XL2000: Public Variables Are Not Maintained After Error

When you run a Microsoft Excel 2000 Visual Basic for Applications macro that contains a public variable, Excel reinitializes the public variable if an error condition halts the running of the macro. This is different behavior from earlier versions of Excel and Visual Basic for Applications.

The mode that stops the code execution but keeps the stack variables has been removed in the Excel 2000 version of Visual Basic for Applications.

In earlier versions of Excel and Visual Basic for Applications, there is a mode in the internal code that stops the code execution but keeps the stack variables. This is by design of Visual Basic for Applications.

In Excel 2000, this mode has been removed from the internal code to make it consistent with all other Visual Basic for Applications programs. When Visual Basic for Applications encounters an error that halts a macro, it resets the project stack, including all public variables.

For more information about public variables, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type declaring variables in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.