Chapter 3 Major VB.NET Changes(2)

Chapter 3 Major VB.NET Changes(2)

txtBillTo as TextBox

Dim txtShipTo as TextBox

txtShipTo =txtBillTo

The line of code txtShipTo =txtBillTo sets the Text property of txtShipTo to the

value in the Text property of txtBillTo . But what if that isn’t what you wanted?

What if, instead, you wanted to create an object reference in txtShipTo that referred

to the object txtBillTo ? You’d have to use this code:

Set txtShipTo =txtBillTo

As you can see, default properties require you to use the Set keyword to set refer-ences

from one object variable to another.

VB.NET gets around this problem by getting rid of default properties. Therefore, to

copy the Text property from txtBillTo into the Text property of txtShipTo ,you’d

have to use this code:

txtShipTo.Text =txtBillTo.Text

Setting the two variables equal to each other sets a reference from one to the other. In