Do I need the "Public" in the following... Public Function IsEMailAddress(ByVal sEmail As String, Optional ByRef sReason As String) As Boolean

[MLH]

The following function declaration confuses me...

Public Function IsEMailAddress(ByVal sEmail As String, Optional ByRef
sReason As String) As Boolean

I tried pasting it and its code into an Access 2.0 module. I was
unsuccessful. I had to remove the following...
"Public"
"Optional ByRef"
"As Boolean"

I replaced the "As Boolean" with "As Integer". Then it all worked.
What's the "Public" and "Optional ByRef" for anyway?

[MGFoster]

MLH wrote:

The following function declaration confuses me...

Public Function IsEMailAddress(ByVal sEmail As String, Optional ByRef
sReason As String) As Boolean

I tried pasting it and its code into an Access 2.0 module. I was
unsuccessful. I had to remove the following...
"Public"
"Optional ByRef"
"As Boolean"

I replaced the "As Boolean" with "As Integer". Then it all worked.
What's the "Public" and "Optional ByRef" for anyway?

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"Public" means the function is "visible" to all possible calling
routines (the Public is allowed to use it).

"Optinal ByRef" means the parameter is an optional parameter (it may, or
may not be used by the calling routine) and that instead of the actual
parameter value there is a pointer to the value. A pointer is an
address in the computer's memory that "points" to the variable value
(or, sometimes, another pointer - don't worry about it). The converse
to ByRef is ByVal which means the actual parameter value has been passed
to the function/sub.

"As Boolean" means the value returned by the Function will be a Boolean
(True/False - in VBA True = -1; False = 0) value.

I believe all these terms were introduced into Access VBA in
Access/Office 97 - not sure. That's why they don't work in Access 2.
Ya really have to upgrade to a newer version :-).

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[Douglas J. Steele]

"MGFoster" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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MLH wrote:

The following function declaration confuses me...

Public Function IsEMailAddress(ByVal sEmail As String, Optional ByRef
sReason As String) As Boolean

I tried pasting it and its code into an Access 2.0 module. I was
unsuccessful. I had to remove the following...
"Public"
"Optional ByRef"
"As Boolean"

I replaced the "As Boolean" with "As Integer". Then it all worked.
What's the "Public" and "Optional ByRef" for anyway?

"Public" means the function is "visible" to all possible calling
routines (the Public is allowed to use it).

"Optinal ByRef" means the parameter is an optional parameter (it may, or
may not be used by the calling routine) and that instead of the actual
parameter value there is a pointer to the value. A pointer is an
address in the computer's memory that "points" to the variable value
(or, sometimes, another pointer - don't worry about it). The converse
to ByRef is ByVal which means the actual parameter value has been passed
to the function/sub.

"As Boolean" means the value returned by the Function will be a Boolean
(True/False - in VBA True = -1; False = 0) value.

I believe all these terms were introduced into Access VBA in
Access/Office 97 - not sure. That's why they don't work in Access 2.
Ya really have to upgrade to a newer version :-).

Even in Access 97, I don't believe you can declare Optional and As String
unless you define a default value: you have to use As Variant.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

[Trevor Best]

Douglas J. Steele wrote:

Even in Access 97, I don't believe you can declare Optional and As String
unless you define a default value: you have to use As Variant.

IIRC you only needed "As Variant" if you wanted to check for IsMissing()
otherwise the default value of a string ("") or number (0) will be
passed. Can't quite remember if "optional" was in 97 or not, long time
since I used it.

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[Douglas J. Steele]

"Trevor Best" <no****@besty.org.uk> wrote in message
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Douglas J. Steele wrote:

Even in Access 97, I don't believe you can declare Optional and As String
unless you define a default value: you have to use As Variant.

IIRC you only needed "As Variant" if you wanted to check for IsMissing()
otherwise the default value of a string ("") or number (0) will be passed.
Can't quite remember if "optional" was in 97 or not, long time since I
used it.

You convinced me to go test it, and right you are. In fact, if you declare
the parameter As Variant, you must use IsMissing with it. If it is missing,
you'll get an error if you try to refer to it.

Yes, Optional is available in 97

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Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)