Public User Defined Types

I'm trying to use a public User Defined Type from within a class module. The UDT has been declared in a public module, the instance in a class module, like this:

VB Code:

'Module:
Public Type tText
    Font As String
    Format As String
End Type
 
'Class Module
Public Text as tText

This is not allowed, apparently. The compiler gives me this error:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by VB Compiler

Constants, fixed-length strings, arrays, user-defined types and Declare statements not allowed as Public members of object modules.

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Why can't UDT's be used publicly? :(

Don't use the UDT. Create a dummy class containing Public variables with the same names and definitions.

There's no point in using a UDT from within a Class Module. A Class Module will provide you with all of the capabilities of a UDT with additional OO functionality.

one slight thing...

Public Text as tText

Reserved word.. won't work because of that

try

Public sText As tText

Thanks for your replies. I've been using lots of class modules in my application and therefore I was trying UDT's; in this case I'd have to add five new class modules holding only a few variables each. It clutters up my structure... :(

@dannymking: good catch, hadn't noticed that. :)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dannymking

one slight thing...
Public Text as tText
Reserved word.. won't work because of that

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Text is not a reserved word.