Checking for function errors

[PaulIA]

I started using AutoIt several months ago for a unattended installation project for WinXP and have quickly become addicted. (I think I'm going to have to go to AA... AutoIt Anonymous) In writing several AutoIt projects, I find that I spend a lot of time writing code like:

Func MyFunc()
$rStruct = DllStructCreate("int;int;int")
if @Error then
  Display error message to user and return with error code
endif
DllStructSetData($rStruct, 1, 1)
if @Error then
  Display error message to user and return with error code
endif
DllStructSetData($rStruct, 2, 2)
if @Error then
  Display error message to user and return with error code
endif
DllStructSetData($rStruct, 3, 3)
if @Error then
  Display error message to user and return with error code
endif
.
.
.
EndFunc

As a result, a large percentage of my code ends up being error checking. Right now, to reduce this overhead, I've been "wrapping" the AutoIt functions that I use a lot like:

Func MyFunc()
$rStruct = _DllStructCreate("int;int;int")
_DllStructSetData($rStruct, 1, 1)
_DllStructSetData($rStruct, 2, 2)
_DllStructSetData($rStruct, 3, 3)
.
.
.
EndFunc

These wrapper functions simply call the original function, check the @Error or returned value for errors and optionally display an error message. This has worked well for me and reduces the amount of code by a ton.

So my question becomes: "Is there a better way to do this?" What I really was looking for in AutoIt, is the ability to tell AutoIt to report all errors itself (maybe a new feature that you could control with "Opt") or a user callback function like "onerror" that would get called when any of the built in AutoIt functions encounters an error.

Any appropriate comments/suggestions would be appreciated.

[Valik]

The way you are doing it is the best way to do it.

[PaulIA]

Thanks for the replies. The ErrorCheck function is interesting. I'd never thought of wrapping the function calls that way.