VB "Call" syntax vs command-style syntax

[Steve Jorgensen]

I'm looking for coding style opinions.

It looks to me like most VB/VBA coders use the command-style syntax for
calling subs or functions being treated as subs in a particular context ...

Foo "ABC", varDest

Occasionally, I see code using the Call syntax instead.

Call Foo("ABC", varDest)

I used to find that wierd, but now, I'm wondering if it isn't really the
superior style. Basically, I find myself starting to use named parameters
more (whenever it isn't blatantly obvious what the parameters must be by
looking at the call line), and I think Call reads easier in these cases. So,
do be consistent, I'm thinking I might just start using Call in all cases.

Foo Src:="ABC", Dest:=varDest

vs

Call Foo(Src:="ABC", Dest:=varDest)
Your thoughts?

[Rick Brandt]

"Steve Jorgensen" <no****@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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I'm looking for coding style opinions.

It looks to me like most VB/VBA coders use the command-style syntax for
calling subs or functions being treated as subs in a particular context ....
Foo "ABC", varDest

Occasionally, I see code using the Call syntax instead.

Call Foo("ABC", varDest)

I used to find that wierd, but now, I'm wondering if it isn't really the
superior style. Basically, I find myself starting to use named parameters more (whenever it isn't blatantly obvious what the parameters must be by
looking at the call line), and I think Call reads easier in these cases. So, do be consistent, I'm thinking I might just start using Call in all

cases.

I've always used Call. Seems more self-documenting to me.
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[Tom van Stiphout]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:00:29 GMT, Steve Jorgensen
<no****@nospam.nospam> wrote:

You'll have to un-learn it once you write code in VB.NET

In the VBA environment I find Call more similar to function calls, and
I like it for that reason.

-Tom.

I'm looking for coding style opinions.

It looks to me like most VB/VBA coders use the command-style syntax for
calling subs or functions being treated as subs in a particular context ...

Foo "ABC", varDest

Occasionally, I see code using the Call syntax instead.

Call Foo("ABC", varDest)

I used to find that wierd, but now, I'm wondering if it isn't really the
superior style. Basically, I find myself starting to use named parameters
more (whenever it isn't blatantly obvious what the parameters must be by
looking at the call line), and I think Call reads easier in these cases. So,
do be consistent, I'm thinking I might just start using Call in all cases.

Foo Src:="ABC", Dest:=varDest

vs

Call Foo(Src:="ABC", Dest:=varDest)
Your thoughts?

[Sherwood Wang]

"Steve Jorgensen" <no****@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:j5********************************@4ax.com...

I'm looking for coding style opinions.

It looks to me like most VB/VBA coders use the command-style syntax for
calling subs or functions being treated as subs in a particular context ....
Foo "ABC", varDest

Occasionally, I see code using the Call syntax instead.

Call Foo("ABC", varDest)

I used to find that wierd, but now, I'm wondering if it isn't really the
superior style. Basically, I find myself starting to use named parameters
more (whenever it isn't blatantly obvious what the parameters must be by
looking at the call line), and I think Call reads easier in these cases. So, do be consistent, I'm thinking I might just start using Call in all cases.

Foo Src:="ABC", Dest:=varDest

vs

Call Foo(Src:="ABC", Dest:=varDest)
Your thoughts?

call foo racist. i not call jorgensen true?

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

[Larry Linson]

"Sherwood Wang" <sh****@waynes.net> wrote

call foo racist. i not call jorgensen true?

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

I call dialect posting by a genuine Mellon sockpuppet racist.

I call this signature an impersonation. To see a list of actual MVPs, see
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...ward&style=toc .

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

[Sherwood Wang]

"Larry Linson" <bo*****@localhost.not> wrote in message
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"Sherwood Wang" <sh****@waynes.net> wrote

> call foo racist. i not call jorgensen true?
>
> *Sherwood Wang MVP*
I call dialect posting by a genuine Mellon sockpuppet racist.

I call this signature an impersonation. To see a list of actual MVPs, see

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...ward&style=toc .
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

you english not so very large mr larry linson. not make fun on me please
AND not make fun on asian people please AND not call me wrong name okay
please? may name on list yu hong chi win wang = sherwood wang by friends
which you not. than you very much please.

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

[Larry Linson]

If you are, indeed, Yu Hong Wang, MVP, continue this communication in the
private MVP newsgroup for Access. If I do not see you posting there, it will
confirm that you are a Don P Mellon sockpuppet or tagalong troll
impersonating Yu Hong Wang.

If I do see your message there (and the other MVPs who participate here will
see it, too) I will offer my apology.

However, given that MVPs who participate here actually answer questions,
instead of posting inane, off-topic messages, until then, G'day, Donnie.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
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"Sherwood Wang" <sh****@waynes.net> wrote

> call foo racist. i not call jorgensen true?
>
> *Sherwood Wang MVP*

I call dialect posting by a genuine Mellon sockpuppet racist.

I call this signature an impersonation. To see a list of actual MVPs, see

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...ward&style=toc .

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

you english not so very large mr larry linson. not make fun on me please
AND not make fun on asian people please AND not call me wrong name okay
please? may name on list yu hong chi win wang = sherwood wang by friends
which you not. than you very much please.

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

[Larry Linson]

"Sherwood Wang" <sh****@waynes.net>

We are waiting for your post in the private mvp newsgroup for Access,
"Sherwood". The real Yu Hong Wang has access to that newsgroup.

