Referring to members of an object

You can use the With statement as a quick way to access class members of a given object. You can also use the With statement to test expressions using an object's members.

The syntax is:

With objectRef

[statements]

End With

This example uses the With statement to refer to members of an object using a dot to represent the object name (startEmp).

Class Employee
   Public empName As String   
   Public newName As String
   
   '  Sub GetName prompts for and accepts input to newName.
   Sub GetName
      newName$ = InputBox$("Enter name:" , "New Name" )
   End Sub
End Class

Dim startEmp As New Employee
'  Sub SetEmp puts information into the new employee object. 
Sub SetEmp (E As Employee)
   With E
      Call .GetName  ' Prompts for input to startEmp.newName$.
      .empName$ = .newName$     
   End With
End Sub
Call SetEmp(startEmp)

Outside the With statement, you need to specify the entire reference. For example:

Employee.empName$ = .newName$