Why doesn't this declaration work in my forms

Question

Why doesn't this declaration work in my forms

Imports microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.IO
Public Class ClassPrimary
    Friend s As String = ControlChars.CrLf

    Shared Sub main()
        Application.Run(New frmStartup)
    End Sub

End Class

When I type s in a form it is said to be undeclared.

dennist

Answer 1

Because in the above code, 's' is an instance method, and therefore can't be accessed without creating an instance of ClassPrimary.

Put 'Shared' after Friend and then you should be able to do access it via 'ClassPrimary.s'.

Answer 2

Thanks, but I don't think it's worth the trouble at this point.  Maybe for new variables where dim sChar as string = classprimary.s

dennist