IF <expression> THEN NEXT / THEN WEND Not Supported (31787)

This article was previously published under Q31787

SUMMARY

You cannot conditionally execute NEXT and WEND statements using the single-line IF...THEN...ELSE statement.

The following two syntax examples, which are supported by GW-Basic and QuickBasic Version 2.01 and previous versions, are not supported by QuickBasic Versions 3.00 and later:

   IF <boolean expression> THEN NEXT

   IF <boolean expression> THEN WEND

Using this illegal syntax will give the following error message at compile time:

"NEXT without FOR" or "WEND without WHILE"

MORE INFORMATION

This situation is documented in the following manuals:

Page 272 of the "Microsoft QuickBasic 4.00: Learning and Using" manual.
Page 272 of the "Microsoft Basic Compiler Version 6.00 for MS-DOS and OS/2: Learning and Using QuickBasic"
Gray Page Update-57 of the "Microsoft QuickBasic Version 3.00 Update" manual.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	1/9/2003
Keywords:	KB31787