vbAccelerator - Contents of code file: mWinError.bas

Attribute VB_Name = "mWinError"
Option Explicit

' To Report API errors:
Private Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER = &H100
Private Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_ARGUMENT_ARRAY = &H2000
Private Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_HMODULE = &H800
Private Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_STRING = &H400
Private Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM = &H1000
Private Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS = &H200
Private Const FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK = &HFF
Private Declare Function FormatMessage Lib "kernel32" Alias "FormatMessageA"
 (ByVal dwFlags As Long, lpSource As Any, ByVal dwMessageId As Long, ByVal
 dwLanguageId As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long, Arguments
 As Long) As Long


Public Function WinError(ByVal lLastDLLError As Long) As String
Dim sBuff As String
Dim lCount As Long
    
    ' Return the error message associated with LastDLLError:
    sBuff = String$(256, 0)
    lCount = FormatMessage( _
      FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM Or FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS, _
      0, lLastDLLError, 0&, sBuff, Len(sBuff), ByVal 0)
    If lCount Then
      WinError = Left$(sBuff, lCount)
    End If
               
End Function