Resolved: reference problem and using left function

Hello,

When I use the left("mystring",5) function in vb.net I have to call for the function by using following code.

strMyResult = microsoft.visualbasic.left("mystring",5)

Is it possible to reference tot the microsoft.visualbasic namespace?
That way I would only have to write :
strMyResult = left("mystring",5)

I tried doing so with the statement
imports microsoft.visualbasic, but that didn't work.

Then I tried to find the reference by adding a reference, but I could not find the reference to microsoft.visualbasic.

The only reference I found was microsft.visualbasic.vsa.

Anyone know a sollution?
Greets,
J@B@r

you need to look at the SubString property , it replaces the Left function. eg:

VB Code:

[color=blue]Dim[/color] strMyResult [color=blue]As String[/color] = "mystring".Substring(0, 5) [color=green]'/// use Substring property to get the left / chars you need.[/color]
        MessageBox.Show(strMyResult)

dont look at substring as a left function but yes as a mid() function but starting at 0 and not at 1 like vb6 one did

Thanks for the replies,

The substring function does the trick.

Greets,
J@B@R