[Sherwood Wang]

"Larry Linson" <bo*****@localhost.not> wrote in message
news:iy*****************@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...

If you are, indeed, Yu Hong Wang, MVP, continue this communication in the
private MVP newsgroup for Access. If I do not see you posting there, it will confirm that you are a Don P Mellon sockpuppet or tagalong troll
impersonating Yu Hong Wang.

If I do see your message there (and the other MVPs who participate here will see it, too) I will offer my apology.

However, given that MVPs who participate here actually answer questions,
instead of posting inane, off-topic messages, until then, G'day, Donnie.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

mr larry linson i post 1 time i post 2 time. you apology now please. or as
many you say go fly the kike!

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

[Larry Linson]

"Sherwood Wang" wrote

If you are, indeed, Yu Hong Wang, MVP,
continue this communication in the private
MVP newsgroup for Access. If I do not
see you posting there, it will confirm that
you are a Don P Mellon sockpuppet or
tagalong troll impersonating Yu Hong Wang. If I do see your message there (and the
other MVPs who participate here will
see it, too) I will offer my apology.

However, given that MVPs who participate
here actually answer questions, instead of
posting inane, off-topic messages, until then,
G'day, Donnie.

mr larry linson i post 1 time i post 2 time.
you apology now please. or as
many you say go fly the kike!

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

You are not the MVP Yu Hong Wang as you claimed. Trolls and sockpuppets do
not get apologies, even for real slights, much less the imagined one that
you claim.

Donnie, don't you think that the MVPs have communication within their own
community?

You are really showing your ignorance, here, with this silly attempt at
"broken English" -- apparently you have not known the Chinese I have, most
of whom speak better English on a bad day than a Mellon-troll does on a good
day.

G'day, Donnie.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

[James Fortune]

"Larry Linson" <bo*****@localhost.not> wrote in message news:<iy*****************@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...

If you are, indeed, Yu Hong Wang, MVP, continue this communication in the
private MVP newsgroup for Access. If I do not see you posting there, it will
confirm that you are a Don P Mellon sockpuppet or tagalong troll
impersonating Yu Hong Wang.

If I do see your message there (and the other MVPs who participate here will
see it, too) I will offer my apology.

However, given that MVPs who participate here actually answer questions,
instead of posting inane, off-topic messages, until then, G'day, Donnie.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

Challenge/Response Authentication?

James A. Fortune

[Trevor Best]

James Fortune wrote:

"Larry Linson" <bo*****@localhost.not> wrote in message news:<iy*****************@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...

If you are, indeed, Yu Hong Wang, MVP, continue this communication in the
private MVP newsgroup for Access. If I do not see you posting there, it will
confirm that you are a Don P Mellon sockpuppet or tagalong troll
impersonating Yu Hong Wang.

If I do see your message there (and the other MVPs who participate here will
see it, too) I will offer my apology.

However, given that MVPs who participate here actually answer questions,
instead of posting inane, off-topic messages, until then, G'day, Donnie.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

Challenge/Response Authentication?

James A. Fortune

Well he's a good CHAP :-)

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[Sherwood Wang]

"Larry Linson" <bo*****@localhost.not> wrote in message
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"Sherwood Wang" wrote

> > If you are, indeed, Yu Hong Wang, MVP,
> > continue this communication in the private
> > MVP newsgroup for Access. If I do not
> > see you posting there, it will confirm that
> > you are a Don P Mellon sockpuppet or
> > tagalong troll impersonating Yu Hong Wang. > > If I do see your message there (and the
> > other MVPs who participate here will
> > see it, too) I will offer my apology.
> >
> > However, given that MVPs who participate
> > here actually answer questions, instead of
> > posting inane, off-topic messages, until then,
> > G'day, Donnie.

> mr larry linson i post 1 time i post 2 time.
> you apology now please. or as
> many you say go fly the kike!
>
> *Sherwood Wang MVP*

You are not the MVP Yu Hong Wang as you claimed. Trolls and sockpuppets do
not get apologies, even for real slights, much less the imagined one that
you claim.

Donnie, don't you think that the MVPs have communication within their own
community?

You are really showing your ignorance, here, with this silly attempt at
"broken English" -- apparently you have not known the Chinese I have, most
of whom speak better English on a bad day than a Mellon-troll does on a

good day.

G'day, Donnie.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

i not chinese. you rascist bad moron.

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

[Larry Linson]

"Sherwood Wang" <sh****@waynes.net> wrote

i not chinese. you rascist bad moron.

*Sherwood Wang MVP*

You claimed to be the MVP Yu Hong Wang, who is Chinese, and you are
denigrating Chinese with your silly attempts at "dialect", Donnie. Put away
your sockpuppet and go answer some real Access questions.

[Scott Barker]

"Larry Linson" <bo*****@localhost.not> wrote in message
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"Sherwood Wang" <sh****@waynes.net> wrote

> i not chinese. you rascist bad moron.
>
> *Sherwood Wang MVP*
You claimed to be the MVP Yu Hong Wang, who is Chinese, and you are
denigrating Chinese with your silly attempts at "dialect", Donnie. Put

away your sockpuppet and go answer some real Access questions.

Larry,

Yu is of Taiwanese descent. I'd suggest you drop this thread before you
cause more trouble than you have already.

F. Scott Barker, Access MVP

[Tony Toews]

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Forgery. This is a known hangout of our resident troll.

Tony
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