Declaring NULL

[ICeMaN_179]

i am using

is null

in my code and i get a compile error and the debugger says that NULL needs to be declared, what does this need to be declared as ?

dim NULL as ???

 

[Bucky]

In VB.NET, to check if a class is not inialized, use Is Nothing:

If myObj Is Nothing Then
   Moo
End If

 

[ICeMaN_179]

would it be: (this didnt work for me)

if TXTInput is nothing then
msgbox "Please enter text !!", msgstyle.question, "Error"
else
exit sub
end if

 

[john]

Try this:

If TXTInput.Text = "" Then
    msgbox "Please enter text !!", msgboxstyle.question, "Error"
End If

Orbity

 

[ICeMaN_179]

yeh i know that but i would prefer to use something like,

Is Nothing
 or
Is Null

 

[Volte]

Why? Null, Nothing and "" are all different things, and so cant be
interchanged. "" is a string, while Nothing is.... nothing. Its the
lack of anything in the Text object. Stick with "". If you want to do
it a different way, you could use If txtInput.Text.Length = 0 Then. :-\

 

[Nerseus]

I know in C# you can use string.Empty (or String.Empty). The fastest method will always be to check the length, VolteFaces last comment.
If txtInput.Text.Length = 0 Then

Strings are objects in .NET and contain a header which contains, among other things, the length. Its faster to compare that a known number than to check for "" (or even string.Empty).

-Nerseus

 

[Divil]

Nerseus is correct, never compare a string to "", always check the length.