Name
Err.Raise Method
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.ErrObject
Syntax
Err.Raise(number, source, description, _
helpfile, helpcontext
)
-
number
Use: Required
Data Type: Long integer
A numeric identifier of the particular error
-
source
Use: Optional
Data Type: String
The name of the object or application responsible for generating the error
-
description
Use: Optional
Data Type: String
A useful description of the error
-
helpfile
Use: Optional
Data Type: String
The fully qualified path of a Microsoft Windows Help file containing help or reference material about the error
-
helpcontext
Use: Optional
Data Type: Long
The context ID within
helpfile
Description
Generates a runtime error
Rules at a Glance
To use the Err.Raise method, you must specify an error number.
If you supply any of the
number
,source
,description
,helpfile
, andhelpcontext
arguments when you call the Err.Raise method, they are supplied as values to the Number, Source, Description, HelpFile, and HelpContext properties, respectively. Refer to the entries for the individual properties for full descriptions of and rules for each property.The
number
argument is a Long integer that identifies the nature of the error. Visual Basic errors (both Visual Basic-defined and user-defined errors) are in the range 0-65535. The range 0-512 is reserved for system errors; the range 513-65535 is available for user-defined errors. When setting the Number property to your own error code in a class module, you add your error-code number to thevbObjectError
constant. ...
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