On Error Goto Not Working
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here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up On Error Resume Next seemingly not working up vote 3 down vote favorite I http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5822061/on-error-goto-not-working-code-breaks have the following two lines of code: On Error Resume Next myWorkbook.Sheets("x").Columns("D:T").AutoFit I've stepped into the macro and executed the line On Error Resume Next and then on the next line myWorkbook... it does the following: Why doesn't the compiler resume the next line of code? On Error has been liberally used throughout the procedures code; I realize best practice is to use this as little as possible but it seems http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15459332/on-error-resume-next-seemingly-not-working to fit the purpose of this macro. Reading this SO QUESTION it says that you can't have one set of error trapping within another. How can I guarantee that one set of error trapping has been "closed off" before the code moves on - does On Error Goto 0 reset the error trapping? If it does reset then why doesn't resume work in the following?: Sub GetAction() Dim WB As Workbook Set WB = ThisWorkbook On Error GoTo endbit: 'raise an error Err.Raise 69 Exit Sub endbit: On Error GoTo 0 On Error Resume Next WB.Sheets("x").Columns("D:T").AutoFit End Sub excel-vba share|improve this question edited Mar 17 '13 at 15:03 asked Mar 17 '13 at 9:37 whytheq 14.7k3486169 Can we pls see the full code? –brettdj Mar 17 '13 at 9:52 @brettdj all 500 lines! –whytheq Mar 17 '13 at 10:29 @brettdj do you think I need to make sure all other error trapping in the previous code is closed off? –whytheq Mar 17 '13 at 10:30 Yes :) I think you already have an error. –brettdj Mar 17 '13 at 10:31 @Remou - Re.your edit: isn't this error code common to all VBA implementations? –whytheq Mar 17 '13 at 12:30
frequent questions I come across relates to the situation where an active and enabled error handler section handles the first error as expected but then fails to handle any subsequent errors. (An enabled error handler is one that is turned on by http://excelmatters.com/2015/03/17/on-error-wtf/ an On Error statement and an active error handler is an enabled handler that is in the process of handling an error.) Here's the explanation (it's a little long, but bear with me!): The On Error statement is the http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?603612-RESOLVED-On-Error-Goto-Statement-Doesn-t-Work-Help heart of VBA error-handling. Without an On Error statement, any run-time error that occurs will display an error message, and code execution will stop. There are 4 distinct On Error options: On Error Resume Next On Error GoTo some_label/line_number on error On Error Goto 0 On Error Goto -1 On Error Resume Next This is the simplest error handling option but also the most dangerous and most often misused. It ensures that when a run-time error occurs, control simply goes to the statement immediately following the statement where the error occurred, and execution continues from that point. There is no message to alert the user as to the fact that an error has occurred, or to what it might on error goto be. A typical good use of this structure is when there is a predictable error that you want to override – often assigning an object that may or may not exist to a variable. For example, when testing for the existence of a worksheet in a workbook, you can loop through all the worksheets checking the name of each one, or you can employ an On Error Resume Next statement like this: Dim ws as Worksheet On Error Resume Next Set ws = activeworkbook.worksheets("some name") If not ws is nothing then ' do stuff End If The danger of this is if you do not remember to reset error handling (by either simply disabling it with On Error Goto 0 or enabling an error handler – see below) all further errors in your code will be suppressed, which can make problems very hard to locate and debug – you may not even notice them until your code is already in real use, which is never a good thing! I frequently see people simply put On Error Resume Next at the top of their procedures when they can't figure out why an error is occurring – THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!! On Error GoTo some_label/line_number Enables the error-handling routine that starts at the specified line label or number. If a run-time error occurs, control passes to that specified line, making the er
Doesn't Work, Help If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 9 of 9 Thread: [RESOLVED] On Error Goto Statement Doesn't Work, Help Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Feb 15th, 2010,02:33 PM #1 Giel View Profile View Forum Posts Thread Starter New Member Join Date Feb 2010 Posts 3 [RESOLVED] On Error Goto Statement Doesn't Work, Help I have developed all in-house software used within my company with VB. I am currently using VB 6. I recently downloaded and installed Vsiual Studio 2010 Beta 2. At the time I was busy developing a new in-house program. I spent about 2 weeks fiddling with VS 2010 before deciding that at my age such a dramatic learnig curve is just not worth the effort considering the success I have thus far achieved using VB 6. Upon returning to my half-completed VB 6 project, I discovered that the ON ERROR GOTO statement no longer works. During execution the code simply ignores the ON ERROR GOTO statement as if it does not exist. You undoubtedly are all aware of the result. An unhandled error...... I have tried everything I could think of: Uninstalling VS 2010 and all associated components. Uninstalling VB 6 and re-installing VB 6, service packs, everything I have. All to no avail. My source code simply ignores the ON ERROR GOTO statement as if it does not exist. I do all development on my notebook and then create setup disks for the company PC's. Inadvertantly the .exe files are also present on the notebook. So is the source code. When I run the .exe files, the ON ERROR GOTO statent works just fine. However, when I run the source code from which the .exe files were created, the ON ORROR GOTO statement somehow just becomes inoperative. Please, PLEALSE, could anyone help me?? PLEASE. Reply With Quote Feb 15th, 2010,02:57 PM #2 si_the_geek View Profile View Forum Posts S