You shouldn't have to do anything special to use the LONG. There's no requirement to use int in a 'for' statement. You can actually put any valid code you want to in the three expressions (init/condition/loop). Mark Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

No if your loop has statement you dont need to use of them however its better you use of them and for declare local variables if you have same name for global variables you must be use of them and ....