Divide a string into two parts.

[Khalil Handal]

Hi to all,
A user types a name in a subform (family name, First Name).
If the name does not exists (is not in the list), a second form frmNames is opened (with OpenArgs) and the values should be seperated in two text fields: txtFamilyName and txtFirstName.

In formfrmNames, I have:

strName = Me.OpenArgs
intCommaPos = InStr(strName, ",")

If intCommaPos > o Then ' Value passed in includes a comma

I need to:
1- text before comma to be in Me.txtFamilyName and text after comma in Me.txtFirstName
2- Trim both text boxes to avoid any spaces at the beginning.
3- Use the Ucase function to have only the first letter in capital letter.

How can this be done?

Note:
I have the following code. It has a problem with some special characters like (heinrich böll). It shows like (heinrich b?ll).

 If intCommaPos > 0 Then  ' Value passed in includes a comma
            Me.txtFamilyName = StrConv(Trim(Left$(strName, intCommaPos - 1)), vbProperCase, 11265)  
            Me.FirstName = StrConv(Trim(Mid$(strName, intCommaPos + 1, Len(strName))), vbProperCase, 11265)

Any ideas?

Khalil

[CJ_London]

depends on how many parts to the name - if there are just two then pretty straightforward - your way (which can also be done in a query)

lastname: trim(left(strName, instr(strname,",")-1))
firstname:trim(mid(strName, instr(strname,",")+1))

or in vba use the split function

lastname=split(strName,",")(1)
firstname=split(strName,",")(0)

[Khalil Handal]

Hi,
I tried few examples and it is doing exactly waht I want.
Thank you