.NET VB WinForms reference to the class

[Rick]

Hi,

In C++, if there's a class named clsMyForm, which has a static
("shared" in VB.NET) member variable named "Total" , and an instance
(object) of the class named oMyForm, the static member of the class,
can be referenced thru the instance as follows:
oMyForm::clsMyForm.Total

In VB .NET, if I have a Windows Form class named clsMyForm, which has
a shared member variable named "Total" , and an instance of the class
named oMyForm, how do I reference the shared members of the class thru
the instance oMyForm?

Thanks in advance,

Rick

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

In C++, if there's a class named clsMyForm, which has a static
("shared" in VB.NET) member variable named "Total" , and an instance
(object) of the class named oMyForm, the static member of the class,
can be referenced thru the instance as follows:
oMyForm::clsMyForm.Total

In VB .NET, if I have a Windows Form class named clsMyForm, which has
a shared member variable named "Total" , and an instance of the class
named oMyForm, how do I reference the shared members of the class thru
the instance oMyForm?

Regardless of whether you *can* do this in VB.NET (which I believe you
can, although these days it might produce a warning) it's a bad idea.

It leads the reader to think that it's an *instance* member. Just use
the type name, which makes it obvious that you're accessing a static
member.

 

[Rick]

I still would like to know how to do this in VB .NET, if anyone knows.

Thank you in adavance

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I still would like to know how to do this in VB .NET, if anyone knows.

I believe you just reference it as if it were an instance member.