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  1. Jun 24th, 2002, 03:23 PM #1
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    String data types

    I've always thought you could only use character arrays, but now I'm seeing a lot of string data types being passed to my methods and subs. What are they, and how do I use them?
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  2. Jun 24th, 2002, 04:21 PM #2
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    It's the standard library string class. It's been mentioned many times around the forum, but a search on Google will point you in the right direction
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    Great, thanks!
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  4. Jun 24th, 2002, 04:38 PM #4
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    OLE strings (VB strings) are BSTR. They are not string class.
    They consist of a descriptor (long with the length of the string in bytes) before a character data area in memory. These can contain multiple null characters, which other strings cannot have in them.
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