Class item not accessible because it's private... but it's not?

[Bmack500]

I have a sub, and a class. The sub is like this:
Sub dothis()
Dim aInfoListX As New infoWrapperClass
aInfoListX.params = ReadConfig()
Dim sqlCMD As New SqlCommand
aInfoListX.sqlCmd = sqlCMD

aInfoListX.sqlConn = New
SqlClient.SqlConnection(aInfoListX.params.sqlserver)
End Sub

Now, I have a class, with subclasses, as below. However, in the above
sub, it tells me that "aInfoLisX.params.sqlserver" is not accessible in
this context because it is private". I'm using VS 2005, vb.net. I don't
quite understand what's going on here..... Any help would be greatly
appreciated!

Public Class infoWrapperClass
Dim Item As ArrayList
Public Sub New()
Dim _Adapters As System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection =
Nothing
Dim _AdapterInfo As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection = Nothing
Dim _NdisReceiveErrors As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection = Nothing
Dim _NdisTransmitErrors As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection = Nothing
Dim _NdisMacOptions As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection = Nothing
Dim _NdisLinkSpeed As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection = Nothing
Dim bkGnd As New System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker
Dim wmiObj1 As New System.Management.ManagementObject
Dim myConfigs As New Configs

Item = New ArrayList(13)
Item.Add(_Adapters)
Item.Add(_AdapterInfo)
Item.Add(_NdisReceiveErrors)
Item.Add(_NdisTransmitErrors)
Item.Add(_NdisMacOptions)
Item.Add(_NdisLinkSpeed)
Item.Add(bkGnd)
Item.Add(myConfigs)
Item.Add(New ServerInfo)
Item.Add(wmiObj1)
Item.Add(New SqlClient.SqlCommand)
Item.Add(New nicStruct)
Item.Add(New SqlClient.SqlConnection)
End Sub
Public Property Adapters() As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection
Get
Return CType(Item(0),
Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
Item(0) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property AdapterInfo() As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection
Get
Return CType(Item(1),
Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
Item(1) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property NdisReceiveErrors() As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection
Get
Return CType(Item(2),
Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
Item(2) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property NdisTransmitErrors() As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection
Get
Return CType(Item(3),
Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
Item(3) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property NdisMacOptions() As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection
Get
Return CType(Item(4),
Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
Item(4) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property NdisLinkSpeed() As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection
Get
Return CType(Item(5),
Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection)
Item(5) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property bkgndWrkr() As
System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker
Get
Return CType(Item(6),
System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker)
Item(6) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property params() As configs
Get
Return CType(Item(7), configs)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As configs)
Item(7) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property svrInfo() As ServerInfo
Get
Return CType(Item(8), ServerInfo)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As ServerInfo)
Item(8) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property wmiObj() As System.Management.ManagementObject
Get
Return CType(Item(9), Management.ManagementObject)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As System.Management.ManagementObject)
Item(9) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property sqlCmd() As SqlClient.SqlCommand
Get
Return CType(Item(10), SqlClient.SqlCommand)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As SqlClient.SqlCommand)
Item(10) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property nicInfo() As nicStruct
Get
Return CType(Item(11), nicStruct)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As nicStruct)
Item(11) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property sqlConn() As SqlClient.SqlConnection
Get
Return CType(Item(12), SqlClient.SqlConnection)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As SqlClient.SqlConnection)
Item(12) = value
End Set
End Property
Public Class Configs
Dim logdirectory As String
Dim logfile As String
Dim errLog As String
Dim logfileops As Boolean
Dim logscreenops As Boolean
Dim userid As String
Dim password As String
Dim ldapServer As String
Dim prodSql As String
Dim testsql As String
Dim devsql As String
Dim tempFile As String
Dim log As String
Dim sqlServer As String
End Class
Public Class ServerInfo
Dim oDN As String
Dim oGUID As Guid
Dim oDOMAIN As String
Dim ostrGUID As String
Dim oNAME As String
Dim ipAddress As String
Dim oDNSHOSTNAME As String
Dim oDescription As String
Dim oOS As String
Dim oOSVersion As String
Dim oTZ As Int16
Dim oManagedBy As String
Dim oLastLogon As Date
Dim oSPMajor As Short
Dim oSPMinor As Short
Dim oCreateDate As Date
Dim oError As Boolean
Dim oElapsed As String
Dim isPartial As Boolean
Dim isUpdate As Boolean
Dim strHosts As String
Dim DNSREAD As Boolean
End Class
Public Class nicStruct
Dim CLASSGUID As String 'The Windows CLASSGUID identifier
Dim Subkey As String 'The subkey string to find the nic
values in
Dim Value As String 'The key who's value we need
Dim PNPid As String 'The PNPSHORT adapter identifier
Dim Service As String 'The driver
Dim Duplex As String 'The duplex setting found
Dim Speed As String 'The speed found (Unless set to auto)
Dim settings As String 'The result of the registry query on
the media (speed/duplex) requested
'Dim newreturn As String '?
Dim productName As String 'i.e. "HP NC7781 GIGABIT SERVER
ADAPTER"
Dim infPath As String 'What inf is the nic using?
Dim paramSubkey As String 'The subkey to fetch the
Speed/Duplex given from "settings"
Dim bError As Boolean
Dim strIndex As String
Dim netConnectionID As String 'As viewed in the Network
connections folder
End Class
End Class

 

[Claes Bergefall]

Dim is equivalent to Private. Change them to Public

/claes

 

[Phill W.]

Sub dothis()
Dim aInfoListX As New infoWrapperClass .. . .
aInfoListX.sqlConn = New
SqlClient.SqlConnection(aInfoListX.params.sqlserver)
End Sub

it tells me that "aInfoLisX.params.sqlserver" is not accessible in
this context because it is private". I'm using VS 2005, vb.net.

Boiling down your code to the relevant bits ...

Public Class infoWrapperClass .. . .
Public Property params() As configs
Get
Return CType(Item(7), configs)
End Get

.. . .

Public Class Configs .. . .
Dim sqlServer As String

I suspect that "Dim" (within a Class) is equivalent to "Private" and not
to "Public", as you are assuming.

Except within a method, where you have no choice, abandon Dim to the
Past and use the "modern" Access Specifiers.

HTH,
Phill W.

 

[Bmack500]

Ahhh, sometimes being new at something with no formal training
sucks.... gotta go read some more!!!

Thank you very much.