticated
4159	Invalid URL
4160	Failed network operation
4161	Failed network operation
4162	Failed network operation
4163	Failed network operation
4164	Could not create a socket
4165	Requested Object could not be found (URL may be incorrect)
4166	Generic proxy failure
4167	Transfer was intentionally interrupted by client
4168	Failed network operation
4240	The network xtras weren't initialized properly. (Lewis Francis)
4242	Download stopped by netAbort(url)
4836	Download stopped for an unknown reason. May have been a network error, or the download may have been abandoned.