difference between private and public

[influent]

I'm a newbie (though I've created a couple simple apps for my company) and I'm having trouble understanding why one would use "Private" for a sub or anything else. Can somebody help me out?

[James Stanich]

Private sub or private variable?

[influent]

I was referring to a procedure, but I'd also like to know why you'd use private variables.

[James Stanich]

Private variable

[code]

Dim intx as integer

Say you are doing a for loop:

[code]

For intx=1 to 100

[code/]

If it was public it would retain the value. In this case, why would you need to know the value (it will be 100 when finished).

[overhill]

As far as procedures go, Private procedures can only be called within their form. If a procedure is Public, you can call it from any form in the whole project.