Question

I am new to VB. I read online that in order to return from a function, you do something as follows –

Private Function Add(ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer) As Integer
    Dim Res as integer
    Res = x + y
    Add = Res       ' use the function's name
End Function

My question is, does this syntax also work for user defined types? If not, what is the syntax. I tried the following –

Public Function getDetails() As clsDetails

Dim details As clsDetails

Set details = New clsDetails

With details
   .X = "R"
   .Y = "N"
   .Z = "N"
   ' more code follows
End With

getDetails = details 'gives error-> object variable or with block variable not set

End Function

But this gives me an error on the above line – “object variable or with block variable not set”.

What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

I suppose clsDetails is not a UDT, but a class. For variables defined as objects you need to use the SET keyword. I.e.:

set getDetails = details

For details using UDTs as function return values or parameters, see: User Defined Type (UDT) as parameter in public Sub in class module (VB6).