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nwhaught
nwhaught

Reputation: 1592

VBA On Error not catching errors

Posting this here, in case it can help others. I was seeing some strange behavior where:

Sub somesub()
On Error GoTo Handler
    Dim x
    x = 1/0
    MsgBox("Done")
    Exit Sub
Handler:
    MsgBox("Error was handled")
End Sub

Was not catching the error.

There is a related question on SO already, at: Excel VBA Not Properly Breaking on Error, but it is asking about how to mitigate side effects of making one choice or another in the Error Trapping settings. This is asking why the error handling is not working at all.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2736

Answers (2)

RonBreen
RonBreen

Reputation: 1

I have been struggling with this for months. Tools>>Options>>General>>Error Trapping was the exact solution !! Though I also structured my code to reset the error handler before every onerror goto label: statement as follows Put this above your desired onerror goto code:
onerror goto -1 '<<--- found in a different post that this resets the handler

Upvotes: 0

nwhaught
nwhaught

Reputation: 1592

It turned out that in the VBA editor, under

Tools>>Options>>General>>Error Trapping

I had "Break on All Errors" selected, which overrides any instruction in the code to GoTo or Resume on the error. Changing the selection to "Break on Unhandled Errors" resolved my issue.

Source for answer: Five tips for handling errors in VBA

Upvotes: 3

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