ErrObject.Description Property
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Returns or sets a String expression containing a descriptive string associated with an error. Read/write.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Property Description As String
public string Description { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: System.String
Returns or sets a String expression containing a descriptive string associated with an error. Read/write.
Remarks
The Description property setting consists of a short description of the error. Use this property to alert the user to an error that you cannot or do not want to handle. When generating a user-defined error, assign a short description of your error to the Description property. If the Description property is not filled in, and the value of the Number property corresponds to a Visual Basic run-time error, then the string returned by the ErrorToString function is set in the Description property when the error is generated.
Examples
This example assigns a user-defined message to the Description property of the Err object.
On Error Resume Next
Err.Raise(60000)
Err.Description = "Your Widget needs a new Frob!"
Dim Msg = Err.Description
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.