Originally Posted by GS[_2_]

For clarity...

Firstly, my reply wasn`t meant for you! Sorry.., my bad!
Secondly, I wasn't stating a hard rule, only my opinion! In hindsight
it would have been better had I started out with...

"I suggest to always use a variant...because..."

However, be it that you are absolutely correct in your example, there
are uses that VB[A] will convert for us. As programmers we would know
when/where. I was trying to convey to the many non-programmers here
that using a variant obviates any and all chances of a type error being
raised.

Perhaps my MsgBox example wasn`t a good choice since it happens that VB
does convert that too.<g In the case of InputBox a string is returned.
In the case of MsgBox an Integer (contrary to my claim of Long) is
returned. In the case of browser dialogs a string is returned *if*
there's a SelectedItem; Cancel returns a boolean and so type mismatch
happens if your variable isn't type variant. In the case of an API
function the return could be anything depending on the def of the
function. Thus, I've just made it a practice to use variants in this
context.

I can see, though, how one might expect a string in all cases but that
just isn't so!

--
Garry

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