Convert Int64 RowTag to String

General
1

If an Int64 is stored in a RowTag and a string value of that Int64 is needed, is it safe enough to use:

lb.RowTag( i ).StringValue

Or is it necessary to use:

Format( lb.RowTag( i ), "#" )

Thank you

2

RowTags are stored as Variants in the current framework.

You should be able to grab the string value from it. I don’t think you need to use format.

But the “proper” way to do it might be:

Dim val as Int64 = lb.RowTag(i).IntegerValue
Dim s as string = str(val)

When the day comes when Xojo moves completely to the new framework Variants will go away and Auto will take their place. So you’ll need to explicitly do the conversion.

3

This is far, far away. I wouldn’t worry about that. Go with lb.RowTag( i ).StringValue and use Format only if you need thousands separator or so.