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VB.Net - Objects

Objects

In the olden days objects were declared, and you could use the New aregument to create an instance of the object.

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Dim mHome As New MenuItem()
mHome.Text = "Home"
mHome.Value = "Home"
mHome.NavigateUrl = "~/Default.aspx"
mnuMain.Items.Add(mHome)

Later VB introduced the With statement

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Dim mHome As New MenuItem With {
                        .Text = "Home",
                        .Value = "Home",
                        .NavigateUrl = "~/Default.aspx"
                    }
mnuMain.Items.Add(mHome)

The with statement is also a standalone command

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Dim student0 As New Student
With student0
    .First = "Michael"
    .Last = "Tucker"
End With

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