UDT - string length from Variable

[clothilde]

I have to call a C DLL. The according header specifies e.g. the following variable:

#define DBCP_FH_LENGTH 80

I made the following of it in the VB Declaration segment.

private DBCP_FH_LENGTH as string * 80




The header reuses this variable in a C structure
typedef struct tagDBCOOP {
... [many stuff]
char FHtext[DBCP_FH_LENGTH];
...
} cDBCOOP;
I translated this to a UDT:

private Type cDBCOOP
....
szFHtext as string * [DBCP_FH_LENGTH]
'Vb want to see a constant expression, next try:
szFHtext as string * DBCP_FH_LENGTH
'same error as the one above
szFHtext as string * (DBCP_FH_LENGTH)
'does not compile.

'is there a way to avoid
szFHtext as string * 80




any help would be appreciated,

Annette

[Bruno]

option Explicit
private Const DBCP_FH_LENGTH as Long = 80 ' #define DBCP_FH_LENGTH 80
private szFHtext as string * DBCP_FH_LENGTH

private Sub Form_Click()
MsgBox len(szFHtext)
End Sub