How to implement typedef in VB 2010?

Question

User430644775 posted

hi,

Can anyone help me with a way to implement typedef in vb2010, because I see it helpfull way to define types.

Answer 1

User2130758966 posted

There isn't really an equivalent. In .net you generally just make a class or a struct to hold your custom data types.

• http://bytes.com/topic/visual-basic-net/answers/354990-typedef-equivalent-net
  

Answer 2

User397347636 posted

Yes - you can use 'Import aliases' for this:

For example,

Imports Foo = System.Windows.Forms.Form

is equivalent to the following C++ typedef:

typedef System::Windows::Forms::Form Foo; 

e.g., you can now use "Foo" rather than "System.Windows.Forms.Form" throughout the file.