DIM, Listbox.

[Kroboth, Joe]

Laura,

Thanks so much. I knew I must have been overlooking something.

Joe

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> bounces+joe_kroboth=chernay.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Laura
> Brody
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:03 PM
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> Subject: Re: DIM, Listbox.
> 
> Quoting "Kroboth, Joe" <joe_kroboth at chernay.com>:
> 
> > Is there any way to set an array size with a variable?
> 
> No.
> 
> >
> > I'm trying to count a bunch of items, Build an array based on the
> > number of items, Populate the array with the items, then show a
> > listbox of the items.   Maybe I'm missing something.
> 
> 
> The trick is to define the biggest array you will ever
> possibly need (then double it to be sure), then when you
> call listbox, have the size be the number of elements used
> in the array. (Note that you can tell listbox to only
> display part of the array elements, so count carefully).
> If you don't give it a last entry position, it will just
> display all elements, empty or full.
> 
> Examples:
> 
> dim fields(100)(10,*)
> 
> fields("1")="abc"
> fields("2")="bcd"
> fields("3")="cde"
> x=listbox(fields,"1","3")
> 
> You can also do this:
> 
> x=listbox(fields,"2","4")
> 
> which will display only elements 2, 3 and 4 (which is blank).
> 
> 
> I've been doing this for many years and it still works great.
> 
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> >
> > Joe Kroboth
> > Chernay Printing, Inc
> > joe_kroboth at chernay.com
> >
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