As you've guessed, there's no compile-time ability to get the length of a string (or to execute any member of any const at compile-time).
ReadOnly members are the way to get around this problem. For example: Public Shared ReadOnly c1FullAddr As String = "1 Colonial Drive Parma Ohio 21321" Public Shared ReadOnly c1FaLen As Integer = Program.c1FullAddr.Length Personally, I think simply using c1FullAddr.Length instead of c1FaLen is much more clear. Moving code from one language to another often involves much more than translation; it often means re-writing the code to fit the paradigm and colloquialisms of the destination language. On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:08:16 -0500, Greg Rothlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm moving some code from an old language and rewriting it in .Net. I have >come across an odd situation where I will have to go in and rework a great >deal of code and I'm looking for a less complex and time consuming solution. >Here's the basic idea... > >In the old language they are using a string constant such as: > > Const c1FullAddr as String = "1 Colonial Drive Parma Ohio 21321" > >Then they follow that up with another constant: > > Const c1FaLen as String = c2FullAddr.length > >In VB.Net you cannot do this. Is there a way to do this without having to >count the length of c1FullAddr and hard coding the value or without changing >it from a constant? I can ceratianly go through and count the lengths and >hardcode the values, or I could do through and change all of the "const" to >"dim" and it would work, but it would like to keep it as a constant in the >new version as well, if I can. > >Of course the most obvious solution would be to simply make it a string >variable and not a string constant. I will do that if I need to, but I >thought there might be a trick here to get this to work as a constant, but I >certainly cannot see any way to make it work as a constant. > >I think the real issue here is that if it is defined at runtime and not >design time, then it's not really a constant. So maybe there is no way to >do this in VB.Net, as a constant and just simply changing it to a string >variable is the correct approach. > >Any thoughts or suggestions would be very much appreciated. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
