[vb6] AddressOf for Class, Form, UC methods

[LaVolpe]

This will be of little use to the masses, but can be of good use for thunk creators/users and the curious.

VB gives us the AddressOf function which can return the function address of any method within a bas module. We have no such function to return addresses within non-module code pages like classes, forms, usercontrols, etc. This can be a suitable substitute.

Why would you even need these addresses? Normally, you wouldn't. The most obvious case would be if you wanted to call a class function, particularly a private one, from a thunk. Can apply if wanting to do same thing from a bas module, but there are easier workarounds for calling private class methods from a module.

CODE REMOVED. I could not get a reliable function address of a specific private nor public method other than the final private method in all VB code pages.

I concede and tip my hat to Paul Caton whose method seems to be the most reliable. At this point, I cannot top it, except for one specific case: classes. Unfortunately, my logic will not work reliably in any other code page that is built on other interfaces: form, usercontrol, property page, etc.

If interested in Paul Caton's method, it is a matter of googling for "self-subclasser Paul Caton".

I'll ask the moderators to remove this thread.