I want to call a Sub Routine from within a Sub Routine but ended up in error: How can I do it correctly.

The Sub which is called is like this :-
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  Sub Upload(s As Object, e As EventArgs)
    If Not (txtUpload.PostedFile Is Nothing) Then
      Dim postedFile As HttpPostedFile = txtUpload.PostedFile

      Dim filename As String = Path.GetFileName(postedFile.FileName)
      postedFile.SaveAs("C:\Uploadfiles\" & filename)
      lblMessage.Text = "Contract File has been uploaded"
    End If
  End Sub
================

The error I got is like this :

Compiler Error Message: BC30451: Name 'a' is not declared.

Source Error:

Line 143: objConn.open()
Line 144:
Line 145: upload(a,b)
Line 146: objCmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Line 147: objConn.Close()
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How do I declare it ? How to call the sub with parameters in a sub ?

What do you expect the values of A and B to be would be a better question? Judging from your Methods signature im assuming an htmlInputFile and its event args??

You can't call a method inside of a methods signature because methods dont return values they only do something, instead you should declare 2 functions, so something like this:

Private sub upload(ByVal a as string, byVal b as string)
'Do something
End Sub

Private Function getA (byVal i as integer) as string
Dim strA as string
'Do something
Return strA
End Function

Private Function getB (byVal i as integer) as string
Dim strB as string
'Do something
Return strB
End Function

then you can do

Upload(getA(intValue1), getB(intValue2))


Alternatively you can call a sub inside of a sub like this:

Private Sub Upload()
  AnotherSub([signature])
End Sub
Hope this helps.

"The one language all programmers understand is profanity."

thanx dparsons, but help me again.
What I do is saving quite some data from a screen to a database as well as uploading a file which is a contract.

The Upload subroutine does the job of uploading by the onserverclick attribute of a seperate button control calling a method.

But since I have to save other data also from the form while clicking the save data button. How to combine these 2 tasks at one click.

Busybee,
   In your OnServerClick method, handle all of the form data (textboxes, dropdownlists, etc) for your file upload write a method similiar to this:

Private Sub FileUpload(ByVal fileUp as HTMLInputFile)
 '//Process the file to your database
End Sub

in your onServerClick method do this

Sub onServerClick(ByVal Sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
fileUpload([YourHtmlInput Control])
'//Process form Data
End Sub

Hope this helps you.

"The one language all programmers understand is profanity."

Thanx Doug
I curse me for not thinking this way :D