>>But will VB automatically know that the value contained in the string is a floating point number rather than an integer?
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>Without any problem!
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>This is the kind of things that you can test in the "Immediate Window". From VB, press CTRL-G to open it and type: ? cint("123.456")
Éric Moreau, MCPD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
Moer inc.
http://www.emoreau.com
