I found this some time ago and might work for you... Just copy into a
Module and be sure not to name the Module the same as any of the Functions.
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
'This code was originally written by Jay Holovacs.
'It is not to be altered or distributed, except as part of an application.
'You are free to use it in any application, provided the copyright notice is
left unchanged.
'Code Courtesy of Jay Holovacs
Public Function MixedCase(str As Variant) As String
'returns modified string, first character of each word us uppercase all
others lower case
'?MixedCase("joe mcdonald")
Dim ts As String, ps As Integer, char2 As String
If IsNull(str) Then
MixedCase = ""
Exit Function
End If
str = Trim(str) 'added 11/22/98
If Len(str) = 0 Then
MixedCase = ""
Exit Function
End If
ts = LCase$(str)
ps = 1
ps = FirstLetter(ts, ps)
SpecialName ts, 1 'try to fix the beginning
Mid$(ts, 1) = UCase$(Left$(ts, 1))
If ps = 0 Then
MixedCase = ts
Exit Function
End If
While ps <> 0
If IsRoman(ts, ps) = 0 Then 'not roman, apply the other rules
SpecialName ts, ps
Mid$(ts, ps) = UCase$(Mid$(ts, ps, 1)) 'capitalize the first
letter
End If
ps = FirstLetter(ts, ps)
Wend
MixedCase = ts
End Function
Private Sub SpecialName(str As String, ps As Integer)
'expects str to be a lower case string, ps to be the
'start of name to check, returns str modified in place
'modifies the internal character (not the initial)
Dim char2 As String
char2 = Mid$(str, ps, 2) 'check for Scots Mc
If (char2 = "mc") And Len(str) > ps + 1 Then '3rd char is CAP
Mid$(str, ps + 2) = UCase$(Mid$(str, ps + 2, 1))
End If
char2 = Mid$(str, ps, 2) 'check for ff
If (char2 = "ff") And Len(str) > ps + 1 Then 'ff form
Mid$(str, ps, 2) = LCase$(Mid$(str, ps, 2))
End If
char2 = Mid$(str, ps + 1, 1) 'check for apostrophe as 2nd char
If (char2 = "'") Then '3rd char is CAP
Mid$(str, ps + 2) = UCase$(Mid$(str, ps + 2, 1))
End If
Dim char3 As String
char3 = Mid$(str, ps, 3) 'check for scots Mac
If (char3 = "mac") And Len(str) > ps + 1 Then 'Mac form
Mid$(str, ps + 3) = UCase$(Mid$(str, ps + 3, 1))
End If
Dim char4 As String
char4 = Mid$(str, ps, 4) 'check for Fitz
If (char4 = "fitz") And Len(str) > ps + 1 Then 'Fitz form
Mid$(str, ps + 4) = UCase$(Mid$(str, ps + 4, 1))
End If
End Sub
Private Function FirstLetter(str As String, ps As Integer) As Integer
'ps=starting point to search (starts with character AFTER ps)
'returns next first letter, 0 if no more left
'modified 6/18/99 to handle hyphenated names
Dim p2 As Integer, p3 As Integer, s2 As String
s2 = str
p2 = InStr(ps, str, " ") 'points to next blank, 0 if no more
p3 = InStr(ps, str, "-") 'points to next hyphen, 0 if no more
If p3 <> 0 Then
If p2 = 0 Then
p2 = p3
ElseIf p3 < p2 Then
p2 = p3
End If
End If
If p2 = 0 Then
FirstLetter = 0
Exit Function
End If
'first move to first non blank, non punctuation after blank
While IsAlpha(Mid$(str, p2)) = False
p2 = p2 + 1
If p2 > Len(str) Then 'we ran off the end
FirstLetter = 0
Exit Function
End If
Wend
FirstLetter = p2
End Function
Public Function IsAlpha(ch As String)
'returns true if this is alphabetic character
'false if not
Dim c As Integer
c = Asc(ch)
Select Case c
Case 65 To 90
IsAlpha = True
Case 97 To 122
IsAlpha = True
Case Else
IsAlpha = False
End Select
End Function
Private Function IsRoman(str As String, ps As Integer) As Integer
'starts at position ps, until end of word. If it appears to be
'a roman numeral, than the entire word is capped in passed back
'string, else no changes made in string
'returns 1 if changes were made, 0 if no change
Dim mx As Integer, p2 As Integer, flag As Integer, I As Integer
mx = Len(str) 'just so we don't go off the edge
p2 = InStr(ps, str, " ") 'see if there is another space after this word
If p2 = 0 Then
p2 = mx + 1
End If
'scan to see if any inappropriate characters in this word
flag = 0
For I = ps To p2 - 1
If InStr("ivxIVX", Mid$(str, I, 1)) = 0 Then
flag = 1
End If
Next I
If flag Then
IsRoman = 0
Exit Function 'this is not roman numeral
End If
Mid$(str, ps) = UCase$(Mid$(str, ps, p2 - ps))
IsRoman = 1
End Function
