>How to find out an arrays width?
>Finding the length/records is done but what about the width/number of elements?
>
>I am sure I have missed a very simple function somewhere...

Hopefully there is a more elegant solution than what I have done here, but I had to move forward on this I am still hopefull. :)

' **************************************************************
' GetArrayWidth: This function Return the width of array elements
'     Author: Joe Johnston 6/14/2001  
'     Parameters: aArray - Array to be checked
' **************************************************************
Public Function GetArrayWidth(aArray) as integer
    Dim i As Integer, x
    'Dim aArray(3, 1 To 10, 1 To 15, 25) ' for testing
    
    On Error Resume Next  ' dont stop on error
    For i = 1 To 32000    ' 32000 max should more than enough
                          '   didn't Bill Gates say something 
                          '   similar about 640K ?? 
        x = UBound(aArray, i)            ' a call might work here 
        If Err.Number = 9 Then Exit For  ' wait for the overflow
    Next i
    
    GetArrayWidth = (i - 1)  ' return the last good value
End Function