type mismatch?

[Guest]

hi all!

i have a sub defined in a module:
public sub myFunc(a as string, b as string, optional c as integer, optional
d as label)
.....
end sub

calling this from a userform:

call myFunc(a,b,c,d)

where
a and b are TextBox (defined in the UserForm)
c is an integer defined private c as integer
d is a Label (defined in the userform)

all variables have a value

i am getting a type mismatch error on this call
call myFunc(a,b,c,d)
..... why?
(i have also tried a.value, a.text, cstr(a) and that hasn't worked. i've
also tried cint(c)

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

try

public sub myFunc(a as string, b as string, _
optional c as integer, optional d as Object)

 

[Guest]

If that doesn't work... (Probably will. Tom is usually right...) try

public sub myFunc(a as variant, b as variant, optional c as variant, optional
d as variant)

And then place a watch on a, b, c, and d just to see what you really have
passed. It can be easy to pass the wrong thing.

HTH

 

[Guest]

thanks guys - the 'object' worked

i guess my question now is why it wouldn't work with Label?

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

Read the help on Function under the description of Optional, then below that
look at the as type narrative.