Throwback Thursday: September 19, 2024

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, I revisit the one VBA add-in I can't live without: vbWatchdog.

Throwback Thursday: September 19, 2024

With over a million words scattered across more than 1,300 articles on this blog, you've probably missed a few things here.

That’s why each week in "Throwback Thursday," we’ll revisit some standout posts. Expect a blend of my personal favorites, insightful articles from other great minds, and a touch of coding humor to keep things light.


Highlights from NoLongerSet.com

Error Handling Evolution
How you handle errors says a lot about you as a programmer. Most people evolve with experience in how they handle errors. From the most naïve to the most advanced, here is what that evolution looks like.
Graduate Level Error Handling
Once again, I borrowed an idea from Python. To smuggle this concept into VBA, I turned to a rarely-used language feature…
Throwing Errors in VBA
Introducing a frictionless alternative to Err.Raise.

Wisdom from Around the Web

vbWatchdog - Global Error Handler and Tracing utility
A fantastic global error handler for any VBA enabled application - such as Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel.

Developer Humor

Troubleshooting

"Oh, you're using their Chrome APP, not their Chrome EXTENSION. They're very similar but one handles window creation differently." is a thing I hope I can stop saying soon.

Cover image generated by Ideogram

All original code samples by Mike Wolfe are licensed under CC BY 4.0