Strings and things.....

I think i am right in this but i need some advice.

If i wanted to store a string into a variable..would i use this in a part of my code too store it?

Dim strName As String

Private Sub_text1()
Name = " "
end sub

Is the (" ") the correct way to store the string??

I know this must be a very basic question to all of you..but the damn book i have never gets to the point of something..the author just rambles on and on..

If someone could tell me of a good visual basic book that is straight to the point and very good for a beginner....i need a book that teaches...not a book on run-on sentances..
thank you.

Quotes DO mean strings...

Code:

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Dim myString As String
myString = "I am the evil Sophtware!!!"

' $ means string; no Dim needed...
ymString$ = "Yes, I meant to put ym instead of my!"

' This would show you your strings...
MsgBox myString & vbCrLf & ymString$

' as opposed to non-strings...
Dim myNumber As Integer
myNumber = 1800

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Name is a used property of most objects (in this case Me.Name)
and it is readonly so you will get an error.
Either use of prefixes or careful use of names wont.

Yeah strings can be stored in code, but also in control properties, but don't store binary data in textboxes.
Also to have special characters you can use chr(asciinumber) vb constants (check up visual basic constants)

Code:

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"HEre comes some characters" & chr(1) & chr(255) & chr(17) & " and here they end" & _
vbcrlf & "That was a carriage return ""this is quoted"" & _
vbtab & "that was a tab"

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[Edited by kedaman on 06-01-2000 at 11:08 AM]

Code:

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Option Explicit
Dim strName As String
Private Sub_text1()
strName = " "
end sub

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You should put option explicit at the front of your code, then it will give you hell if you have something undeclared,
and use the same name for the string as the one you declARed, don't declard it strName and use the name "Name" cause it will not work.

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Thanks everyone.

One more question, once i have stored the text into a string what code should i input into my command button to display the message into another text box?

I have two text box's and one command button

the first text box property name is "txtMessage" and the second text box's property name is "txtMessage1".
I want to transfer the stored information that a user puts into "txtMessage" into "txtMessage1",when the user presses the command button.

What code do i use?
Thank you.

In the commandbutton Click event put

Code:

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txtMessage1=txtMessage

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