Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft Access 2002 Desktop Development

Chapter 16. Error Handling: Preparing for the Inevitable

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• Implementing Error Handling 704

• Using On Error Statements 706

• Using Resume Statements 709

• Clearing an Error 713

• Examining the Cascading Error Effect 713

• Using the Err Object 715

• Raising an Error 716

• Using the Errors Collection 718

• Creating a Generic Error Handler 719

• Preventing Your Own Error Handling from Being Invoked 733

• Creating a Call Stack 733

• Building a Custom Error Handler Class 737

• Creating a List of Error Codes and Descriptions 744

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Why This Chapter Is Important

Errors happen, even in the absence of programmer error. You need to protect your programs and your data from the adverse effects of errors by practicing error handling.

Error handling ...