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Class: ConCat in Category General VBA/VB6 : String Handling from Total Visual SourceBook

High performance concatenation of large strings in VBA and VB6.

When concatenating large strings on the order of 50kb or larger (for example, building an RTF string), the length of time to complete becomes exponentially longer. This is because Visual Basic re-allocates the string each time it is concatenated. This class implements an alternative to normal concatenation that does not re-allocate the string each time it is concatenated.

Procedure List

Procedure Name	Type	Description
(Declarations)	Declarations	Declarations and private variables for the CConCat class.
Text	Property	Get the current text string. The Get method of this property trims off any text leftover in the pre-allocated internal string. This prevents up to 50k of spaces from being returned on the end of the string.
Class_Initialize	Initialize	Set initial values to defaults which may be overridden with property settings.
Append	Method	Appends a string to the end of the internal string. This function uses the trick of pre-allocating the internal string that is being appended to. This is what gives the performance benefits of this class.

Example Code for Using Class: ConCat

' Example of CConCat
'
' To try this example, do the following:
' 1. Create a new form
' 2. Add a command button 'cmdTest'
' 3. Paste all the code from this example to the new form's module
' 4. Run the form

Private Sub cmdTest_Click()
  Dim ConCat As CConCat
  Dim lngCounter As Long

  Set ConCat = New CConCat

  ' set the initial string
  ConCat.Text = "Append This Text"

  ' Concatenate the string the specified number of times
  For lngCounter = 1 To 100
    ConCat.Append "Append This Text"
  Next lngCounter

  ' Display the result of the concatenation
  Debug.Print ConCat.Text

End Sub

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