when do you use NEW?

[Andy]

I've been doing this for some time now but I still consider myself a 'newbie' lol

ok, just when I thought I had the OOP thing down, I am lost again!!

when you create a new variable/instance of a class, when do you know to use the NEW keyword? for example:

dim button as NEW button

dim button as button

dim dg as datagrid

dim dg as NEW datagrid

And, when you place a component/control from the toolbox onto the form, is the IDE secretly doing those declarations for you behind the scenes?

Then, there are times when you go ahead and put the '=' at the end and set them to something...When do you know the appropriate syntax?

I've apparently forgotten some basics along the way can anyone enlighten me?

ashamed---->