User Defined arrays

Heres what I need to do , Keep track of a name and an index number in a server application . I tried at first to do it in a text file , but I found it to hard to to parse the text and just plain complicated . "but heh is'nt it all?"
Ok so I then thought I could store it in an array , but I dont know much about them . So I read a bit . It sounds like it'll work but Im not sure How to implement it . So I tried to make my own (Type) I did this in a .bas module . Is it right?
In general Declare
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Public Type usrArray
sTemp As String
iCount As Integer
End Type
Dim allusers(1 To 10) As usrArray
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Public Sub addUser(socknum As Integer, nick As String)
usrCounter = usrCounter + 1

allusers(usrCounter).sTemp = "nick"
allusers(usrCounter).iCount = socknum
msgbox allusers(usrCount)
End Sub
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I was hoping that
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Public Type usrArray
sTemp As String
iCount As Integer
End Type
Dim allusers(1 To 10) As usrArray
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would give me an array of 10 items each containing a string and an integer . Back in the main form at the event I put
Call addUser(index, nick) and I Get an Error saying Only user defined types defined in public modules can be coherced to or from a a variant but its supposed to be an array ? So Im confused .
Is someone willing to attempt to explain to me what I need to understand and fix this Problem ?

Once again Im trying to sore a string and a number in an array that I can increase in size to match the number of people on the server .
Thanks ,
[]PRIVATE




[Edited by PRIVATE1 on 08-15-2000 at 11:09 AM]

Put the Type declaration in the Module not in the General Declarations of the form.
It should help

Its in a module =)

here this might help a little....
ok ok. I went a little overboard

Code:

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Private Type usrArray
sTemp As String
iCount As Integer
End Type

Dim usr() As usrArray
Dim TheCount As Integer
Dim i As Long
Private Sub AddUser(SockNum As Integer, Nick As String)

  ReDim Preserve usr(TheCount)
 
  usr(TheCount).iCount = SockNum
  usr(TheCount).sTemp = Nick
 
  TheCount = TheCount + 1
 
End Sub

Private Sub Command1_Click()

  Call AddUser(1, "Dennis")

  For i = 0 To UBound(usr) - 1
    MsgBox usr(i).iCount
    MsgBox usr(i).sTemp
  Next
 
End Sub

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Thank you ,
[]Private

How can I check to see if the new
usr(TheCount).sTemp = Nick
is in the array already ?