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Default Error handling

You could change your Subroutines to Functions that return a boolean value
(true/false).

Function acct_6301(someparms as sometypeofvariables) as boolean

if somethingisn'tfound then
acct_6301 = false
else
acct_6301 = true
end if
End Function

Then you could call the function.

Dim OkToContinue as boolean
....
oktocontinue = acct_6301(something)
if oktocontinue then
'it was found
else
'it wasn't found
end if
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Alternatively, you could set up a public variable:

Public OkToContinue as boolean
and set that to true/false depending on what you find.


Sub Acct_6301()

if something then
oktocontinue = true
else
oktocontinue = false
end if

End sub

And your calling procedure would do:

Call acct_6301(maybe passed parms here???)
if oktocontinue then
'do something
else
call acct_6301
if oktocontinue then
'ok so far
else
call acct_6326
if .....

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Muddier than you thought?





Sarah at DaVita wrote:

I have a workbook with many sheets. I want to look for specific data and
then do some action. I can get the macro to work until it cannot find what I
am looking for. How do I tell it that if it doesn't find what it was looking
for then to go to a different sub routine? Ie: I am looking for 6301 in
column A if that is not present end sub acct_6301 and go to sub acct_6326
which is looking for a different account if 6326 is found then do something
and then go look for the next one. Clear as mud? Any help would be
appreciated.


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Dave Peterson