[users] Basic Macros: undocumented statement and syntax

[Matt Needles]

I have searched and re-searched the online help, but the Type statement 
is not documented, it seems.

Also the construct used below in declaring a string variable to be of a 
certain length is not documented, either.

On a related note, I tried using it with the following macro code and 
got the error indicated by the REM lines in the code:

Option Explicit
Type tAddrRec
        sRecType as string * 1  ' "I" for persons, "O" for Organizations
        sRecStatus as string * 1' "A" active, "D" deleted, "H" held
        iRecID as integer       ' starts with 1
        sLName as string * 35
        sFname as string * 35
        sAddr1 as string * 35
        sAddr2 as string * 35
        sCity as string * 25
        sState as string * 5
        sPostal as string * 10
        iCtryCode as integer
        sPhone1 as string * 15
        sPhone2 as string * 15
        sPhone3 as string * 15
        sEmail as string * 64
        sNotes as string * 60
End Type
Sub Main
        Dim myFile as Integer, lRecLen as Long
        Dim myAddrRec as tAddrRec
        myFile = FreeFile
REM ***** Error occurs on next line. *****
        lRecLen = Len(myAddrRec)
REM Error message: "BASIC runtime error. Incorrect property value."
        Open "D:\myAddresses.DAT" for random as myFile Len=lRecLen
        With myAddrRec
                iRecID = 1
                sRecType = "I"
                sRecStatus = "A"
                sLname = "Needles"
                sFname= "Matt"
'.
'.
'.
                sEmail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
                sNotes = "Test Record created on " & Now
        End With
        Put #myFile,1,myAddrRec
        Close #myFile
End Sub
Could someone please confirm these observations, and possibly why I'm 
getting my error?

TIA,
Matt Needles
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