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May 5, 1999

Watch the Parens

If you want to pass a parameter to a subroutine, use this code: Call doFormat(txtPerson) You can also call the subroutine without the Call statement. However, if you don’t include

Dictionary Has Advantages Over Collections

The Dictionary object can contain items, which can be any form of data, just like a collection. However, the Dictionary object has many advantages over a collection. It allows retrieval

Display Two Fields

Let’s say you want to bind your listbox to a recordset, but you also want to display two fields concatenated together, such as “Jones, Barbara.” You can do this by

Encrypt a String Easily

This quick and dirty encryption/decryption function takes whatever string you pass it, assigns it to a byte array, Xor’s each byte by a constant, then returns the string. The offsetting