Hi all,

I'm still rather new to .NET so I hope you'll bear with me as I try and explain
my question.

I am writing an ASP.NET application using VB.NET.  I am accessing a web method
from a webservice that returns a structure.  On the client side I have added the
webservice as a reference and  created a class that contains the structure as a
member as well as some other variables.  The structure  looks something like:

    Public Structure ValuationResult
        Dim Reliability As Integer
        Dim ShowClientID As String
        Dim ShowDepartment As String
        Dim ShowSource As String
        Dim Valuation As ValuationStructure  'another structure
     End Structure

And the class I'm creating looks like:

Public Class Report
    Private _ID As Integer
    Private _ValuationResult As myWebservice.ValuationResult

    Public Property ID as integer
              Get
                        Return _ID
                End Get
                Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
                        _ID = Value
                End Set
        End Property

    Public Property ValuationResult as myWebservice.ValuationResult
        Get
            Return _ValuationResult
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value as myWebservice.ValuationResult)
            _ValuationResult = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    ...

End Class

I am now trying to create a constructor that will allow the user to pass the
populated structure that I get back from the webservice and populate the
appropriate fields.  After some trial and error I've come up with:


  Public Sub New(ByVal Result As myWebservice.ValuationResult)

        ValuationResult = New myWebservice.ValuationResult

        Me.ValuationResult.Reliability = Result.Reliability
        Me.ValuationResult.ShowClientID = Result.ShowClientID
        Me.ValuationResult.ShowDepartment = Result.ShowDepartment
        Me.ValuationResult.ShowSource = Result.ShowSource

        ValuationResult.Valuation = New myWebservice.Valuation

        Me.ValuationResult.Valuation.FSA = Result.Valuation.FSA
        Me.ValuationResult.Valuation.PID = Result.Valuation.PID

    ...

End Sub

Now this seems to work when I call the constructor but I am unclear exactly as
to why I need to call New for the structures and any structures contained within
the parent struct.  Afterall, they are strucutures and not classes.  Is it
because the struct is part of the class and no memory has yet been allocated for
it until I call New?

Also, is this the best way of doing this?  Is there another more elegant way?

Thanks for your help.

Ren

Show quote Hide quote Maybe I didn't get the point, but why don't you simply write:

Public Sub New(ByVal Result As myWebservice.ValuationResult)

        _ValuationResult = Result

End Sub



Armin

Armin,

Thanks for your reply.  I realized just as I hit "send" on my post that  I could
do as you suggested.  What in the world was I thinking? 

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Too many trees to see the wood. Happens. :-)

Armin

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