Sub definition
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From: Sanjay Kulkarni on 12 Sep 2009 03:48 What is the meaning of the expression includes within <> before the definition of a sub? eg <some expression> Public Sub nameOfSub() - Sanjay Kulkarni.
From: Jason Keats on 12 Sep 2009 05:59 Sanjay Kulkarni wrote: > What is the meaning of the expression includes within <> before the > definition of a sub? > > eg > > <some expression> Public Sub nameOfSub() > > - Sanjay Kulkarni. Open up Visual Studio, click on Sub, then press F1. You will be presented with a help page displaying (depending on the version of VS you're using) something like: [ <attrlist> ] [{ Overloads | Overrides | Overridable | NotOverridable | MustOverride | Shadows | Shared }] [{ Public | Protected | Friend | Protected Friend | Private }] Sub name [(arglist)] [ Implements interface.definedname ] [ statements ] [ Exit Sub ] [ statements ] End Sub or [ <attributelist> ] [Partial] [ accessmodifier ] [ proceduremodifiers ] [ Shared ] [ Shadows ] Sub name [ (Of typeparamlist) ] [ (parameterlist) ] [ Implements implementslist | Handles eventlist ] [ statements ] [ Exit Sub ] [ statements ] End Sub I hope that helps.
From: Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] on 12 Sep 2009 12:38 "Sanjay Kulkarni" <sanganaksakha(a)gmail.com> schrieb: > What is the meaning of the expression includes within <> before the > definition of a sub? > > eg > > <some expression> Public Sub nameOfSub() It's called attribute. The VB documentation contains more information on attributes. All the attributes defined in the .NET Framework are described there too (just place the caret on the attribute and press the F1 key). -- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
From: Scott M. on 13 Sep 2009 14:17 The are markers that delinate a compiler "attribute", which is basically a special instruction just for the compiler. They are a way to mark, not only a Sub (you can use them on almost all class members), with extra information that the compiler needs to know. -Scott "Sanjay Kulkarni" <sanganaksakha(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:cdf284e6-212e-484e-8c81-eab6bf3fef1f(a)j4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > What is the meaning of the expression includes within <> before the > definition of a sub? > > eg > > <some expression> Public Sub nameOfSub() > > - Sanjay Kulkarni.
From: Tom Shelton on 13 Sep 2009 14:34
On 2009-09-13, Scott M. <s-mar(a)nospam.nospam> wrote: > The are markers that delinate a compiler "attribute", which is basically a > special instruction just for the compiler. They are a way to mark, not only > a Sub (you can use them on almost all class members), with extra information > that the compiler needs to know. > > -Scott > Hmmm.. While there are some attributes that affect compile time behavior (for example, ObsoleteAttribute) - most attributes are processed at runtime. They are markers that can be used by other classes to gain additional information about the class, property, or method. For instance, the attributes that you can place on the properties of a class to influence the behavior of the PropertyGrid. One place I use them is for mapping object properties to fields in a dataset at runtime - sort of a simplified ORM tool. -- Tom Shelton |