Using Design-Time Tools

The Visual Basic Editor design-time error-handling tools let you correct mistakes in VBA syntax and catch misspellings of variable names. They also let you follow the “flow” of a macro or function (seeing each line of code as it is executed) and monitor the values of variables during the course of a procedure’s execution.

Catching Syntax Errors

If you type a worksheet formula incorrectly in Excel, Excel alerts you to the error and refuses to accept the entry. The VBA compiler (the system component that converts your English-like VBA code into the machine language that actually executes the macro on your computer) ordinarily performs the same service for you if you type a VBA expression incorrectly. If you omit a required ...

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