This is Cool Eric! I am saving this in my VB folder.
Have you, also ddone the PadR() and PadC()?
If so can I also have it? :)

>As you discovered, there is no PadL in VB. I have created my own PadL for you (and all other listeners ... like Jean-René ;) )
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>

Private Sub Command1_Click()
>    MsgBox PadL("John", "X", 6)
>End Sub
>
>Private Function PadL(ByVal pstrString As String, _
>                      ByVal pstrPadChar As String, _
>                      ByVal pintLen As Integer) As String
>    PadL = String$(pintLen - Len(pstrString), pstrPadChar) & pstrString
>End Function

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>>a function on visual foxpro PADL does this:
>>strName = "John"
>>PADL(strName,6,"XX") -- returns "XXJohn"
>>-----------------------------------------
>>how do i accomplish this with visual basic?
>>-tia