Text Box Control

[TCanuck42]

Hi. Lets say i have a textbox with the string "This is a text box" entered into it. What code can i use to read the first letter or character in the text box (in this example, "T") and then delete the first letter, leaving "his is a text box"?

[umararif]

left(text1.text,1) 'Show "T"
right(text1.text,len(text1.text)-1) ' Show text without first "T"

[bushmobile]

for deleting the first character, you could also use Mid$:

Text1.Text = Mid$(Text1.Text1, 2)

[Dan_H]

Even shorter, use Mid$ to remove the first character

Text1 = Mid$(Text1, 2)

I also prefer to be strict and use Left$, Mid$, Right$ etc which enforce variable type. Without the dollar sign they return variants.

Edit - Snap, Bushmobile!