Re: Error Trapping Question


"jake" <jp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I trap an error 383 for all of my comboboxes when I try to pick an item in
> the combobox (cboFluid = strFluidName) that does not exists. Is there a
> way to find out which combobox fired that error? The reason I need to
> know this is in my new app I have changed some of the data in a combobox
> which makes old files for this app not compatible. I was thinking that
> maybe the better way is to filter the file coming before loading the data
> and modifying it. Any ideas?


Maybe it's just me, but little of that made sense.

Error number 383 is "Set not supported (read-only property)". If
encountered during runtime for a combobox, the description is "Text property
is read-only", but the error number is the same. Apparently, your combobox
has a Style property set to 2 - Dropdown List.

If it were me, I'd make sure any changes are compatible with these older
versions of files. You didn't explain a lot (anything really) about these
"old files", but do you really want all users to have this "problem" when
they upgrade to a new version of your app? Apparently, you do realize this
and that's why you want to "filter the file".

But no, I know of no way to determine which combobox *raises* the error
(errors are raised, events are fired). You should be able to determine it
from your code though....even at runtime via the Name property.

I suggest you post your code so we can see exactly what you're doing.

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP Visual Basic



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