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.

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