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Every now and then I forget that the IsMissing function always returns False when the argument is not a Variant value. This happens because IsMissing does nothing more than converting its argument to Variant and testing for a special VarType value. For this reason, the following code is a symptom of a probable bug: Click here to copy the following block Sub DoSomething(Optional value As Long)  If IsMissing(value) Then   ' this code will be NEVER executed !!!  End If  '... End Sub Another little known quirk of the IsMissing function is that it always return False once the parameter has been set to an explicit value from within the procedure, as in: Click here to copy the following block Sub DoSomething(value1 As String, Optional value2 As Variant)  If IsMissing(value2) Then   value2 = value1  End If  '...  If IsMissing(value2) Then   ' this code will be NEVER executed !!!  End If  '... End Sub

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