Vista - Is there a way to capture the line that caused and error

12-23-2008

I have a function in my script which is an error logger. Many lines of code
call it and I log any errors thrown up by my script. I would like to also
record the line in the code that caused the specific error. This would be
similar to the message you get when cscript throws the error to the screen in
brackets. The only properties I know of for err are.

Err.Number
Err.Description
Err.Source

I tried Err.Line bit it didn't seem to work.

12-23-2008

"Bob Smith" <BobSmith@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0CBF5B42-7310-44AF-8185-7F528FE7F57D@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I have a function in my script which is an error logger. Many lines of code
> call it and I log any errors thrown up by my script. I would like to also
> record the line in the code that caused the specific error. This would be
> similar to the message you get when cscript throws the error to the screen
> in
> brackets. The only properties I know of for err are.
>
> Err.Number
> Err.Description
> Err.Source
>
> I tried Err.Line bit it didn't seem to work.
>

The Err object has nothing that indicates the line number. The only solution
I can think of is to maintain your own line number or step number variable,
and pass this to your error function. A lot of work, but I've done this in
VB. However in VBScript I see no way to call your function, except to
repeatedly test Err.Number. If this is how you call your error function, you
can pass a different number in each call.

--
Richard Mueller
MVP Directory Services
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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12-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
Bob Smith n/a posts	Is there a way to capture the line that caused and error I have a function in my script which is an error logger. Many lines of code call it and I log any errors thrown up by my script. I would like to also record the line in the code that caused the specific error. This would be similar to the message you get when cscript throws the error to the screen in brackets. The only properties I know of for err are. Err.Number Err.Description Err.Source I tried Err.Line bit it didn't seem to work.
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12-23-2008	#2 (permalink)
Richard Mueller [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Is there a way to capture the line that caused and error "Bob Smith" <BobSmith@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0CBF5B42-7310-44AF-8185-7F528FE7F57D@xxxxxx Quote: >I have a function in my script which is an error logger. Many lines of code > call it and I log any errors thrown up by my script. I would like to also > record the line in the code that caused the specific error. This would be > similar to the message you get when cscript throws the error to the screen > in > brackets. The only properties I know of for err are. > > Err.Number > Err.Description > Err.Source > > I tried Err.Line bit it didn't seem to work. > The Err object has nothing that indicates the line number. The only solution I can think of is to maintain your own line number or step number variable, and pass this to your error function. A lot of work, but I've done this in VB. However in VBScript I see no way to call your function, except to repeatedly test Err.Number. If this is how you call your error function, you can pass a different number in each call. -- Richard Mueller MVP Directory Services Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --
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