array of objects

[Michele]

Hi,
I have trouble with an array of objects!

I declared a class like this:

Public Class myClass
Public X As String
Public Y As Integer
Public Z As String

Public Sub New()
X = ""
Y = 0
Z = ""
End Sub

End Class

when in another class i try to declare an instance of it

Dim MyArray as New myClass

myArray.X = "ggggg"

it's work fine, but if i try to declare an array of objects using

Dim MyArray() as myClass
myArray(0).X = "ggggg"

i get the following error message:

Unhandled exception "System.NullReferenceException" in myProject.exe

Reference to an object without object instance.

can you help me with it?

thanks

Michele

[Jan Tielens]

When you declare an array, you do not filled it with instances yet, so you
need to do this first!
Dim MyArray(10) as myClass
myArray(0) = new myClass()
myArray(0).X = "Testing"

Greetz

Jan Tielens
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"Michele" <mi****@tin.it> wrote in message
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Hi,
I have trouble with an array of objects!

I declared a class like this:

Public Class myClass
Public X As String
Public Y As Integer
Public Z As String

Public Sub New()
X = ""
Y = 0
Z = ""
End Sub

End Class

when in another class i try to declare an instance of it

Dim MyArray as New myClass

myArray.X = "ggggg"

it's work fine, but if i try to declare an array of objects using

Dim MyArray() as myClass
myArray(0).X = "ggggg"

i get the following error message:

Unhandled exception "System.NullReferenceException" in myProject.exe

Reference to an object without object instance.

can you help me with it?

thanks

Michele

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* mi****@tin.it (Michele) scripsit:

I have trouble with an array of objects!

I declared a class like this:

Public Class myClass
Public X As String
Public Y As Integer
Public Z As String

Public Sub New()
X = ""
Y = 0
Z = ""
End Sub

End Class

when in another class i try to declare an instance of it

Dim MyArray as New myClass

myArray.X = "ggggg"

it's work fine, but if i try to declare an array of objects using

Dim MyArray() as myClass
myArray(0).X = "ggggg"

i get the following error message:

Unhandled exception "System.NullReferenceException" in myProject.exe

The code will only create an array, but it won't instantiate the
objects. You can use 'MyArray(0) = New MyClass()' before accessing one
of its properties to do that. Notice that 'MyClass' is a reserved
keyword in VB.NET.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>