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Proper Case in Access

I'm using the following code to capitalize company names, etc. But when a company name is like "ABC Co" it capitalizes the ABC just fine but when I put a comma after it like "ABC, Inc" it changes it to "Abc, Inc". It only does this when I put a comma after the name. Anyway to fix this so it changes it to ABC, Inc.?

I'm calling the code like this: fProperCase(MyField,1)

Function fProperCase(Optional strText As String, Optional blPrompt As Boolean) As String
'Call this function in this manner:
'   ProperCase("yourTexthere")
' If you would like to automatically capitalize all 2 or 3 character words, then call in this manner:
'   ProperCase(yourTexthere,1)
' Please note any two or three character words in the string will automatically capitalize if all
' of the characters in the string are the same, regardless of the value of this parameter (AAA Insurance Company)
 
Dim intCounter As Integer
Dim OneChar As String
Dim StartingNumber As Integer
StartingNumber = 1

If Nz(strText, "") <> "" Then 'If value is not blank, then continue below
    '******************** Start - Check for 3 character words at the start of string
    If Right(Left(strText, 4), 1) = " " Then
        If (Left(strText, 1) = Mid$(strText, 2, 1) And Left(strText, 1) = Mid$(strText, 3, 1)) Or blPrompt = True Then
            'Capitalize the 3 char's as in "AAA" or "EEE Movers"
            strText = UCase(Left$(strText, 3)) & LCase$(Mid$(strText, 4, 255))
            StartingNumber = 4
        Else
            'Only capitalize the first of the 3 char's
            'This part can be removed if you do not want the 1st letter capitalized
            strText = UCase$(Left$(strText, 1)) & LCase$(Mid$(strText, 2, 255))
            StartingNumber = 2
        End If '******************** End - 3 letter check at beginning of string
  
    ElseIf Right(Left(strText, 3), 1) = " " Then 'Check for 2 character words as the start of the string
        If Left(strText, 1) = Mid$(strText, 2, 1) Or blPrompt = True Then
            'Capitalize the 2 char's
            strText = UCase(Left$(strText, 2)) & LCase$(Mid$(strText, 3, 255))
            StartingNumber = 3
        Else
            'Only capitalize the first of the 2 char's
            'This part can be removed if you do not want the 1st letter capitalized
            strText = UCase(Left$(strText, 1)) & LCase$(Mid$(strText, 2, 255))
            StartingNumber = 2
        End If '***************** End 2 character word Check
  Else
    'The first word is not 2 or 3 char in length, so convert first character to capital then the rest to lowercase.
    strText = UCase$(Left$(strText, 1)) & LCase$(Mid$(strText, 2, 255))
    StartingNumber = 2
  End If
 
  
  'Look at each character, starting at the second character.
  For intCounter = StartingNumber To Len(strText)
    OneChar = Mid$(strText, intCounter, 1)
    Select Case OneChar
        '...convert the character after dash/hyphen/slash/period/ampersand to uppercase such as "A.B.C. Industries", B&B Mfg
        Case "-", "/", ".", "&", "+"
            strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase$(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 255)
        Case "'" 'Check the character two places after the apostrophe.
            If Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 1) <> " " Then 'If it is not a space, then capatilize (O'Conner, O'Niel)
                strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase$(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 255)
            Else
                'Do nothing as in "Don't" , "Tom's Diner", "haven't", "I'm"
            End If
        Case "c" ' Take care of the McAfee's, McDonalds & McLaughlins and such
            If (Mid$(strText, intCounter - 1, 2) = "Mc") Then 'Check if Prev Char is an M
                If ((intCounter - 2) < 1) Then 'Check to see if the M was the first character
                    strText = "Mc" & UCase$(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 255)
                ElseIf (Mid$(strText, intCounter - 2, 1) = " ") Then
                    'If M wasn't first character, then check to see if a space was before the M, so we don't capitalize Tomchek or Adamczyk
                    strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase$(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 255)
                End If
            End If
        Case " "
            Select Case Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 3)
               Case "de " 'Add any other exceptions here Example: Oscar de La Hoya  or maria de jesus
                    strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & "de " & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 4, 255)
                    intCounter = intCounter + 2
               Case Else ' Example: A B C Manufacturing
                  strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase$(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 255)
            End Select
            If Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 9) = "diMartini" Then 'Add any other odd balls in this fashion
                strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & "diMartini" & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 10, 255)
            End If
            'Method for adding new case is fairly simple, such in the example above: "de "
            'If Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, Len("YourExclusionHere")) = "YourExclusionHere" Then
            '   strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & "YourExclusionHere" & Mid$(strText, intCounter + (LEN("YourExclusionHere")+1), 255)
            'End If
            '*********************** Check for 3 character word *******************
            If Mid$(strText, intCounter + 4, 1) = " " Or (Len(strText) - intCounter = 3) Then
                If (Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1) = Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 1) And _
                    Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1) = Mid$(strText, intCounter + 3, 1)) Or blPrompt = True Then
                    'Capitalize the 3 char's as in "AAA" or "EEE Movers"
                    strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 3)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 4, 255)
                    intCounter = intCounter + 3
                Else
                    'Only capitalize the first of the 3 char's
                    'This part can be removed if you do not want the 1st letter capitalized
                    strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase$(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 255)
                End If
            '********************** check for 2 char words *******************
            ElseIf Mid(strText, intCounter + 3, 1) = " " Or (Len(strText) - intCounter = 2) Then
                If (Mid(strText, intCounter + 1, 1) = Mid(strText, intCounter + 2, 1)) Or blPrompt = True Then
                      'Capitalize the 2 char's
                      'This part can be omitted if you do not want to automatically capitalize a 2 character word made up of two identical letters
                      strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 2)) & LCase$(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 3, 255))
                      intCounter = intCounter + 2
                  Else
                      'Only capitalize the first of the 2 char's
                      strText = Left$(strText, intCounter) & UCase(Mid$(strText, intCounter + 1, 1)) & Mid$(strText, intCounter + 2, 255)
                      intCounter = intCounter + 1
                  End If
                '******************** END 2 LETTER CHECK
            End If
    Case Else
    End Select
  Next
Else
    strText = ""
End If
'All done, return current contents of strText variable.
fProperCase = strText
 
End Function

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That didn't work. Something wrong with the syntax in your code.
Nevermind. I got it working. I had to remove the second "IF" in your code.