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Article #11Re: VisBasic/Windows 1.0 Bug? Multiparameter subroutines
From: Fred Freeland
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 23:29
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 23:29
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In article <33680005@hpgrla.gr.hp.com> galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben) writes: >... record is a reserved word, try naming it something else... Sorry, record is NOT a reserved word in any dialect of Microsoft Basic or Visual Basic I'm aware of. It may be in the future, but right now, "record" is perfectly acceptable as a variable name, a procedure name, or just about anything else you can imagine. The reason he couldn't make things work was because he was using parentheses without using the Call statement. If you don't use Call, you also don't use parentheses to call a Sub procedure. This information was passed directly to the original poster by several sources so he definitely knows the error of his ways. Just setting the RECORD straight... -- Frederick F. Freeland Jr. "Of all the things I've lost, Microsoft Corporation I miss my mind the most!" One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 (206) 882-8080 internet: fredf@microsoft.com arpanet: fredf%microsoft@uw-beaver.ARPA uucp: uunet!microsoft!fredf Opinions expressed over this signature are my OWN and not those of my employer!
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Newsgroups: alt.lang.basic Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!fredf From: fredf@microsoft.com (Fred Freeland) Subject: Re: VisBasic/Windows 1.0 Bug? Multiparameter subroutines Message-ID: <1992Oct30.232907.12299@microsoft.com> Date: 30 Oct 92 23:29:07 GMT Organization: Microsoft Corporation References: <1cle6jINNk9a@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU> <33680005@hpgrla.gr.hp.com> Lines: 20