Event visibility

[John Dann]

An elementary question I know, but I've just realised that I don't
know the answer:

I want to use the FileSystemWatcher component. Its only obvious way
of use is to add this to a form. (Maybe there is a way of adding it to
a non-form class?). But I want to handle the FSW event in a non-form
class. But despite having reset its scope from Friend to Public (maybe
Friend is the right choice anyhow?) the FSW events don't appear on the
dropdown list of other classes. What do I need to do please?

TIA
JGD

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Declare the variable withevents to have access to the events

Public Class MyFileWatcherClass

Private WithEvents fsw As New System.IO.FileSystemWatcher("C:\Temp")

End Class

Ken

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"John Dann" <ne**@prodata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3g********************************@4ax.com...
An elementary question I know, but I've just realised that I don't
know the answer:

I want to use the FileSystemWatcher component. Its only obvious way
of use is to add this to a form. (Maybe there is a way of adding it to
a non-form class?). But I want to handle the FSW event in a non-form
class. But despite having reset its scope from Friend to Public (maybe
Friend is the right choice anyhow?) the FSW events don't appear on the
dropdown list of other classes. What do I need to do please?

TIA
JGD