public subs

[Narfy]

Im working on a sub to use for part of this program im working on, but ran into this problem:

In form3 I have a picture box where when the clicks on it it calls for the sub that is located in a module.

Private Sub p1_Click()
     selectplanet (p1)
End Sub

Then in the module I have this code:

Public Sub selectplanet(pbox As PictureBox)
     msgbox pbox
End Sub

but then when i run the project and click on picturebox p1, it says object required and highlights the selectplanet (p1) line, any suggestions?

[MartinLiss]

Either

Call selectplanet (p1)

or

selectplanet p1

[baja_yu]

"msgbox pbox"

can that be done? what are you trying to achieve?

EDIT: seems it can and Marty pointed out the solution...
That is with all subs, if you use Call you have to put the arguments in brackets, if not you CANT put them in brackets

[brucevde]

That is with all subs, if you use Call you have to put the arguments in brackets, if not you CANT put them in brackets

That is not entirely correct. Using "brackets" without the CALL keyword means to pass the parameter ByVal.

However, if you pass an Object (or control) ByVal, VB will pass the object's default property.

[Narfy]

Originally posted by baja_yu
"msgbox pbox"

can that be done? what are you trying to achieve?

EDIT: seems it can and Marty pointed out the solution...
That is with all subs, if you use Call you have to put the arguments in brackets, if not you CANT put them in brackets

I just put in msgbox pbox because i have like 50 lines of code that goes inside of the sub, so to make my post shorter i just replaced everything with the msgbox

yep, thanks for all the help, it is working perfectly now