Using VB6 with SP
If I use Friend instead of Public, what does it do for me for:
(1) classes etc within a project
(2) ActiveX.dll
(3) ActiveX.exe
I am confused.
I think I understand that it impacts visibility, but when and where?

Friend means the property/method's scope is that of the *project*.  It is
NOT made public to consumers of your ActiveX component.  IOW, other modules
of that ActiveX project (which have a reference to your class) see the
property or method.  But, it is not public, so OTHER applications using your
DLL or OCX don't see it.

  It's visible within the project. Not usually
meaningful in an EXE, but in COM objects
it allows you to have a function that's visible
within the project without being visible in
the public interface.

One more:
If, in the IDE, Project1 is a standard exe, project2 is a user control, and
the user control has a referance to a class, any properties or mehods
declaired as friend in the class will be available to the usercontrol but
not the exe form that has a usercontrol on it. This means the usercontrol
has access to friend proceedures but the form in Project1 with a usercontrol
on it does not. Always handy to have friends in class :-)

Ivar

Got it.  Thanks

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