Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Description Property | Language Reference Version 1

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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.

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