Property Question

[silverstormboy]

hi , I have a question regarding property in vb.net.

 

for ex:

 

i have a statusbar control in the form name statusBar and value text = "".

 

then i create the property as follows:

Public Property StatusText() as String
  Get
     Return statusBar.Text
  End Get
  Set(ByVal Value As String)
     statusBar.Text = Value
  End Set
End Property

 

after that, to call this property :

StatusText = "Ready"

 

What is the use of property in vb.net?

why can't we just type:

  statusBar.Text = "Ready"
  

instead of creating the property?

 

Some book say that property is very useful and important in vb.net but I do not see it. Please give me advice about this , Thanks.

[TechnoTone]

The only reason that I can see why you would do it like that is so that you can set the StatusText property from outside of the form.

[divil]

Exactly. Properties are an interface between private fields and the outside world. If you have a control that paints itself, you need a text property, so that when the user calls the Set method, you know to redraw your control.

 

For more info on properties, I suggest you read the documentation.