>>In the same class, I created a private method. Then, I overloaded the method so it could also accept a different type for the parameter. So, the first declaration accepts an integer. The overaload declaration accepts a string. When running the application, I got an error telling me that the method was not found. I had to make them Public so to have it work. Why is that?
>
>From your description:

Class SomeClass
>	Private Sub Test()
>		DoSomething("Hello")
>		DoSomething(3)
>	End Sub
>
>	Private Sub DoSomething(s As String)
>	End Sub
>	Private Sub DoSomething(i As Integer)
>	End Sub
>End Class
>

What doesn'r work ?

I got confused from this message:

Overload resolution failed because no Public 'GetPhone' can be called without a narrowing conversion:
'Public Function GetPhone(tcTelephone As String) As String':
Argument matching parameter 'tcTelephone' narrows from 'Decimal' to 'String'.
'Public Function GetPhone(tnTelephone As Integer) As String':
Argument matching parameter 'tnTelephone' narrows from 'Decimal' to 'Integer'.