topic Re: ACAPI_MenuItem_RegisterMenu returned -7003 in Archicad C++ API

ACAPI_MenuItem_RegisterMenu returned -7003

Emkave — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:22:59 GMT

Hello. I have a function ACAPI_MenuItem_RegisterMenu returing code -7003.
What does it mean?
There is no description for such error code in the Archicad API documentation.

Thank you in advance!

Re: ACAPI_MenuItem_RegisterMenu returned -7003

BerndSchwarzenbacher — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:07:07 GMT

Hi!

Unfortunately it seems to be a very unspecific error. See API Development Kit xx.xxxx\Support\Modules\GSRoot\Definitions.hpp.

There it says:

enum ErrorType : GSErrCode { ErrRead = -19, // == readErr on Mac /*I/O System Errors*/ ErrDskFul = -34, // == dskFulErr on Mac /*disk full*/ ErrIO = -36, // == ioErr on Mac ErrEof = -39, // == eofErr on Mac /*End of file*/ ErrFnf = -43, // == fnfErr on Mac /*File not found*/ ErrParam = -50, // == paramErr on Mac ErrPerm = -54, // == permErr on Mac /*permissions error (on file open)*/ ErrWrPerm = -61, // == wrPermErr on Mac /*write permissions error*/ ErrMemoryFull = -108, // == memFullErr on Mac ErrNilHandle = -109, // == nilHandleErr on Mac ErrUserCanceled = -128, // == userCanceledErr on Mac ErrTime = -2015, // == invalidTime on Mac ErrNilPtr = -7001, ErrEmptyHandle = -7002, Error = -7003, Cancel = -7004, ExceptionError = -7005 };

can you post more of the code?

Best regards,
Bernd

Re: ACAPI_MenuItem_RegisterMenu returned -7003

Emkave — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:31:19 GMT

The code was:

err = ACAPI_MenuItem_RegisterMenu (32500, 0, MenuCode_UserDef, MenuFlag_SeparatorBefore);

It was used in IFCHook_Test.cpp and I was getting this error when I copied and pasted the entire example in order to solve my different issue with PropertyHook.

Re: ACAPI_MenuItem_RegisterMenu returned -7003

BerndSchwarzenbacher — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:23:28 GMT

I see. I've posted a possible solution in the other thread.
Here are some ideas for this problem:

See if it goes away with a Release build
Make sure the STR resource 32500 is available, set up and processed correctly
Make sure you are also using ACAPI_MenuItem_Initialize in the Initialize function