Two errors when entering 30068 as a zip code and pressing Go:

In the immediate window: A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

And: in btnGo_click: "Conversion from string "-84.4433," to type 'Decimal' is not valid."

I new to .Net so I wonder if this is my system settings or a true bug in the oode.

I am enjoying your book - Thanks!

J. H. Rainwater

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J. H. Rainwater

J.H.,

In the WeatherData class, in the ZipCodeLookup procedure, replace this line of code:

            decLongitude = CType(strZipCodeCoordinates.Substring( _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(",") + 2, _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(",", _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(",") - _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(","))), Decimal)

with

            decLongitude = CType(strZipCodeCoordinates.Substring( _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(",") + 2, _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(",", _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(",") - _
                strZipCodeCoordinates.IndexOf(","))).Replace(",", ""), Decimal)

It appears that the original code isleaving a comma in the string in some cases which cannot be converted to a decimal value.

Thearon

That fixed this problem, I'm submitting another issue in a new posting.

J. H. Rainwater