Description

The Class statement declares the name of a class, as well as a definition of the variables, properties, and methods that comprise the class.

This statement has the form:

Class name
  statements
End Class

Parameter	Description
name	(required) Specifies the name of the Class Note: name must follow the standard variable naming conventions
statements	(required) Specifies one or more statements that define the variables, properties, and methods of the Class

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this statement:

Class Employee
   Private m_Name
   Private m_Age

   Private Sub Class_Initialize
      m_Name = ""
      m_Age = 103
   End Sub

   ' Name property
   Public Property Get Name
      Name = m_Name
   End Property

   Public Property Let Name(name)
      m_Name = name
   End Property

   ' Age property (read only)
   Public Property Get Age
      Age = m_Age
   End Property
End Class

Dim c
Set c = New Customer
c.Name = "Peter Weyland"
MsgBox (c.Name)
MsgBox (c.Age)

This produces the following result (each line in a separate pop-up message box):

Miscellaneous Information

Supported in Version:	5.0