Trimming a variable

[runnerlk]

I have an application created in VB 2005 that executes the following code:

Client.Execute("RunQuery(" & Handle1 & ",\QUERY SETS\System\SpecToFortis,Combo=" & Combo_Number & vbTab & "Coverage=" & Cov_ID & ")", 10000)

The Combo_Number and Cov_ID are variables received from another application. My problem is that the Combo_Number value received has an "/" prepended and causes the query to fail(return no results). What syntax can I use to trim the first character from the Combo_Number?

Thanks

 

[RiverGuy]

Example:

Dim s As String = "12435"
s = s.Substring(1)

Returns "2345