MidText Function [ VB6 ]

Private Function MidText(ByVal strText As String, ByVal Find1 As String, ByVal Find2 As String, Optional ByVal lStart As Long = 1, Optional ByVal Compare As VbCompareMethod = vbBinaryCompare) As String
    Dim lRet As Long, sRet As String
    lRet = InStr(lStart, strText, Find1, Compare)
     If lRet Then
     sRet = Mid$(strText, lRet + Len(Find1))
     lRet = InStr(1, sRet, Find2, Compare)
     If lRet Then
     MidText = Left$(sRet, lRet - 1)
     End If
     End If
    End Function

Use : MidText(text1.text,"a","b")