When an application retrieves values from fields on a form into variables, the FRS performs a variety of validation checks to ensure that the data is valid before assigning it into the variables. The FRS returns error messages if it encounters invalid data. You can use set_frs to suppress the display of validation error messages that might result from the following statements:

The syntax is:

To disable the display of validation error messages, specify 0. To enable display of validation error messages, specify 1. By default, display is enabled. If you use an integer variable, it must contain 0 or 1.