>Isn't there a way to do this with Resource files and a little Duct tape? :) Actually, can't you return an error number, use that to extract the proper message from the resource file and if you need to show a value (like a limit, maximum, etc), just concatenate it.
>If not, could you elaborate a little more because I just understand that you want to use the sentence as an index on an array.
The needs:
1. Store 200 messages in an array
2. Most of those messages contains variables values which will only be accessible at run time
When the ActiveX control is initialized, we load all messages into an array. The array will then be used later when we have an error message. Because the array is initialized at first, at that time, the properties does not have any values, so we store everything in one string.
Assuming a specific message is "You need to enter a value not greather than "+Str(lnMaximum), at run time, this expression will be evaluated so it will give "You need to enter a value not greather than 233.", assuming lnMaximum=233.
We could also have an expression like "You need to enter a value between "+Str(lnMinimum)+" and "+Str(lnMaximum)+"." which will result in "You need to enter a value between 0 and 233.", assuming lnMinimum is 0 and lnMaximum is 233.
There is more complexe messages.
The resource file won't help. At one time or another, you'll have to evaluate a string which should be evaluated to its value.
So, again, something like this should work pretty easily:
MsgBox(Evaluate(laMessage(1))
where
laMessage(1) is the entire string from the array row #1 which is
'"You need to enter a value not greather than "+Str(lnMaximum)'
If you're unfamiliar with an Evaluate() function, you may take a look at the Visual FoxPro help. Another terminology of it is sometimes a macro substitution.
Presently, in VB, I have to write about 400 lines instead of 6 because this function does not exist. So, we have a lot of If, If and If, etc. It's not the best but it work. However, when you show this code to a manager, he says, get rid of this dummy technique and use something better.
