# DetailedErrorMessage Property

Sets or retrieves the string value containing the detailed error message of an Error object.

expression.DetailedErrorMessage

expression Required. An expression that returns a reference to the Error object.

## Security Level

2: Can be accessed only by forms running in the same domain as the currently open form, or by forms that have been granted cross-domain permissions.

## Remarks

The detailed error message is the longer error message that users can choose to view when data validation fails in their forms.

## Example

In the following example, the DetailedErrorMessage property of the Error object is used to display the detailed message of an error in a message box:

    var objError;

    objError = XDocument.Errors(0);
    XDocument.UI.Alert("Error name: " + objError.DetailedErrorMessage);

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