How to declare variable containing character limiting to 1000 bytes in vb6

Question

How to declare variable containing character limiting to 1000 bytes in vb6

Answer 1

Dim myString as String * 1000

Answer 2

This is a rough approximation. It assumes you are flexible with that 1000 byte limit.

Private mData As String
Public Property Let Data(value As String)

    If Len(value) <= 1000 Then
        mData = value
    Else
        'Do whatever '
    End If

End Property

Answer 3

Here is the syntax for a fixed-length string of 500 characters, which is 1000 bytes. VB6 strings are Unicode (UTF-16) and therefore each character has two bytes. The value of a fixed-length string will always have 500 characters - trailing spaces will be added, or excess characters truncated.

Dim s As String * 500  ' 500 characters, 1000 bytes

I wonder whether you are dealing with binary data rather than text. The Byte data type is better for binary data.

Dim byt(1000) as Byte  ' an array of 1000 bytes