Generate random string in text field

Question

We have that old software (made by one of the first employees many years ago) in company that uses Microsoft Access to run. Boss asked me to add a random string generation i

Answer 1

This is one way, will work in Access VBA (which is an older basic than vb.net). It will generate a string with letters and numbers.

Sub test()

    Dim s As String * 8 'fixed length string with 8 characters
    Dim n As Integer
    Dim ch As Integer 'the character
    For n = 1 To Len(s) 'don't hardcode the length twice
        Do
            ch = Rnd() * 127 'This could be more efficient.
            '48 is '0', 57 is '9', 65 is 'A', 90 is 'Z', 97 is 'a', 122 is 'z'.
        Loop While ch < 48 Or ch > 57 And ch < 65 Or ch > 90 And ch < 97 Or ch > 122
        Mid(s, n, 1) = Chr(ch) 'bit more efficient than concatenation
    Next

    Debug.Print s

End Sub