Hello Everyone i'm having trouble understand, rather not understanding why my "stuff" doesn't work correctly.

Tell me if you see anything incorrect here

Example:

Public MustInherit Class User
    Dim Private _iAccountID as integer

    Protected Sub New(ByVal _AccountID as Integer)
        _iAccountID = _AccountID
    End Sub

    Protected Property AccountID() As Integer
        Get
            Return _iAccountID
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
            _iAccountID = Value
        End Set
    End Property
End Class

Public Class Child_User : Inherits User

    Public Sub new(ByVal _AccountID)
        MyBase.New(_AccountID)
    End Sub
End Class

.... In some .aspx file

Dim CUser as new Child_User(55)

// Here is the problem
CUser.AccountID = 95
// The Problem is that my intellisense does
// not bring up the protected property
// AccountID of the base class.
//Child_User is inherited from it
//so doesn't that mean
// that it inherits anything
//declared Public and protected?
// Maybe i'm not understanding
//inheritance in vb. I was
//under the assumption it is the
// same as in C++

I guess properties and methods of the base class
 have to be declared public if you
want to access them from an new instance of a
derived class?

Please HELP!

Hi flyin,

You'll have to mark the property as Friend as well. Protected members are accessible in the current class and in the derived class only. So, inside the Child_User class you can access MyBase.AccountID, but not outside that derived class.

When you mark the property as Protected Friend, it's accessible in the base class, in any derived classes and in other classes in the same assembly: Was my post about User Controls useful to you??

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
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While typing this post, I was listening to: The Sprawl by Sonic Youth (Track 3 from the album: Daydream Nation) What's This?

hmmm yes yes yes, jeez, basic inheritance ya think i'd know that by now! Yes, the derived class doesn't have a public interface! Alright thanks imar.