Using (Namespaces)
Brings namespace symbols into the current scope
Syntax
`
Using identifier [, identifier [, ...] ]
`
Parameters
`identifier`: The name of the `Namespace` that you want to use.
Description
The `Using` command allows all symbols from a given namespace to be accessed without the namespace's name prefix. Unlike C++ but like C#, the `Namespace` keyword is not needed after `Using`, because individual symbols cannot be inherited from a namespace. Inheriting a whole namespace can save typing, but sometimes some meaning of the code can be lost, and conflicts with other symbols could be created.
Example
`
Namespace Sample
Type T
x As Integer
End Type
End Namespace
'' Just using the name T would not find the symbol,
'' because it is inside a namespace.
Dim SomeVariable As Sample.T
'' Now the whole namespace has been inherited into
'' the global namespace.
Using Sample
'' This statement is valid now, since T exists
'' without the "Sample." prefix.
Dim OtherVariable As T
`
Differences from QB

- QB had the `Using` keyword, but for other purposes. Namespaces did not exist in QB.

See also

- `Print Using`
- `Palette Using`
- `Namespace`