"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

> "rodchar" <rodc***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> > i have a MustInherit class and a derived class. is it possible to have a
> > shared method in the base class and use it?
> >
> > Note: this is not working for me but just going to explain.
> >
> > i have a base class that has a shared function that returns a connection
> > string for a datasource. is there a way for the derived class to use that?
> > when i try me.connStr it says i have to instantiate it.
>
> Shared methods are not "virtual" and not bound to an instance of a class.
> Nevertheless you can access them using a variable that is pointing to an
> instance of the type or one of its derived types.  Typically shared methods
> are qualified with the class name of the class they are defined in:
>
> \\\
> Public MustInherit Class Bar
>     Private Shared m_UserName As String = "John Doe"
>
>     Public Shared Function GetUserName() As String
>         Return m_UserName
>     End Function
> End Class
>
> Public Class FooBar
>     Inherits Bar
>
>     Public Sub New()
>         MsgBox(Bar.GetUserName())
>     End Sub
> End Class
> ///
>
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