probleum in multiplication in vb.net

[progvar]

i used the following code in vb 6.0 and it produced the required value
but when i used the same code in vb.net it shows the error
"Operator * is not defined for types Date and Integer"
Dim Act_Rec As Integer
Dim VTar_Hr As String
Dim VYptime As String
VTar_Hr=300
VYptime="7:30:00"
Act_Rec = CInt(VTar_Hr) * (CDate(VYptime) * 24)
please help me

with best regards
varinder

[DrBunchman]

Hi Varinder,

What is it you are trying to acheive? I can't see why you would be multiplying a Date by an Integer but if you let us know we may be able to help.

Incidentally, in VB.NET you can use

Integer.Parse(VTAR_Hr) rather than CInt(VTar_Hr)

and

Date.Parse(VYptime) rather than (CDate(VYptime)

Also the very useful TryParse function:

If Integer.TryParse(VTAR_Hr, Nothing) = True Then

will come in handy for checking that your variables are of the correct type. Not relevant to your question exactly but useful to know :-)

Regards,

Dr B

[progvar]

thanks Dr B
Actually i want to find the average work of a person who entered 300 records in any database in one Hour .Then how many records would be entered in 7 hrs and 30 minutes

this is my main motive

[DrBunchman]

I've taken the number of hours and number of minutes from the Date variable and used them to calculate the total like this:

 
Dim iRec As Integer = 300
Dim iTotal As Integer
Dim dt As Date = "07:30"
iTotal = (dt.Hour * iRec) + ((dt.Minute / 60) * iRec)
Response.Write(iTotal)
 

Hope this helps,

Dr B

[progvar]

thanks very much Dr B
because this probleum was creating lot of trouble for me

thanks again
varinder