Compiling dll with vbc - unknown assembly

[UG Guru]

I'm trying to compile a vb file to a dll using the windows vbc.exe file

I can almost get it to compile however a few commands come up with

Name 'Function' is not declared. The functions are as follows:

 

Mid

Len

InstrRev

MsgBox

vbcr

 

Which assembly .dll file do I need to reference to get this to work.

I already have the following references:

 

System.Windows.Forms.dll

system.dll

 

I've tried referencing Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll as well but it tells me this is done as default. It looks to me like it hasn't as these look like old vb commands.

 

Any help would be greatfully received.

[snarfblam]

You need to import the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace. This is done as a project-wide import by default in the IDE. This is not the case when using the command-line compiler, so you must either fully qualify the function (Microsoft.VisualBasic.String.Len() [oddly enough, Microsoft.VisualBasic.Len() seems to work as well]) or import the namespace explicitly.

[UG Guru]

I would do that but I'm creating all my code in a text editor as I don't have visual studio.

[PlausiblyDamp]

At the top of the source file you can add the line

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

[code=visualbasic]