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Description

Returns or sets a descriptive string associated with an error.

Syntax

object.Description [= stringexpression]

The Description property syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
object	Always the Err object.
stringexpression	A string expression containing a description of the error.

Remarks

The Description property consists of a short description of the error. Use this property to alert the user to an error that you can't or don't want to handle. When generating a user-defined error, assign a short description of your error to this property. If Description isn't filled in, and the value of Number corresponds to a VBScript run-time error, the descriptive string associated with the error is returned.

On Error Resume Next
Err.Raise 6  ' Raise an overflow error.
MsgBox ("Error # " & CStr(Err.Number) & " " & Err.Description)
Err.Clear    ' Clear the error.