VB Cannot return UDT From Class. y?

[coolcurrent4u]

Hello guys am having trouble returning udt from a class
see what i did below

i put this in a module

'// UDT TICKETS //
Public Type udtTicket
    Ticket_id As String
    Ticket_pass As String
    sCost As Integer
    Time As String
    Validity As Integer
    FromTime As String
    ToTime  As String
    Created As Date
    User As String
End Type

i put this in this code in class

'###################################
'# Retrive a ticket #
'###################################
Public Function GetTicket(id As Integer) As udtTicket
    GetTicket = sAllTicket(id)
End Function

guys pls help me out

[LaVolpe]

The error is misleading. When talking about UDTs, UDTs could be passed from a compiled OCX, DLL but not from a module/class within your project. Just the way it is.

There are a few workarounds
1. Don't use a UDT, use a class where each class property is a UDT member, i.e., the class would have propeties of Ticket, Time, Validity, etc. Classes can be passed

2. It is possible to use CopyMemory to pass a UDT, however, since your UDT contains strings, a simple CopyMemory command really won't work. The workaround would be pretty much the same effort as #1 above.

3. The easiest method I think.
a. Declare a Public udt variable in your module, i.e., Public cachedUDT As udtTicket
:: this way you can access the public variable from anywhere in your project
b. In any function that should return a UDT, set the cachedUDT equal to what would be returned, i.e.

Public Sub GetTicket(id As Integer) 
    cachedUDT = sAllTicket(id)
End Function

c. In any function that should receive a UDT, set the cachedUDT also

... from within your form
GetTicket 123
cachedUDT.User = "LaVolpe"
UpdateTicket 123

' from within your class/module; wherever GetTicket method is...
Private Sub UpdateTicket(id As Integer)
   sAllTicket(id) = cachedUDT
End Sub

Note: I see you are using strings for Date and Time members of the UDT. Recommend against that, recommend using either Date variable types or Double.

Edited & FYI: The error does won't occur if the methods were private vs public, but of course, being private the scope of the routines would be limited to that specific class/module.

[coolcurrent4u]

Thanks for the quick respons

i actually have this code in a class, the class is in a module

and the whole this is in an activex dll. so i create an object of this class in my form, and call the form properties.

i'll first try to use a class ticket, but the problem is i already have a class name ticket.

its the class that actually host the module and class i mentiond earlier


Let me try the class thing

[BBN1]

I'm pretty sure you need to use the "friend" scope.
iirc, this will work;

Friend Function GetTicket(id As Integer) As udtTicket
    GetTicket = sAllTicket(id)
End Function

failing that, this should work;

Friend Sub GetTicket(id As Integer, Out as udtTicket)
    Out = sAllTicket(id)
End Function

[Milk]

If you declare a class sub/function/property as Friend (rather than Public/Private) then it can pass UDT's declared public in the project to other members of the project. Unlike Public procedures, Friend procedures are not visible to the controllers of a project.

Edit: I see I've been beaten to it.

[coolcurrent4u]

i declared the UDT in a module in the active x dll and still wont work. when i run, i get a user define type not defined for this

Friend Function GetTicket(id As Integer) As udtTicket
    GetTicket = sAllTicket(id)
End Function

[Milk]

I've just tested it in an activeX DLL project and it works fine for me.

Remember it cannot be used to pass a UDT between the DLL and its controller. For that problem see Lavolpe's reply.

[LaVolpe]

i declared the UDT in a module in the active x dll and still wont work. when i run, i get a user define type not defined for this

Friend Function GetTicket(id As Integer) As udtTicket
    GetTicket = sAllTicket(id)
End Function

You may have one issue or two.

1. If the UDT is to be passed to other modules/classes within your DLL from the DLL, then using Friend function or the public varaible workaround I described should do the trick.

2. If you want to pass the UDT from the DLL to the project hosting your DLL and vice versa, then I believe you can do that via a Public function but, the UDT must be declared Public in the active-x class vs the module. Worth a try.