Please refer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...y4(VS.71).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...y4(VS.80).aspx

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Jacob Skaria


"Excel Monkey" wrote:

I just came across some string variable declarations that I have not seen
before and was wondering if someone could explain what they mean. I have
never seen the asterisk used before like this. Is this a VBA thing? Lastly
does it translate into VB.Net?

Dim strBuffer()As String * 1

and then within a
Private Type udtWIN32_FIND_DATA
cFileName As String * 260
cAlternat As String * 14
End Type

Thanks