Casting Exception. Simple Code... Why! Why! Why!

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I have what seems to be a very simple straight-forward program (shown
below), but I'm getting an error:

Unable to cast object of type 'TestApp1.ParentTable' to type
'TestApp1.ChildTable'.

on the line: objTable = .SelectedOptions (the fifth line from
the top in the following code).

Why is this? I should be able to go from a parent to the child,
correct? .SelectedOptions is of type ParentTable, and objTable is of
type ChildTable. ChildTable inherits from ParentTable. I've also
tried the commands Ctype and DirectCast, and this does not solve the
problem.

Can anyone tell me how to resolve this?

Thanks


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Module Toolbars

Public Sub Main()

Dim objTable As ChildTable

With frmClass
objTable = .SelectedOptions
End With

End Sub

End Module
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Public Class frmClass

Public ReadOnly Property SelectedOptions() As ParentTable
Get

Dim objTable As New ParentTable

With objTable
.strParent = "SelectedOption"
End With

Return objTable

End Get
End Property
End Class
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Option Explicit On

Public Class ChildTable
Inherits ParentTable

Public ReadOnly Property strChild() As String
Get
Return "strChild"
End Get
End Property

End Class

Public Class ParentTable
Public strParent As String
End Class
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