In message . com, Tue,
31 Oct 2006 14:05:28, Tom Lavedas writes

Personally, I like using the Split function for this (I haven't played
with Regular Expressions much

Then you should.

It is impossible to advise correctly and justifiably on the proper
coding of string manipulations without an adequate understanding of the
use of RegExps (assuming that they exist in the language in question and
that a known non-trivial subset is correctly implemented).

And, if you are an active coder of such things on your own behalf, and
are not reasonably acquainted with RegExps, the time wasted will include
your own.



But in this case, if VBS RE's match Javascript ones, the OP may consider
and translate
F.X0.value.split(".")[0].split("\\")
which gives the right result for the OP's string in control F.X0.

It's a good idea to read the newsgroup and its FAQ. See below.

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