I have a DLL that has a couple of class objects, and a few forms. When
someone uses my DLL (i.e. puts a reference to it in their program), I want
them to see the class objects that are public, but I -DON'T- want them to
see the forms (via intellisense). They should only be able to access the
forms by calling routines in the class libraries which then display the
forms.
What do I need to do to get this to occur? Declare each forms class as
Friend? Or what?
Tom 4 3605
I think you can use an attribute to do such a thing
check out
ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2003 FEB.1033/cpref/html/frlrfSystemComp one
ntModelBrowsabl eAttributeClass Topic.htm
In which case you can set
<BrowseableAttr ibute(False)>My FormClass
inherits System.windows. forms.form
And that *should* hide it from intellisense...
-CJ
"Tom" <to*@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. . I have a DLL that has a couple of class objects, and a few forms. When someone uses my DLL (i.e. puts a reference to it in their program), I want them to see the class objects that are public, but I -DON'T- want them to see the forms (via intellisense). They should only be able to access the forms by calling routines in the class libraries which then display the forms.
What do I need to do to get this to occur? Declare each forms class as Friend? Or what?
Tom
Nevermind, reading futher I don't know if thats possible.. I would assume an
Attribute could do so, or you could define your own attribute, but I haven't
played with designer stuff like that much...
Delcaring the method private or the class private (or protected with
CannotInherit property) will prevent anyone from ever using it.
"Tom" <to*@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. . I have a DLL that has a couple of class objects, and a few forms. When someone uses my DLL (i.e. puts a reference to it in their program), I want them to see the class objects that are public, but I -DON'T- want them to see the forms (via intellisense). They should only be able to access the forms by calling routines in the class libraries which then display the forms.
What do I need to do to get this to occur? Declare each forms class as Friend? Or what?
Tom
Hello,
"Tom" <to*@nospam.com > schrieb: I have a DLL that has a couple of class objects, and a few forms. When someone uses my DLL (i.e. puts a reference to it in their program), I want them to see the class objects that are public, but I -DON'T- want them to see the forms (via intellisense). They should only be able to access the forms by calling routines in the class libraries which then display the forms.
Don't set the modifier of the forms to 'Public'.
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Tom,
As the others have suggested. Set the forms to Friend.
Friend Class Form1
Inherits ...Form
End Class
Will cause Form1 to only be accessible from within that assembly.
Hope this helps
Jay
"Tom" <to*@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. . I have a DLL that has a couple of class objects, and a few forms. When someone uses my DLL (i.e. puts a reference to it in their program), I want them to see the class objects that are public, but I -DON'T- want them to see the forms (via intellisense). They should only be able to access the forms by calling routines in the class libraries which then display the forms.
What do I need to do to get this to occur? Declare each forms class as Friend? Or what?
Tom
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