>>>>>try
>>>>>

>>>>>dim loRnd = new Random( DateTime.Now.Ticks.GetHashCode() );
>>>>>

>>>>
>>>>It is the same thing.
>>>
>>>sorry Michel, but
>>>

>>>var xx = new Random(DateTime.Now.Ticks.GetHashCode());
>>>

works perfectly here
>>>
>>>The Random constructor takes an int32 and .GetHashCode() returns an int32
>>>
>>>I don't understand it
>>>
>>>btw, what about making loRnd a static field ?
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>See my post to Michel - VB only does checked cast.
>>But I agree using a static would be better....
>__
>Viv,
>
>I'm not into vb - hence - I don't know how to cast in vb
>
>What I don't understand is that long.GetHashCode() returns an int32 and that Michel is still having a problem with that
>Do you understand ?

Huh.... no.
I looked at .Ticks (which is a Long). For that CInt() would throw an error if the value was > Int32.MaxValue (same as using a C# cast with checked())

But, since, as you say, GetHashCode() returns an Int I don't see how it could generate an error (I'm assuming that Michel meant that it *was* that specific line that caused the exception.....)