I came to some VBScript examples, and I saw the statement On Error Resume Next
basically at the beginning of the script.
What does it do?
I came to some VBScript examples, and I saw the statement On Error Resume Next
basically at the beginning of the script.
What does it do?
It basically tells the program when you encounter an error just continue at the next line.
It's worth noting that even when On Error Resume Next
is in effect, the Err object is still populated when an error occurs, so you can still do C-style error handling.
On Error Resume Next
DangerousOperationThatCouldCauseErrors
If Err Then
WScript.StdErr.WriteLine "error " & Err.Number
WScript.Quit 1
End If
On Error GoTo 0
When an error occurs, the execution will continue on the next line without interrupting the script.
It means, when an error happens on the line, it is telling vbscript to continue execution without aborting the script. Sometimes, the On Error
follows the Goto
label to alter the flow of execution, something like this in a Sub
code block, now you know why and how the usage of GOTO
can result in spaghetti code:
Sub MySubRoutine() On Error Goto ErrorHandler REM VB code... REM More VB Code... Exit_MySubRoutine: REM Disable the Error Handler! On Error Goto 0 REM Leave.... Exit Sub ErrorHandler: REM Do something about the Error Goto Exit_MySubRoutine End Sub
On Error Statement - Specifies that when a run-time error occurs, control goes to the statement immediately following the statement. How ever Err object got populated.(Err.Number, Err.Count etc)
It enables error handling. The following is partly from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5hsw66as.aspx
' Enable error handling. When a run-time error occurs, control goes to the statement
' immediately following the statement where the error occurred, and execution
' continues from that point.
On Error Resume Next
SomeCodeHere
If Err.Number = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "No Error in SomeCodeHere."
Else
WScript.Echo "Error in SomeCodeHere: " & Err.Number & ", " & Err.Source & ", " & Err.Description
' Clear the error or you'll see it again when you test Err.Number
Err.Clear
End If
SomeMoreCodeHere
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Error in SomeMoreCodeHere:" & Err.Number & ", " & Err.Source & ", " & Err.Description
' Clear the error or you'll see it again when you test Err.Number
Err.Clear
End If
' Disables enabled error handler in the current procedure and resets it to Nothing.
On Error Goto 0
' There are also `On Error Goto -1`, which disables the enabled exception in the current
' procedure and resets it to Nothing, and `On Error Goto line`,
' which enables the error-handling routine that starts at the line specified in the
' required line argument. The line argument is any line label or line number. If a run-time
' error occurs, control branches to the specified line, making the error handler active.
' The specified line must be in the same procedure as the On Error statement,
' or a compile-time error will occur.
On Error Resume Next means that On Error, It will resume to the next line to resume.
e.g. if you try the Try block, That will stop the script if a error occurred