Need VB help

[winch]

Any Visual Basic guru's out there?

I'm learning it and I have a need to convert a one byte string to an integer so that I can use the integer as an index into an array.
Is this possible? I've tried all the conversion functions like Cint, CByte etc and I keep the message "Type Mismatch".

I could code up a huge If then ElseIf construct but that seems like a pain I shouldn't have to do.

The only doc I have is the Programer's Guide. It refers me to a language Reference Guide for more info on those convert functions but I don't have one of those. Is it part of the MSDN library?

[P3-450]

Hi winch

you may find more help here

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/

HTH

[oldhermit]

The ASC function will probably work for you.

Returns an Integer representing the character code corresponding to the first letter in a string.

Syntax

Asc(string)

The required string argument is any valid string expression. If the string contains no characters, a run-time error occurs.

Hi winch,
This is probably not the best place to be asking programming questions, so if you click on the VB link from the VirtualDr list of forums page, it will direct you to VBForums.

Many of the questions asked there have been answered many times. They get tired of repeat questions, and the forum has very many professionals who frequently ask for clarifications amongst themselves. If you introduce yourself as a Newbie, you may not get a response. Usually you will get a suggestion to do a search for the topic, if not a direct answer to your question.

That is also what I would suggest, just as one does a search here at VirtualDr. You will be surprised at the many threads that are returned doing a search.

Hope you enjoy using VB, as I do.
The MSDN library is supplied with VB, and the best version for non-professionals is VB 6.0. The industry is now transferring quickly to .NET, so if you intend to advance to professional abilities, then you might consider VB NET...

[SuperSparks]

If you're using VB .NET then try Convert.ToInt32. And you should definitely install the MSDN Library, unless you're a very experienced programmer you'll never get anywhere without it.

VB Forums is an excellent site for VB questions, it's helped me out with a few VB .NET questions.