>>>>>>>(1) The short way is to cast the return result to UInteger, and change the return type of GetCrc32() to UInteger
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This line cannot be changed to UInteger:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>        Dim lnCRC32Result As Integer = &HFFFFFFFF
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>It would give an error: "Constant expression not representable in type 'UInteger"
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, it seems vb interpretes those as signed
>>>>>
>>>>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s9cz43ek.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>>Append the type to the constant. U and I
>>>>>

>>>>>    Dim lnCRC32Result As UInteger = &HFFFFFFFFUI
>>>>>

>>>>
>>>>There you go! Thx, didn't know that syntax existed :-{
>>>
>>>Well, you know more vb than I do -
>>I know VB just well enough to work with it where it maps pretty straightforwardly to C# and that's about it.
>>>I just googled my way through
>>And I was too lazy :-}
>
>
>I just had the impression you were not in favour of unsigned types ;)

As in my post to Michel this AM - for the case in point I just think Int32 is preferable ....