Help with lblMsg in VB 6

[EntangledDesi]

I help with how to get the main form of an application to display a student's name when the main form is first run after they enter their name into a standard dialog box.

[pachecf]

On form load event you can add:

lblStudentName.caption = inputbox("Enter your name: " )

As soon as the form loads the student will be prompted to enter his/her name and it will display the input to a label call lblStudentName

[EntangledDesi]

^^I don't need it to create another input box though..I already have a standard dialog box [input box] where they input their name..I need help with how to get the name they put in there when the application runs to display on the main form

[pachecf]

What you probably want to do is to add a public variable.
1. add a module to your project
2. declare a Public variable

Public retStudentName as string
3. Store the value of the student input to that variable and you can use it anywhere in your project.

How to use:

retStudentName = inmputbox(“Student Name”)

Textbox1 = retStudentName
Msgbox (retStudentName)
lblStudentName.caption = retStudentName

anything = retStudentName

Even form.caption = “Application Name: “ & retStudentName

The best part is that this variable will hold the name of the student and it can be accessed by any form, subroutine, etc. in your project.

Note: I van't used VB6 for a long time. But if it's not Public try Global declaration.