here’s what I’m trying to do:

I have the following code and 1 textbox named Text1 and a command button named Command1

Private Sub Command1_Click()
  Dim a As Byte, b As Byte
  a = 5
  b = 10
  MsgBox Text1
End Sub

When I run the program I type “a+b” in the textbox (without the quotes). Now, when I click the command button I want the sum of a and b i.e. 15 to be displayed not simply a+b. I have been coding for a while but I just cant think of how to do this. I dont think even if I take everything separately i.e. a,+,b I could solve this since still those things would stay as text….I could put an if then statement for the +, but how would I handle the variables :?

I was wondering if there was some easy solution for this or if someone could point me in the right direction.

TIA

Check out the documentation on ScriptControl1.Eval.

Thanks

an Integer has a larger range (think it’s 0 to 32767 for an unsigned integer) whereas a byte has a smaller range (0 to 255)...since my example used just 10 and 5, I declared them as Byte.