*RESOLVED* Events with no parameters and sender & e

If I have events with no arguments/parameters should I still be using sender and e to conform to the whole .NET scheme?

VB Code:

Public Event Refresh() 'in VB6
 
'should I translate it to:
Public Event Refresh(sender as Object, e as System.EventArgs) 'in net

What if I do have things I want to pass, should I pass them as an object (sender) or define an inherited EventArgs?

If I know what object I want to pass back as the sender should I declare it as that type or as the generic object?

By the questions keep coming.

Well as a rule you pass the calling object as the sender and any other parameters in the EventArgs object. You can pass nothing to the EventArgs if needs be:-

RaiseEvent Test(Me, Nothing)

The SDK documentation says you need the following for an event:-

A class that holds event data, named EventNameEventArgs. This class must derive from System.EventArgs.
A delegate for the event, named EventNameEventHandler.
A class that raises the event. This class must provide:
An event declaration.
[Visual Basic]
Public Event EventName As EventNameEventHandler
A method named OnEventName that raises the event.

It goes on to explain how to create your own eventargs:-

To provide event functionality

Define a class that provides data for the event. This class must derive from System.EventArgs, which is the base class for event data. An example follows.
Note This step is not needed if an event data class already exists for the event or if there is no data associated with your event. If there is no event data, use the base class System.EventArgs.
[Visual Basic]
Public Class AlarmEventArgs
Inherits EventArgs
Private nrings As Integer = 0
Private _snoozePressed As Boolean = False

'Properties.
Public ReadOnly Property AlarmText() As String
...
End Property

Public ReadOnly Property NumRings() As Integer
...
End Property

Public ReadOnly Property SnoozePressed() As Boolean
...
End Property
...
End Class

Theres alot more and if you have the .Net SDK a quick search will bring this stuff up. Worth a read.

I actually read that and have been pretty much doing that, I guess me question is should I be doing that for EVERY event. I guess so, it just seems like overkill sometimes.