VB Class definition

Ed Sowell

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Apr 6, 2009, 6:46:31 PM4/6/09

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When I look at examples of "Class modules" in VBA Developers Handbook (Ken
Getz) I see private data and public methods declarations, but there is no
header line or End. However, when I insert a new class in a VB project in
Visual Studio 7 I get what looks more like a C++ class declaration, i.e.
Public Class myClass
...
End Class

Is this just new syntax?

TIA

Ed

Ralph

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Apr 6, 2009, 7:59:41 PM4/6/09

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"Ed Sowell" <jag_man__R...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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Yes.

The "Visual Basic" language supplied with the .Net Framework development
platforms is similar to the language used with the VB6 development platform
and VBA, but it not the same.

-ralph

Bill McCarthy

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Apr 6, 2009, 10:18:30 PM4/6/09

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Hi Ed,

"Ed Sowell" <jag_man__R...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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yep. As of VB7 onwards, you can have multiple classes per code file so the
"Class ... End Class" is now part of the language.

Note: if you using VB7 or later, then best to ask questions in the dotnet
forums, such as :
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

MikeD

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Apr 7, 2009, 1:09:54 AM4/7/09

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"Ed Sowell" <jag_man__R...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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I guess that's a polite way of putting it.

Visual Studio 7....that'd be .NET.

VBA and "classic" VB (meaning VB6 and earlier) are actually quite different
from VB.NET. Yes, there are some similarities, but it's really apples and
oranges. If you want a book for "Visual Studio 7" (and it's not actually
named that), you need to get a different book (and not one for VBA either as
that would be closer to VB6 than VB.NET).

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Al Reid

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Apr 8, 2009, 9:39:28 PM4/8/09

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"MikeD" <nob...@nowhere.edu> wrote in message
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>...there are some similarities, but it's really apples and oranges. Mike
>

I use both on a daily basis and It's say it's more like Oranges and
Tangerines.

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MikeD

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Apr 8, 2009, 10:35:02 PM4/8/09

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"Al Reid" <ar...@reidDASHhome.com> wrote in message
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Depends on your perspective, I suppose. VB5 to VB6, in my perspective, is
oranges to tangerines.

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Auric__

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Apr 9, 2009, 1:13:33 PM4/9/09

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Not even that; more like two different varieties of orange. VB6 can compile
unmodified VB5 code -- usually, if not *always* -- but just *try* to compile
VB6 code on any flavor of VB.net.

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MikeD

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Apr 9, 2009, 3:14:18 PM4/9/09

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"Auric__" <not.m...@email.address> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:35:02 GMT, MikeD wrote:
>
>> "Al Reid" <ar...@reidDASHhome.com> wrote in message
>> news:eXasOQLu...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> "MikeD" <nob...@nowhere.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:uWX0a8zt...@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>...there are some similarities, but it's really apples and oranges. Mike
>>>
>>> I use both on a daily basis and It's say it's more like Oranges and
>>> Tangerines.
>>
>> Depends on your perspective, I suppose. VB5 to VB6, in my perspective, is
>> oranges to tangerines.
>
> Not even that; more like two different varieties of orange. VB6 can
> compile
> unmodified VB5 code -- usually, if not *always* -- but just *try* to
> compile
> VB6 code on any flavor of VB.net.
>

But it IS possible to have VB6 code that won't compile under VB5....so you
can't really call them both oranges. <g>

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Auric__

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Apr 9, 2009, 8:46:37 PM4/9/09

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Oranges and... uh... mutant oranges...?

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