Set length of a string

[King Erik I]

Hello,

 

how do I set the max length of a string??

 

Becouse I have a string which is filled with the name of the month and I just want the first three letters.... :confused:

 

Greetings

[King Erik I]

Got it :-D

 

       Label2.Text = Mid(Format(System.DateTime.Now, "M"), 1, 3)

[PlausiblyDamp]

You really should avoid the VB6 compatability functions in .Net the following uses the .Net way.

Label2.Text = System.DateTime.Now.ToString("M").Substring(0, 3)

 

however if you just wanted to get the day of month then why not use.

Label2.Text = System.DateTime.Now.Day

[King Erik I]

What is the advantage of the piece of code what you've posted...

 

Label2.Text = System.DateTime.Now.ToString("M").Substring(0, 3)

 

... against mine? I am just a starting VB programmer and learning a lot at this moment....

 

Any suggestions are welcome!

[PlausiblyDamp]

Functions like Mid and Format are really only there for backwards compatability with VB6 and will result in more work for your program as the compatability functions call the real .Net ones behind the scenes.

If you ever decide or have to move to C# then the VB6 functions will be unavailable - if you use the code I suggested then the C# version is almost identical.

[King Erik I]

aah ok :-)

 

The reason I've posted that code was becouse my collegae has programming experience in VB6....

 

I am pretty new to VB... ;-)