Chapter 7. HANDLING YOUR ERRORS IN ACCESS WITH VBA

IN THIS CHAPTER

• ACCESS ERROR MESSAGING

• DIFFERENT WAYS OF USING ERROR HANDLING

• EXAMINING ACCESS'S RUNTIME ERROR HANDLING

• WORKING WITH THE ERR AND ERROR OBJECTS

• WORKING WITH THE ERRORS COLLECTION

• CREATING USER-DEFINED ERRORS

• TRACKING ERRORS BY USING A CUSTOM ERROR LOG

• CREATING A CENTRALIZED ERROR-HANDLING ROUTINE

• A LAST LOOK AT ERROR-HANDLING ISSUES

Although it's not the most glamorous subject for a book, runtime error handling is one of the most important subjects when it comes to creating robust applications.

Access has several commands that help you use error handling to trap all those bugs that either slip through when you're debugging an application, or come about through no fault of yours but because of bad data or user error.