shared...

[Brian Henry]

When you say shared in vb what does it exactly mean... the other languages
use static in the same place of this in .NET here is an example

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Event Idle As EventHandler

Shared = Static according to the .net documenation ive read... in c++ we
used static to mean a value that stayed there all the time such as a counter
that kept track of how many times a class member was called from any number
of instantiations... for an example... a item that stayed in memory over any
number of instantiations... what does this shared clause mean in vb? is it
similar to what i described or diffrent.. thanks!

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

When you say shared in vb what does it exactly mean... the other languages
use static in the same place of this in .NET here is an example

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Event Idle As EventHandler

Shared = Static according to the .net documenation ive read... in c++ we
used static to mean a value that stayed there all the time such as a counter
that kept track of how many times a class member was called from any number
of instantiations... for an example... a item that stayed in memory over any
number of instantiations... what does this shared clause mean in vb? is it
similar to what i described or diffrent..

VB.NET's 'Shared' is the same as C#'s 'static' (and very similar to
C++'s 'static'). Nevertheless, in VB.NET we say "The shared member
belongs to /all instances/ of a class (even if no instance exists)", in
C# it would read "The static member doesn't belong to any instance, it
belongs to the class".

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

[Trev Hunter]

In VB, the "shared" keyword marks the member as shared between all instances
of that class, so I guess you could think it as the same as the "static"
keyword in C++. I don't have much experience in C++, but from your
definition, they are the same.

VB does have a "static" keyword, but this is reserved for local function
variables that persist their state between function calls.

In VB.net a module acts like a shared class - it's the same as a class that
has all its members marked with the "shared" keyword.

Have a look at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...akeyShared.asp

for more information.

HTH,

Trev.

"Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

When you say shared in vb what does it exactly mean... the other languages
use static in the same place of this in .NET here is an example

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Event Idle As EventHandler

Shared = Static according to the .net documenation ive read... in c++ we
used static to mean a value that stayed there all the time such as a counter that kept track of how many times a class member was called from any number of instantiations... for an example... a item that stayed in memory over any number of instantiations... what does this shared clause mean in vb? is it
similar to what i described or diffrent.. thanks!

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

When you say shared in vb what does it exactly mean... the other languages
use static in the same place of this in .NET here is an example

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Event Idle As EventHandler

Shared = Static according to the .net documenation ive read... in c++ we
used static to mean a value that stayed there all the time such as a counter
that kept track of how many times a class member was called from any number
of instantiations... for an example... a item that stayed in memory over any
number of instantiations... what does this shared clause mean in vb? is it
similar to what i described or diffrent..

VB.NET's 'Shared' is the same as C#'s 'static' (and very similar to
C++'s 'static'). Nevertheless, in VB.NET we say "The shared member
belongs to /all instances/ of a class (even if no instance exists)", in
C# it would read "The static member doesn't belong to any instance, it
belongs to the class".

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

[Brian Henry]

thanks, this is what i was thinking it was, i have been searching MSDN for a
meaning of it but never came across just the shared clause... but a bunch of
other stuff named shared :)
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:ee**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

When you say shared in vb what does it exactly mean... the other languages use static in the same place of this in .NET here is an example

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Event Idle As EventHandler

Shared = Static according to the .net documenation ive read... in c++ we
used static to mean a value that stayed there all the time such as a counter that kept track of how many times a class member was called from any number of instantiations... for an example... a item that stayed in memory over any number of instantiations... what does this shared clause mean in vb? is it similar to what i described or diffrent..

VB.NET's 'Shared' is the same as C#'s 'static' (and very similar to
C++'s 'static'). Nevertheless, in VB.NET we say "The shared member
belongs to /all instances/ of a class (even if no instance exists)", in
C# it would read "The static member doesn't belong to any instance, it
belongs to the class".

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

[Brian Henry]

thanks, this is what i was thinking it was, i have been searching MSDN for a
meaning of it but never came across just the shared clause... but a bunch of
other stuff named shared :)
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:ee**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

When you say shared in vb what does it exactly mean... the other languages use static in the same place of this in .NET here is an example

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Event Idle As EventHandler

Shared = Static according to the .net documenation ive read... in c++ we
used static to mean a value that stayed there all the time such as a counter that kept track of how many times a class member was called from any number of instantiations... for an example... a item that stayed in memory over any number of instantiations... what does this shared clause mean in vb? is it similar to what i described or diffrent..

VB.NET's 'Shared' is the same as C#'s 'static' (and very similar to
C++'s 'static'). Nevertheless, in VB.NET we say "The shared member
belongs to /all instances/ of a class (even if no instance exists)", in
C# it would read "The static member doesn't belong to any instance, it
belongs to the class".

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

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Brian,

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

thanks, this is what i was thinking it was, i have been searching MSDN for a
meaning of it but never came across just the shared clause... but a bunch of
other stuff named shared :)

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vxoriLanguageEquivalentsKeywords.asp>

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

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Brian,

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

thanks, this is what i was thinking it was, i have been searching MSDN for a
meaning of it but never came across just the shared clause... but a bunch of
other stuff named shared :)

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vxoriLanguageEquivalentsKeywords.asp>

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

[Brian Henry]

ooo thanks, thast a nice piece of documentation there!

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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Brian,

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

thanks, this is what i was thinking it was, i have been searching MSDN for a meaning of it but never came across just the shared clause... but a bunch of other stuff named shared :)

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...nguageEquivale
ntsKeywords.asp>
--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Brian Henry]

ooo thanks, thast a nice piece of documentation there!

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:OR**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Brian,

* "Brian Henry" <brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> scripsit:

thanks, this is what i was thinking it was, i have been searching MSDN for a meaning of it but never came across just the shared clause... but a bunch of other stuff named shared :)

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...nguageEquivale
ntsKeywords.asp>
--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>