having problems with else if error

[pjishere]

hi
i am a novice programer and i am having trouble with vb already
it is showing COMPILE ERROR :ELSE WITHOUT IF
please help me

Private Sub Command1_Click()

If Text1.Text = "DDRC" Then Form1.Show

Else: MsgBox = vbAbort

End If


End Sub

[Guido Geurs]

not "Else:" but "Else"

[kadghar]

actually "Else:" is fine, since it's a line change mark.

The real error is that IF has two forms

1)IF condition THEN ActionA [ELSE ActionB]
2)Multiline for multi actions. (IF THEN / ELSE / END IF)

Your IF statement is of the first form... and then you put other lines. So just put "Form1.Show " into the next line, and you're done.

[Guido Geurs]

Of course, sorry I did not see this one.
I never use ":" because I always indent my code: it's easier to read and easier to detect code errors.

If (condition) then (action1) : (action2) else (action3) : (action4)

becomes:

If (condition) then 
   (action1)
   (action2)
else 
   (action3)
   (action4)
end if