April 2002
Intermediate to advanced
688 pages
19h 51m
English
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Name
Erl Property
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information
Syntax
Erl
Return Value
An Integer containing the line number
Description
Indicates the line number on which an error occurred
Rules at a Glance
Erl returns the line number only if one has been provided in the source code.
If the error occurs on a line that does not have a line number, Erl returns 0.
Programming Tips and Gotchas
Erl is not affected by compiler settings. Compiling with the /debug- switch does not prevent Erl from accurately reporting the line number.
Line numbers are rarely used in modern VB code. In VB.NET, line numbers are labels that must be followed by a colon.
Although programmers have been requesting an error-handling function that reports the line number on which an error occurred, Erl has one major limitation: namely, it requires that the developer assign a line number to source code lines in advance.
Erl is not new to VB.NET. It was an undocumented and little known function in previous versions of Visual Basic (and of QBasic as well).
VB.NET/VB 6 Differences
In VB 6, line numbers are distinct from labels, and do not require that any symbol (other than white space) separate them from their lines’ source code. In VB.NET, line numbers are labels that must be followed by a colon.
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