listbox error in subroutine

[Psycho]

I have a program that makes extensive use of subroutines for pulling data from an SQLlite database and displaying as a listbox for user selection. That program is over a year old and working fine. I just coded something similar in a new program I am working on and get the following error:

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Runtime Error in program 'untitled': listbox #partList, partList$(), 0
Message not understood: #asCollection

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When I put the listbox into the body of the program (where it is remarked out in the follwing demo) it displays fine. When I put it into a sub, I get the error above . Here is a throw together to show the problem I am having:

  global #partList

  'dim array here to make global
  dim partList$(10)

  call loadPartList
  'listbox #partList, partList$(), 0
  wait

  sub loadPartList
     for x = 1 to 10
        partList$(x)=str$(x)
     next x
     'having the listbox here causes an error?????
     listbox #partList, partList$(), 0
  end sub

Any ideas?

John "Psycho" Siejkowski

[Brent]

I seem to remember this is a long-standing bug where objects created inside subroutines cannot access global arrays. As far as I can determine, the only work-around is to move the DIM inside the sub.

[Psycho]

Thank you Brent.
That bug was indeed causing my problem. The previous program I mentioned was dimming the arrays inside the sub, hence it working correctly.

As always, I appreciate the help.

John "Psycho" Siejkowski