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"On local error" v's "On Error"
What is the difference between these two statements for VB ?

I have searched and searched MSDN but can't find it ?  Does anyone know ?  If so does anyone have a link to an MSDN articleon it ?

Thanks,
jk

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Avatar of Éric MoreauÉric Moreau🇨🇦

I think that today, both means exactly the same thing. In the past (BasicA) there was a difference but not with VB6.
Avatar of rspahitzrspahitz🇺🇸

Where did you run across this?  I've been doing Basic since just after BASICA (actually used other platforms before that) and never ran across it in GWBASIC, QuickBASIC, or VB.  (I did a bit of BASICA and BASIC/DOS) but not enough to use variations on the On-Error.

So I suspect that E.M. is correct.
Avatar of rspahitzrspahitz🇺🇸

Further...since a help search for "local" leads you to "On Error Statement" I suspect it's obsolete but still supported as "deprecated."

(However, I've found some places in help that lead to the wrong topic area so I wouldn't entirely count it out, but it at least leads you to the correct context.)

I'm guessing it's not in help because it's deprecated and MS wants to get rid of it.
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rspahitz - I couldn't find 'on local error' anywhere in doco - but was in someones code that is using VB6 so didn't know whether it was new or old....thanks for your input

emoreau - thanks for the link and the extra info - that was going the extra yards and wins the points - appreciated.

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