Using modules for storing code

Using modules for storing code

• nikos_22

  Yeah, that worked perfectly.

  But now I have encountered a new proble, in my Form1.vb I have

  Dim cdgs As ULong

  And when I make a function thats using that variable, I get an error ofcourse.
  How can I make my module read and write to exactly that variable

  Form1.cdgs = 1 ' that didnt work

  
  
  

• Fei-tian

  You are beginning to discover why putting all your procedures in a module is not such a good idea. In order to make it work you will have to either move your variables to the module, in which case if you want to access them from your forms they will have to be public. Or you make them public in the forms and then access them with Form1.variable as you have tried.

  Either way you are losing all the benefits of encapsulation and on balance you are better off keeping your code with the data in the class where it belongs.

  
  

• Jack Spade

  That's not what dave meant. You need to declare it as a friend or public as such:
  
  Public Function Test()
  
  MessageBox.show("This Works")
  
  End Function
  
  the call out the function in your form:
  
  (this is simply an example)
  
  sub Button1_click()
  
  Test()
  
  End Sub
  
  
  

• yahu_Hugh

  You won't be able to access that function from a form because you have declared it as Private. Declare it as Friend or Public to access it from your forms.
  

• Douglas Penna

  Hi,

  Try putting>>

  Public cdgs As Integer

  in your module code.

  or just write>>

  cdgs=1

   

  Regards,

  S_DS

   

  P.S. You could do this with a CLASS too or a STRUCTURE but that would probably be too long winded.

   

   

  
  
  

• joeydj

  I dont quite know howto do this, but in my module1.vb I made this function.
  But problems appear when I want to "Call" the function, how do I do that

  Private Function testing() As Boolean

  MsgBox(" Calling a function works! ")

  End Function

  
  
  

• pmail

  Dave299 wrote:

  You won't be able to access that function from a form because you have declared it as Private. Declare it as Friend or Public to access it from your forms.

  I get an error "Lib" expected

  declare sub testing as public

  
  
  
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