IN THE SPOTLIGHT: MDE to MDB Conversion Service
(also supports: ACCDE to ACCDB, ADE to ADP, etc)
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Access Database Repair Service
An in-depth repair service for corrupt Microsoft Access files
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: vbWatchdog
VBA error handling just got easier...
" vbWatchdog is off the chart. It solves a long standing problem of how to consolidate error handling into one global location and avoid repetitious code within applications. "
- Joe Anderson,
Microsoft Access MVP
Meet Shady, the vbWatchdog mascot watching over your VBA code →
(courtesy of Crystal Long, Microsoft Access MVP)
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: vbMAPI
An Outlook / MAPI code library for VBA, .NET and C# projects
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Use vbMAPI alongside Microsoft Outlook to add professional emailing capabilities to your projects.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Code Protector
Standard compilation to MDE/ACCDE format is flawed and reversible.
You don't! vbWatchdog requires no extra references.
Simply follow the instructions in Quick Start: Installation to add the necessary class modules to your project. Nothing further is required.
First off you need to download the update for the AddIn. To do this, locate your receipt e-mail from us that includes the download link for the software. The link will provide you with the latest version to download. Download the file and install it.
Once installed, you now need to update the class modules in your application(s). To do this, with your application loaded, open the VBE and use the "Addins" > "vbWatchdog" > "Add vbWatchdog to this project" menu option. This will now update the class modules to the latest version. Job done!
No. Our installer handles everything for you.
No. The 'Add vbWatchdog to this project' menu item does everything for you.
All versions from v6 onwards (from original Office 2000 onwards) are currently supported.
The software is designed universally and should continue to work with any future releases of VBA6 or VBA7 without issue. In the unlikely event that a future version of VBA breaks compatibility, we endeavour to release an updated version of vbWatchdog to fix any issues without charge, provided you have a licence for the latest major revision of vbWatchdog.
Well, where do I start?
You get access to the VB call stack (to find out the location of error and how that subroutine was called).
You get access to an automatic line numbering system that is already built-in to your compiled code (no code bloating).
You get access to the live local variable values within the procedure of error so that you can dump the memory contents for enhanced debugging
You can create professional error dialogs using the built in HTML error dialog.
You get complete control over handling all errors.
Furthermore, to implement these features is so easy - take a look at our Tips: Converting existing code
Yes, this works well with vbWatchdog, and is the preferred option by most developers that already use a common library file.
The main benefit of this approach is that you could potentially have vbWatchdog setup in a single library file, and use that library file from multiple other projects. Then when a new update is available for vbWatchdog, you only have to update the class modules in one location.
Full licensing information and pricing is available here: Purchasing Options
ErrEx is a global class object that is used as a replacement for the built-in Err function in VBA / VB6. It is also the object you use for enabling and disabling your global error handler.
ErrEx exposes all the new features such as the callstack, line numbering and variables inspector.
Read more here: QuickStart: The ErrEx function
No, not during normal application program flow. There is of course a small overhead when an exception occurs for retrieving the advanced information from the callstack and live variable values, but in reality this overhead is so small it's negligable.
Yes, absolutely. However, the features of the VariablesInspector are not available since variables debug information has been removed by the MDE Protector. It is advised in this situation to turn off the VariablesInspector support by setting ErrEx.VariablesInspectorEnabled property to False.
Please send us your questions and feature requests here: vbwatchdog@everythingaccess.com.
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