Collection/Structure within Class

I need to have a collection (I think) in my class and I needed some examples or other sites that could help.

I really need to be able to do stuff like:

myClass.layer("red").visible = true
myClass.layer("blue").visible = false

where layer is my collection in my class, red and blue are string keys, visible is a property of the structure, etc. I also need to be able to get/set and add/remove the items.

anyone have any good sites or examples to help?

thanks,

Why not just put a Hashtable inside your class, I do that quite often

Private ColorTable as New HashTable()

Then you can add the objects and remove them as needed by the key color

ColorTable.Add("Red", Object)

What's a hashtable?

And color doesn't have anything to do with the actual data, I just used that as an example. There will be +5 properties for each item and I need to be able to get the item by the key. I have some old vb6 code at home that does this using collections, type, and arrays or structures, but I forgot how it worked.

A Hashtable is just another form of a collection, it's basically a collection on steroides.. You can Add ANYTHING to a hashtable, any value, any object, any class. And the hashtable uses keys to sort it's data.. just play with it, you will find it very easy to use..

if u know what u'll put as probably u'll know why and if the propriesties are gonna be all the same why not put get / set's?