Hello,

I am working with VB.Net and am kinda new. I was wondering, if my asp.net project has a lot of shared functions, can I put them all into one Namespace? Do I have to put them into a class?

Thanks,

-renasis

You could place them in either a Class or a Module - and yes you could put them all in a single namespace if that's what you want.

Do I have to place them into a class or module? Could I just put them into a namespace?

You cannot place methods directly into a namespace.  They must be in either a class or a module.

OK. Is there a way where I don't have to write the class each time I call the method? I am planning on placing my shared functions inside a class, which resides in a namespace with the same name. Like so,

Namespace Utility
Public Class Utility
shared function getsomething()
end function
end class
end namespace

Then I want to be able to use the getsomething function in another class. Based on an example on the web(http://www.sitecrafting.com/blog/aspnet-20-tips-shared-functions/), it indicates that I can import the namespace I just created an access the function by its name alone, but I can't seem to get it to work. This is what I am trying to do.

imports Utility

public class x

dim x as string = getsomething 'VS needs Utility. before getsomething

end class

Quick simple pseudo code.  Have fun without namespaces you can never do implements and really design code that others write for you.

First you need some code in a file seperate from the form or web page in the app_code folder.

Just type namespace at the top of your code I recomend starting with two levels then the class name is the third level.

namespace whatever.whatever

class dosomething.

end class

end namespace

'then your webpage or form

imports whatever.whatever 'Using whatever.whatever;

'then you can just access the class in your code.

dosomething(visitorid)';

'or write it out

whatever.whatever.dosomething(visitorid)';

renasis:

access the function by its name alone

in vb.net, you can place the function in a module instead of a class

 What if I am using the function in another code file in the app_code folder? Does same code apply?