Author: S J J
Date: 12:54:32 04/07/04
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On April 07, 2004 at 12:45:06, Dan Honeycutt wrote: >On April 07, 2004 at 11:56:44, Andrew Wagner wrote: > >>On April 07, 2004 at 11:39:27, S J J wrote: >> >>>On April 07, 2004 at 11:35:56, S J J wrote: >>> >>>>On April 07, 2004 at 11:05:48, Andrew Wagner wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 07, 2004 at 10:50:17, S J J wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've been writing a program using Visual Basic. The pieces are >>>>>>being stored in an Array. When the pieces are moved within the >>>>>>subroutine which the Array was created in, all the pieces move >>>>>>correctly. However, when another subroutine is asked to work >>>>>>on the Array, I get the message "Compile error: Sub or Function not defined". >>>>>> Are there any ideas as to what is causing the problem or what can be done >>>>>>to fix it? >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Sounds to me like a scope problem. You need to make the array global, or at >>>>>least module-level for other procedures to be able to work on it. Hope that >>>>>helps. Andrew >>> >>>Thanks Andrew. I currently creating the Array in the following command: >>> >>>Sub WhiteMoveArray() >>>Dim MoveArray(1 To 10000, 1 To 100) >>> >>> >>> >>> Any ideas as to how to fix it? >>>Regards, >>>Steve >> >>Argh. I don't have VB 6 installed anymore, and it's amazing how fast you forget >>what it looks like. At any rate, You should have something like this: >> >>Sub Main() >>. >>. >>. >>End Sub >> >>Sub WhiteMoveArray() >>Dim MoveArray(1 To 10000, 1 To 100) >>. >>. >>. >>End Sub >> >>Sub SomeOtherSubRoutine() >>MoveArray(1) = blah 'This won't work as you have it now. >>. >>. >>. >>End Sub >> >> >> >> >>What you want is this: >> >>Dim MoveArray(1 To 10000, 1 To 100) >>Sub Main() >>. >>. >>. >>End Sub >> >>Sub WhiteMoveArray() >>. >>. >>. >>End Sub >> >>Sub SomeOtherSubRoutine() >>MoveArray(1) = blah 'Now this should work. In fact, MoveArray() should >> 'now be accessible to any Sub/Function defined on >> 'this form. >>. >>. >>. >>End Sub >> >> >>Hope that helps! Andrew > >Andrew - you are using a global array (which works) but i think what he wants to >do is use a local array. > >Dan H. Thank you all. The Array is now humming along! Best Regards, Steve
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