Why Form 8854 Properties 2023-2024

In my previous video of this series, I showed you how to code up a class inside a class library. A class library can be compiled as a dynamic link library or a DLL file. I then showed you how to reference that class library from a Windows forms application, which itself will build as an executable or EXE file. We were then able to instantiate an object from that class and call its methods and properties. The properties inside my cat class were defined using public variables. Now, I'm going to code up another class library, but this time I'm going to show you how to use property procedures. I'm going to code up a person class, so I'm going to call my class library "personnel". Now, I could put my person class inside the same library as my cat class. How you organize an application is entirely up to you. It's all about what's appropriate. Remember to give this a meaningful name because it's going to compile as "personnel.dll". Also, make sure you know where it's going to be saved so you can reference it later. So here we go, Visual Basic class library, and I get class 1 for free. I'm going to change the name of this to "person". From this class, I'll be able to instantiate as many person objects as I like. Now, I could declare my properties just using public variables like I did before, but you'll see in a moment that using property procedures gives me more control over the values which can be assigned to these properties. So, I'm going to change the way I declare them using dim statements instead because these variables are no longer public. They are no longer part of the interface of my person class. In fact, I'm...