How to generate a public object within a sub?

Normally, in declarations youd put something like

Private WithEvents MainIE As New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer()

and this MainIE could be accessed from anywhere in the app.

but what if you wanted to create this object within a sub like form_load? How can you do it? (and allow it to be accessible from anywhere in Form1, not just in Form_load)

Why not just declare it at the top ? :confused:

BTW, this question sounds extremely familure, did you ask this before....

no, i havent asked this before :)

i cant put it at the top because i have to destroy the object in some areas and i need to be able to recreate it..

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Private WithEvents MainIE As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer()

Take out the new... then when you want it, create it.. when done, set it to Nothing...
BTW: even with the New keyword, you can create & destroy it....

no luck

Private is not valid on a local variable declaration
Withevents is not valid on a local variable declaration

im trying to create this global object in form1_load and button1_click

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Originally posted by VaxoP
no luck

Private is not valid on a local variable declaration
Withevents is not valid on a local variable declaration

im trying to create this global object in form1_load and button1_click

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He ment for you to put that at the top of your project's code so it's a global variable, then you can create and destroy it when needed within the subs

ah i see

how can you create it though?

VB Code:

'in button click event
MainIE=New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer()

no luck
Value of Type SHDocVw.InternetExplorerClass cannot be converted to 1-dimesnsional array of SHDocVw.InternetExplorer

Post your code of the declaration then. Sounds like you left the parathesis at the end when declaring it. Or depending on your version of VS the parathesis may not be needed in the New statement. If you remove it on both and its needed in one of them itwill automatically get inserted again.

Should be like this though:

VB Code:

'declaration at top
Private WithEvents MainIE As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer 'no ()
 
'creation of new instance
MainIE=New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer 'VS 2002 may insert () here