PRB: OPTION PRIVATE Statement Has No Effect in Visual Basic (129895)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 4.0
This article was previously published under Q129895

SYMPTOMS

Using the statement Option Private when declaring a module does not affect the behavior of a Visual Basic version 4.0 application in any way.

CAUSE

The Option Private statement is not implemented in Visual Basic version 4.0. It is useful only in applications that support multiple projects loaded simultaneously and allow references between the loaded projects, as Microsoft Excel version 5.0 does for example. The statement makes it impossible to access members of the module from a referencing project even if the member is declared public.

STATUS

This behavior is by design. Because Visual Basic version 4.0 doesn't support multiple loaded projects, this statement has no use.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/30/2003
Keywords:kbprb kbprogramming KB129895
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