Dim a string

[irresistible007]

i wanna declare a string whose name has to be whatever the user has kicked in the Text Box.... is it possible?

It comes up wid the error "Expected end of statement" (at ".") when i tried:
Dim country_name.Text as String

 

[irresistible007]

ohh... now i got it.. you are declaring an array not event..sorry me so stupidd

 

[patrickmuldoon99]

Thats okay, hope the rest of it makes sense.

There is also the question of scope - what do you want to do with these variables once your procedure has finished executing? If these are declared at a module level they will lose their values at the end of the script

And its not that you cant declare a variable when you press the dim button - that would be fine - but you need to have prescribed what you want the variable to be called, and its type before the script is run. Otherwise it will not compile full stop, and you will never be able to use the script.

The only workaround as far as I know is to do what I said earlier, create an array of datatypes and simulate the assignment and instantiation of variables through it.