>>>>>TBH I used C# to write this and used a converter to get the VB version. IIRC the usual reason to use square brackets around a string in VB is to avoid confusing the compiler when the text itself if a VB.NET keyword but I don't think it is actually neccessary in this context.....
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>>>I think Gregory actually gave the right answer.
>>>GetType([Object]) works OK but is identical to just GetType(Object)
>>>You were probably thinking of the static Type.GetType("System.Object") which would also work.
>>>The square bracket usage is normally for things like:
>>>Dim [integer] As Integer
>>>Without the [] it will refuse to compile since 'integer' is a keyword (same sort of usage occurs in T-SQL ?)
>>>Not good practice of course......
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>>The brackets puzzled me for a while
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>Like using "int @int;" in C#. Ughh...

Yeah - I found out after a while - not so easy to search for those chars

I figure I'll end up learning vb