Static Method!!

[Mr Ideas Man]

Hi all,

I am trying to create the following class:

My problem is i can't seem to use this static function (VB)

The error i am getting is "methods can not be declared static"

Can anyone enlighten me?

Imports System.IO

Public Class Stationery : Inherits Page

Public Static Function GetStationery(ByVal strFileName)

Dim objStreamReader As StreamReader
Dim strFileContents As String

Try

'open file
objStreamReader = File.OpenText(strFileName)

'read the entire file into a string
strFileContents = objStreamReader.ReadToEnd()

'close file
objStreamReader.Close()

Catch ex As Exception

'output exception error
Response.Write(("The following exception occurred: " +
ex.ToString()))

End Try

'return file contents string
GetStationery = strFileContents

End Function

End Class

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

If you're using VB, use Public Shared Function.

Public Static is a C# and/or JScript construct.

 

[m.posseth]

static is for local variabel declarations ( they behave as if they were
declared private outside the method )

the C# static equivalant for VB is the Shared keyword


so your code would become

Public Shared Function GetStationery(ByVal strFileName)

Dim objStreamReader As StreamReader
Dim strFileContents As String

Try

'open file
objStreamReader = File.OpenText(strFileName)

'read the entire file into a string
strFileContents = objStreamReader.ReadToEnd()

'close file
objStreamReader.Close()

Catch ex As Exception

'output exception error
Response.Write(("The following exception occurred: " +
ex.ToString()))

End Try

'return file contents string
GetStationery = strFileContents
End Function


regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]