Re: Static Class Constants (VB 2005)

Yes, this is a change in the VB.NET language and you will be force to change
it. C#, and other languages have always done it this way.

I think for the sake of better code clarity it was a good move, also this
does not require any more work from the developer.
It's is now obvious if a line of code is calling a shared/static or instance
specific method.
It can be a pain when moving code from 1.0 to 2.0, but at least the error is
easy to identify, and easy to fix.

Schneider.




"Michael D. Ober" <obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
news:uqatbUC$FHA.516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Regardless of Option Explicit and Option Strict settings on a brand new
form
> with a single button, I get the error "Access of shared member, constant
> member, enum member or nested type through an instance; qualifying
> expression will not be evaluated." on your code sample. VS 2005 Standard
> RTM.
>
> Mike.
>
> "m.posseth" <michelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:evqiiNC$FHA.2036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > i use the release version of Visual studio 2005 ( professional edition )
> >
> > Public Class Form1
> > Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> > System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
> >
> > Dim ClassConst As String = XMyClass.ConstantString
> >
> > MsgBox(ClassConst)
> >
> > Dim myObj = New XMyClass
> >
>
> ''''''''''''' Error is on this line
> > ClassConst = myObj.ConstantString
> >
> > MsgBox(ClassConst)
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> > End Class
> >
> > Class XMyClass
> >
> > Public Const ConstantString = "Some Constant String"
> >
> > End Class
> >
> > this works without anny problems on my dev computer ( no warnings )
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Michel Posseth [MCP]
> >
> >
> > "Michael D. Ober" <obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:uj9Nk5B$FHA.292@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Is there any way to create a constant in a class that can be used both
> > > with
> > > an instantiated object and without. For example:
> > >
> > > dim ClassConst as string = myClass.ConstantString
> > >
> > > dim myObj = new MyClass
> > > ClassConst = myObj.ConstantString
> > >
> > > Inside the class MyClass
> > >
> > > Class MyClass
> > >
> > > public const ConstantString = "Some Constant String"
> > >
> > > End Class
> > >
> > > In Beta 2, ConstantString was available in either of the above cases
> > > without
> > > complaint. In the RTM version, I can't do both. I don't want to turn
> off
> > > the warning as doing so may actually introduce another bug in my code
> > > later
> > > because I didn't see the warning.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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