Visual Basic® 2010 Unleashed

Generating Complex Objects

You can now generate new objects on-the-fly taking advantage of default solutions proposed by Visual Studio. You are not limited to generating previously described classes and members. Visual Studio enables you to generate the following types:

• Classes

• Structures

• Interfaces

• Delegates

• Enumerations

The following is instead the list of members that you can generate for the preceding types:

• Methods

• Properties

• Fields

You can generate objects on-the-fly by running the New Type dialog that you can activate choosing Generate Other solution instead of Generate Class. For example, imagine you want to generate a new structure on-the-fly. First, type the following line of code:

Dim threeDim As New ThreePoint