Start a new thread.

dim somedate as string
somedate = "2/3/2009"
parts = split(somedate, "/")

if ubound(parts()) < 2 then
msgbox "Error Parsing Date String"
exit sub
else
mymonth = somedate(0)
...

Call "c:\windows\system32\dfrg.msc" with shell or system processes or wsh.run or shellexecute.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.permissions.registrypermission.aspx

I couldn't agree more.

To answer your question, however: AddHandler :)

I go idea is to use a msgbox or some other method to see the actual string. Say msgbox input, that will tell you exactly what the string is that you are trying to get the substring of. I'm guessing...