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Cliff – Yes, unfortunately VB uses ByVal to mean two different things… sort of. ByVal for numbers does mean the actual value is passed, not a pointer to it. But ByVal for strings passes a long pointer to a null-terminated string. The term is still appropriate, though, because in both cases the item passed has been "dereferenced". Numeric variables have only pointers, which yield values when deref'd. But strings have handles, which yield pointers when deref'd. To pass a structure in a field which is properly "ByVal X$", just change the Declare to read "X As Any". As long as the receiving procedure knows what it's getting, you can pass just about anything. "As Any" passes a long pointer to a variable (exactly what a ByVal string is). — Jim There is 1 Reply.