Hi,

I have defined a method having user defined type variable as one of it's
parameter in a class. This method is declared as a public. VB5 flags this
methods as an error with a msg

"  User-defined types and fixed-length strings not allowed as the type of a
Public member of an object module; Private object modules not allowed as the
type of a public member of a public object modules".

Example:

' Defined this type in a standard module
Type TSheath
    SHID as integer
    CBLID as integer
End Type

' Class FSheath...
' Defined inside class module
Public sub AddSheath (Sh as TSheath)
...
End Sub

VB5 does not complain if I define this method as private.

Anybody know how to circumvent this problem.

Thanks for your help
Hari Somaskanthan

Use a class instead of a user defined type for a Public Method() since user
defined types do not belong to a public interface.

You can't pass UDTs to Public properties or methods, but as long as you're
only accessing the class from within the same project that it's defined in,
you can declare the class's methods as Friend, which will allow the passing
of UDTs.

Jonas
TRION Technologies

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 18:55:41 +0200, "Hari Somaskanthan"

?Hi,
?
?I have defined a method having user defined type variable as one of it's
?parameter in a class. This method is declared as a public. VB5 flags this
?methods as an error with a msg
?
?"  User-defined types and fixed-length strings not allowed as the type of a
?Public member of an object module; Private object modules not allowed as the
?type of a public member of a public object modules".

?VB5 does not complain if I define this method as private.
?
?Anybody know how to circumvent this problem.

Not in the current version of Visual Basic. The recommendation is to
convert your UDT a class.

Paul
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