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 Transfers a string from Visual Basic to a non-Basic routine, or from a non-
 Basic routine to Visual Basic.
 
    StringAssign(sourceaddress&, sourcelength%, destaddress&, destlength%);
 
    ■ sourceaddress&  Long integer value determined by string type:
      destaddress&
                      String Type        Argument Value
                      ═══════════════    ═══════════════════════════════════
                      Fixed-length       Far address of the start of string
                      Variable-length    Far address of the string descriptor
 
    ■ sourcelength%   Integer value determined by string type:
      destlength%
                      String Type        Argument Value
                      ═══════════════    ═══════════════════════════════════
                      Fixed-length       String length
                      Variable-length    0
 
 See Also
    ◄Mixed-Language Programming Commands►   ◄StringAddress Routine►
    ◄StringLength Routine►                  ◄StringRelease Routine►