Programming Visual Basic .NET

Standard Modules

A standard module is a type declaration. It is introduced with the Module statement, as shown here:

Public Module ModuleTest
   ' ...
End Module

Tip

Don’t confuse the Visual Basic .NET term, standard module, with the .NET term, module. They are unrelated to each other. See Chapter 3 for information about .NET modules.

Standard module definitions are similar to class definitions, with these differences:

• Standard module members are implicitly shared.

• Standard modules cannot be inherited.

• The members in a standard module can be referenced without being qualified with the standard module name.

Standard modules are a good place to put global variables and procedures that aren’t logically associated with any class.