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What does DIM stands for

kOrnHoliO

2005-09-25, 3:57 am

What does DIM stands for in VB is it an acronym for something? Dimension..
Data in Module..

Thanks

Oliver Sturm

2005-09-25, 6:56 pm

kOrnHoliO wrote:

>What does DIM stands for in VB is it an acronym for something? Dimension..
>Data in Module..

dim stands for dimension. In old Basic dialects it was only used to define
the size or arrays, so this made a lot more sense than it does today.

And you should really post this kind of question to a VB newsgroup instead
of here.

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