return a string from asp.net component

I am having a problem with returning a string from a component I wrote.. For example I can create this simple component and return a integer fine.<br><br><br>Imports system<br><br><br>Public Class retrnNames <br><br> dim strname1 as string<br> dim count1 as integer<br> Public function myname() as Integer<br> count1 = 150<br> return count1<br> end function<br> <br>end class<br><br><br>However if I try to return a string I get a error...(Input string was not in a correct format.)<br><br>Imports system<br><br><br>Public Class retrnNames <br><br> dim strname1 as string<br> dim count1 as integer<br> Public function myname() as string<br> strname1 = "Help!"<br> return strname1 <br> end function<br> <br>end class<br><br><br>Does anyone have any idea why I get this error??!??

Is the code u gave to us exactly same as ur code?<br>I couldn't see any error in the sample u gave. <br><br>It looks like u are trying to get string from control or database by looking at error message.<br><br>Sorry cant help u much

Thanks for your reply but I found the problem and I felt real dumb when I did. In the aspx file that I was using to call my component, I had not declared the variable as a string. I could have sworn I had checked that several times.