MyBase versus Me

[shapper]

Hello,

Could somebody tell me what is the difference between MyBase and Me?
For example, should I use

Page_Init(....) Handles MyBase.Init

Or

Page_Init(....) Handles Me.Init

Thanks,
Miguel

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

MyBase gives you a reference to the base class (the class the current class
derives from) "Me" gives you a reference to the current class.
In C#, "base" and "this".
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"shapper" wrote:

Hello,

Could somebody tell me what is the difference between MyBase and Me?
For example, should I use

Page_Init(....) Handles MyBase.Init

Or

Page_Init(....) Handles Me.Init

Thanks,
Miguel

[Karl Seguin [MVP]]

MyBase explictly calls the function from the base class.

Me calls the function from the current class.

The Handles example isn't a good one.

MyBase is particularly useful when you are overriding a base member.

public class Employee
private _employeeId as integer

public overridable function EmployeeCode() as string
return _employeeId.ToS tring()
end function
end class

public class Consultant
inherits Employee
private _consultantId integer

public overrides function EmployeeCode() as string
return MyBase.Employee Code() & _consultantId
end function
end class

MyBase let's you easily override an implementation without having to
re-write the code in the base method. You can do your stuff, then call
MyBase.XXX.

Karl

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Hello,

Could somebody tell me what is the difference between MyBase and Me?
For example, should I use

Page_Init(....) Handles MyBase.Init

Or

Page_Init(....) Handles Me.Init

Thanks,
Miguel