change to
litMain.Text = Date.Now.Month
' or if you need month name
litMain.Text = Date.Now.ToString("MMMM")
[quoted text, click to view] "chris@ctlsoft.com" wrote:
> on page load event I have :
>
> Dim strHTML As String = Month(Now())
> litMain.Text = strHTML
>
> Compiles fine but when is run :
> Compiler Error Message: BC30108: 'Month' is a type and cannot be used
> as an expression.
>
> I've tried whacking .toString on end, no difference.
>
> All it's doing is writing the month value into a literal control. I'm
> using VS 2005.
>
> What am I doing wrong ???
>
> cheers.
>