Re: VBA IsNumeric equivalent



On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:28:30 -0700, "Bob Butler" <tiredofit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

¤ "Rick Rothstein" <rickNOSPAMnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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¤ >> Haven't tried all the variations but this was fixed in Visual
¤ >> Basic.NET.
¤ >
¤ > Of course that has no bearing here for VB6<g>, but at least its nice
¤ > to know that after all this time Microsoft finally addressed the
¤ > problem.
¤
¤ OTOH it's another example of a change in what has been long-term,
¤ well-defined behavior of VB and something that may cause apps to behave
¤ differently.

Yes, it was a shame they modified the behavior. I'm sure most VB developers would be disappointed to
find out that the function didn't continue to fail as expected (or unexpectedly for those who aren't
aware of the bug). ;-)


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
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