grapherrormsg returns a pointer to the error message string associated
with errorcode, the value returned by graphresult.
Refer to the entry for errno in the Library Reference, Chapter 4, for a
list of error messages and mnemonics.
/* grapherrormsg example */
#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#define NONSENSE -50
int main(void)
{
/* force an error to occur */
int gdriver = NONSENSE, gmode, errorcode;
/* initialize graphics mode */
initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode, "");
/* read result of initialization */
errorcode = graphresult();
/* if an error occurred, then output descriptive error message*/
if (errorcode != grOk) {
printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg(errorcode));
printf("Press any key to halt:");
getch();
exit(1); /* terminate with an error code */
}
/* draw a line */
line(0, 0, getmaxx(), getmaxy());
/* clean up */
getch();
closegraph();
return 0;
}