Re: Class fog in my brain

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From: Mike D Sutton _at_ Work (_at_)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:46:55 +0100

> I've read in MSDN and in VB books about the usefulness of using class
> modules. However, I haven't really grapsed everything deep down.
> Thus far the idea of classes seems esoteric and theoretical; I'm
> having difficulty getting my brain to comprehend the nuts and bolts of
> it. I've yet to have that little bell in my head go "ping" as I
> realize how useful this VB feature is and how it will benefit me in
> the programs I write, and which of my own oft-used code would be best
> to convert to a classes. So far a simple module (*.BAS) has always
> sufficed for subs that will be reused over and over.
>
> I have no doubt that class modules are useful; I'm just not getting
> them yet. Does anyone know of a good online article about classes,
> preferably one that specifically shows some working structured code
> and how it can be converted to class-module code? It would be really
> helpful if the article pointed out how such an approach can improve my
> efficiency. I'm just not fully grasping why classes are better in
> some cases than simple BAS modules for reusing code.

In addition to the other replies here, there are a couple of articles about classes in VB on my site which may be of interest to
you.
Hope this helps,

    Mike

 - Microsoft Visual Basic MVP -
E-Mail: EDais@mvps.org
WWW: http://www.mvps.org/EDais/

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