hi my names matt i wonder if you can help i would like to know how to make a constant use a textbox i tried the very simple code

const UserID as String = txtUserid.Text

but it just didnt like it
also while im thinking about it is it possible to make a variable or const in a seperate class modual to read/ use a constant or variable from a form if the form is called form1 and the class is called Dimension

thank you very much for your time

Regards

Matthew Allee

I.T Consultant
R Charles Associates

You cannot assign a textbox content to a constant! The constant is just... a constant, that is defined at compile time, like:

const UserNameID = "ThisIsMyName"
const UserID = 124

Yo make constants available in the project scope, declare them Public and put them in a bas module.

Marco

i thort as much thank you for your reply