Code Report Description Situation
m Note out of range A series of sharps or flats has taken a note beyond the range of the sound chip. PLAY
n Out of range A parameter for a command is too big or too small. If the error is very large, error L results PLAY
o Too many tied notes An attempt was made to tie too many notes together PLAY
Invalid mode The mode specified does not exist LAYER
Direct command error An attempt was made to execute a command within a program that's meant to be executed directly from the command line or to RUN a procedure definition (DEFPROC) DEFPROC, ERASE, LINE, LINE MERGE, BANK LINE MERGE
Loop error Occurs in REPEAT...REPEAT UNTIL loops where a matching REPEAT UNTIL or REPEAT cannot be found. REPEAT...REPEAT UNTIL, WHILE
No DEFPROC A PROC was found without a matching DEFPROC...ENDPROC block PROC
No ENDIF An ELSEIF was found without a matching ENDIF IF...ELSEIF...ENDIF
No label A referenced label, does not exist

The following are reports generated by NextZXOS for storage device errors. Those marked in the left-hand column with RIC may be followed by the options Retry, Ignore or Cancel?

Some reports may occur with the code(s) shown or without them.

Code Report Description
e Already exists The destination filename or directory already exists. Also occurs when attempting to map a drive letter that is already mapped to another device.
Bad file number An attempt was made to operate on a file which has not been opened. It is unlikely that this error will ever be seen.
f Bad filename The filename used does not conform to the filename requirements for the filesystem.
Bad parameters One of the values provided is out of range.
Code length error Trying to load a CODE file from the storage device that is longer than the value given on the LOAD command.
Dest can't be wild Trying to give a wildcard file specification for the destination file in a COPY command when the source also contains wildcard characters. In this case, the destination can only be a drive letter.
Dest must be path The source filename in a COPY command contains wildcard characters, but the destination is only a single file name. In this case, the destination can only be a path.
Dir full Unable to add further entries to the directory, or unable to remove a directory because it contains files or subdirectories.
RIC Disk changed The disk in the drive has been changed without properly REMOUNTing.
RIC Disk error An error has occurred accessing a storage device. If this error persists it may indicate that the device is faulty.
Disk full Saving or copying files to a storage device has used up the free space. The CAT command can be used to check that there is sufficient free space before attempting such an operation. This may leave a partly-written file if there was only space for some of it. This part should be erased, as any attempt to use it will fail.
Dot command error The error that was trapped by ON ERROR was generated by a dot command. This is seen only when ERROR is used to cause the last trapped error.
End of file An attempt has been made to read a byte past the end-of-file position.
g,h File not found The filename specifies a file that does not exist.
Fragmented – use .DEFRAG The file is split into parts across the disk. Defragment it using the .DEFRAG dot command.
In use An attempt has been made to unmap or re-map a drive that has files open on it, or to access a file that is already open for another purpose.
Invalid attribute The attribute character following + or - in a MOVE command is not P, S or A (or there is more than one character after the +/-).
Invalid device The physical device specified does not exist.
Invalid drive A drive letter that does not exist has been specified.
Invalid partition The partition specified does not exist, or is the wrong type.
Invalid path The path specified does not exist
No rename between drives An attempt has been made to use the MOVE command specifying source and destination filenames that are on different drives.

ZX Spectrum Next User Manual, 3rd Edition (ISBN 978-1-5272-5496-1), written and illustrated by Phoebus R. Dokos. Copyright © 2020-2024 Phoebus Dokos / SpecNext Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This is a transcription and can contain errors; check any doubt against the printed page.