Sub with two variables???

Weird. Am I crazy or does VB .NET not work that way? I seem to remember
always using parentheses.

Oh, and thanks.It works now

"Trevor Shuttleworth" wrote:

> Try without the brackets:
>
> Private Sub NewMonthButton_Click()
> Dim shtName As String
> shtName = "Corrugator"
> ShiftNewMonth 1, shtName
> End Sub
>
> Regards
>
> Trevor
>
>
> "Rayo K" <RayoK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:87FEAA29-4561-484A-8CFE-882AB9E939F0@microsoft.com...
> >I just added a variable to a sub in a module. It used to receive an
> >integer.
> > Now it receives an integer and a string.
> >
> > Excel won't let me pass the string to it. I don't know what is going on.
> > Here is my sub first line:
> >
> > Public Sub ShiftNewMonth(MachineType As Integer, MachineName As String)
> > ...
> > End Sub
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I call this sub from a worksheet like this:
> >
> > Private Sub NewMonthButton_Click()
> > Dim shtName As String
> > shtName = "Corrugator"
> > ShiftNewMonth (1 , shtName)
> > End Sub
> >
> > Excel wants me to put an equal sign at the end of "ShiftNewMonth (1 ,
> > shtName)" as if it's a Function.
> >
> > If I remove the string and say: ShiftNewMonth (1), it lets it go, but then
> > it doesn't work because the module is expecting a string. ?????
>
>
>

If you want to return a value from your function/sub, you would use
brackets. For example:

sString = ShiftNewMonth (1, shtName)

Regards

Trevor


"Rayo K" <RayoK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F1B2AEF4-ACAD-4051-8286-98B44058FF82@microsoft.com...
> Weird. Am I crazy or does VB .NET not work that way? I seem to remember
> always using parentheses.
>
> Oh, and thanks.It works now
>
> "Trevor Shuttleworth" wrote:
>
>> Try without the brackets:
>>
>> Private Sub NewMonthButton_Click()
>> Dim shtName As String
>> shtName = "Corrugator"
>> ShiftNewMonth 1, shtName
>> End Sub
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Trevor
>>
>>
>> "Rayo K" <RayoK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:87FEAA29-4561-484A-8CFE-882AB9E939F0@microsoft.com...
>> >I just added a variable to a sub in a module. It used to receive an
>> >integer.
>> > Now it receives an integer and a string.
>> >
>> > Excel won't let me pass the string to it. I don't know what is going
>> > on.
>> > Here is my sub first line:
>> >
>> > Public Sub ShiftNewMonth(MachineType As Integer, MachineName As String)
>> > ...
>> > End Sub
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I call this sub from a worksheet like this:
>> >
>> > Private Sub NewMonthButton_Click()
>> > Dim shtName As String
>> > shtName = "Corrugator"
>> > ShiftNewMonth (1 , shtName)
>> > End Sub
>> >
>> > Excel wants me to put an equal sign at the end of "ShiftNewMonth (1 ,
>> > shtName)" as if it's a Function.
>> >
>> > If I remove the string and say: ShiftNewMonth (1), it lets it go, but
>> > then
>> > it doesn't work because the module is expecting a string. ?????
>>
>>
>>