single instance base class

[mike w.]

I want to have a single instance of a base class that all the child classes
inherits from.
The base class is going load data from text files and this only needs to be
done once.
What I don't need is every time a child class is created that it goes out
and creates another instance of the base class, which then would go out and
load data from those text files.

Am I making sence here?
How can I do this in VB.Net?

Thanks

Mike w.

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Added shared members to your class.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...akeyShared.asp

Ken
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"mike w." <mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I want to have a single instance of a base class that all the child classes
inherits from.
The base class is going load data from text files and this only needs to be
done once.
What I don't need is every time a child class is created that it goes out
and creates another instance of the base class, which then would go out and
load data from those text files.

Am I making sence here?
How can I do this in VB.Net?

Thanks

Mike w.

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Added shared members to your class.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...akeyShared.asp

Ken
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"mike w." <mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3A**********************************@microsof t.com...
I want to have a single instance of a base class that all the child classes
inherits from.
The base class is going load data from text files and this only needs to be
done once.
What I don't need is every time a child class is created that it goes out
and creates another instance of the base class, which then would go out and
load data from those text files.

Am I making sence here?
How can I do this in VB.Net?

Thanks

Mike w.