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Added: Apr 28, 2002
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to actually get vb to decipher the correct error description you need to use the format message api
eg.
Run-time error '-2147220999 (800401f9)':
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Option Explicit
Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM = &H1000
Private Declare Function FormatMessage Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"FormatMessageA" ( ByVal dwFlags As Long, lpSource As Long, _
ByVal dwMessageId As Long, ByVal dwLanguageId As Long, _
ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long, Arguments As Any) _
As Long
Private Function MessageText(lCode As Long) As String
Dim sRtrnCode As String
Dim lRet As Long
sRtrnCode = Space$(256)
lRet = FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, 0&, lCode, 0&, _
sRtrnCode, 256&, 0&)
If lRet >0 Then
MessageText = Left(sRtrnCode, lRet)
Else
MessageText = "Error not found."
End If
End Function ;
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