1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp b/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp
index f748cde..34a50c3 100644
--- a/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp
@@ -40,10 +40,18 @@ const int      RANK = 2;
 
 int main (void)
 {
-   // Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
+   /*
+    * Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
+    */
    try
    {
       /*
+       * Turn off the auto-printing when failure occurs so that we can
+       * handle the errors appropriately
+       */
+      Exception::dontPrint();
+
+      /*
        * Create the data space with unlimited dimensions. 
        */
       hsize_t      dims[2]  = { 3, 3};  // dataset dimensions at creation 
@@ -192,24 +200,28 @@ int main (void)
    catch( FileIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
 
    // catch failure caused by the DataSet operations
    catch( DataSetIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
 
    // catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
    catch( DataSpaceIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
 
    // catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
    catch( DataTypeIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
    return 0;
 }