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** Troubleshooting ** "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow" when using "Data Entry - Shareholdings and Investments"

Troubleshooting


Problem

User clicks "Data Entry - Shareholdings and Investments". User tries to make some changes. User receives an error.

Symptom

Example #1 (Controller 10.1.1):
IBM Cognos Controller Error
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore the error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.
Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
[Details] [Continue] [Quit]
 
Example #2 (Controller 10.4.0):
Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToShort(Object Value)
at Cognos.Controller.Forms.Form.frmShareholdReg.ZTrim(Int16& Col)
at Cognos.Controller.Forms.Form.frmShareholdReg.EnableDisable()
at Cognos.Controller.Forms.Form.frmShareholdReg.DoFillFlexGrid()
at Cognos.Controller.Forms.Form.frmShareholdReg.IForm_DoClick(Int32 lCmd, String& sTag)
at Cognos.Controller.Button.stdButton.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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Modified date:
08 May 2025

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