Translate error codes to string to display

Question

Is there a common way in C++ to translate an error code to a string to display it?

I saw somewhere a err2msg function, with a big switch, but is that re

Answer 1

In windows you can use FormatMessage(...) function either with error code return by GetLastError() function or directly to the suspected area.

Please see below links for examples.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms679351(v=VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680582(v=VS.85).aspx

I hope this will help you.