Dictionary or Scripting.Dictionary. Binding Referencing Dim-ing. Sub routines and Function

Originally Posted by xlnitwit

......... There is no native VBA.Dictionary incidentally, though it is of course possible to create your own class called Dictionary, which is why I used the phrase "in this case".

Thanks. That clears that up. I expected that was the answer, but nice to get a confirmation,

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Originally Posted by xlnitwit

........... can be sure of that because removing the reference to the Scripting runtime makes the Dictionary code fail. When you declare a variable as Dictionary, the compiler will check the available references to locate the correct object. ...

I guess I was thinking that there might be two similar Objects in the Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library, that is probably talking rubbish ? ..._ )


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So it follows that the decrepancy I got was just, as I thought, that VBA sometimes recognises Dictionary as Scripting.Dictionary and sometimes not.
But as you say, it ls always exactly the same thing ( Object )
Thanks
Alan