PSS ID Number: 116392
Article Last Modified on 1/17/2001
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 1.0
This article was previously published under Q116392
SYMPTOMS
In a Microsoft Visual Basic Programming System, Applications Edition
procedure, you cannot modify or skip a line of code in the procedure either
while you are stepping through the procedure, or after you have reached a
breakpoint in the procedure.
CAUSE
This behavior is caused by the way that Visual Basic modules are compiled.
You cannot edit a Visual Basic procedure while in break mode.
When you use the Step Into button to step through a procedure, or when a
breakpoint has been reached in the procedure, the module appears in the
Debug window. If you then attempt to modify a procedure in the module, you
receive the following error message:
You'll have to restart your program after this edit - proceed anyway?
If you choose Yes, the procedure stops running, and you can edit your code.
If you choose No, you can continue running the procedure.
MORE INFORMATION
A Visual Basic module is compiled, or translated into code that can run,
the first time you run a procedure in the module. Additionally, any module
that this module depends on is also compiled. For example, if a procedure
or variable is used in another module, that module is also compiled. Also,
any dependent module in a dependent project is compiled, and the dependent
project is loaded at this time (if it isn't already loaded).
There are several stages of compilation. During the first stage, each line
of code in the module is parsed as you enter the line. The next stage
occurs when you run a procedure in the module. All the module-level code
(that is, variables, types, and declaration statements [sub, function, and
property]) is compiled. (All modules in all projects involved must get to
this stage before any module can be compiled further. You can receive a
compile error in a non-dependent module when a different module is being
compiled.) After this stage, all lines in all procedures in the dependent
modules, and only the dependent modules this time, are fully compiled and
the specified procedure runs.
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