Structure Question

[Hinder]

I have a question about using Structures..

Public Class TestIt

    Public Sub RunTest()

        Dim ST As New StructTest

        ST.ClientInfo.???  'It wont let me access the structures members, why?


    End Sub

End Class

Public Class StructTest

    Public Structure ClientInfo
        Public Name As String
        Public HomeAddress As String
        Public Phone As String
    End Structure

    Public Structure ClientJobInfo
        Public Company As String
        Public CompanyAddress As String
        Public CompanyPhone As String
    End Structure

End Class

Why cant I access the structures members when I try to reference them from an instance of the StructTest class? They are all public.



Hinder

[dynamic_sysop]

you need to declare the Structures ( as you would if they were in your own form's class ) eg:

Public Class TestIt
 
    Public Sub RunTest()
 
        Dim ST As New StructTest.ClientInfo '/// declare the structure of the class , rather than the Class it's self
        ST.HomeAddress = "here"
 
    End Sub
 
End Class
Public Class StructTest
 
    Public Structure ClientInfo
        Public Name As String
        Public HomeAddress As String
        Public Phone As String
    End Structure
 
    Public Structure ClientJobInfo
        Public Company As String
        Public CompanyAddress As String
        Public CompanyPhone As String
    End Structure
 
End Class

[plenderj]

I don't know why you would want to do it like that.
I would either, use all of the properties from the Structures as properties of the class, or implement the structures as seperate classes and reference them from your main class.

[Hinder]

Well I wouldn't mind making all the properties part of the class if I could split them up some how.. Basically I'm looking for a way to give a group of properties in a class a Namespace of some type.. So basically I would like to keep it a bit more organized.. If I have 100+ properties in one class.. I would like to break them up a bit.. Maybe there is a way to do this that I am unaware of that doens't require creating classes or structures inside the main class I'm building?

[plenderj]

Use classes then. Because if you use classes, you can pass that class to other DLLs or applications, whereas you cannot if you're using Structures. You can also use methods and events inside those classes if your application requires more functionality further down the road.