AddHandler Statement

Associates an event with an event handler.

AddHandler event, AddressOf eventhandler

Parts

event

The name of the event to handle.

eventhandler

The name of a procedure that will handle the event.

Remarks

The AddHandler and RemoveHandler statements allow you to start and stop event handling at any time during program execution.

Example

Sub TestEvents()
   Dim Obj As New Class1()
   ' Associate an event handler with an event.
   AddHandler Obj.Ev_Event, AddressOf EventHandler
   Obj.CauseSomeEvent()   ' Ask the object to raise an event.
End Sub

Sub EventHandler()
   ' This procedure handles events raised by the object Obj.
   MsgBox("EventHandler caught event.")   ' Handle the event.
End Sub

Public Class Class1
   Public Event Ev_Event()   ' Declare an event.
   Sub CauseSomeEvent()
      RaiseEvent Ev_Event()   ' Raise an event.
   End Sub
End Class

See Also

RemoveHandler Statement | Handles