Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2010 Developer’s Handbook

Chapter 11. Developing Value Types

In this chapter:
A Practical Example of Structures
Passing Value and Reference Parameters
Constructors and Default Instantiations of Value Types
When to Use Value Types—When to Use Reference Types
Targeted Memory Assignment for Structure Members with the Attributes StructLayout and FieldOffset

Chapter 8, discussed designing compound value types with the Structure keyword as well as reference types based on custom classes. This chapter explores value types in more detail and dives a little deeper into real-life situations that involve value types. We will show you how to develop a reusable component that you can use in your own applications. also In addition, we’ll discusses special details about value types, ...