Question

I wonder, whether it is possible to create class-methods in VBA. By class-method I mean methods that can be called without having an object of the class. The ‘static’-keyword does that trick in C++ and Java.

In the example below, I try to create a static factory method.

Example:

'Classmodule Person' Option Explicit Private m_name As String Public Property Let name(name As String)     m_name = name End Property Public Function sayHello() As String     Debug.Print 'Hi, I am ' & m_name & '!' End Function  '---How to make the following method static?---' Public Function Create(name As String) As Person     Dim p As New Person     p.m_name = name     Set Create = p End Function  'Using Person' Dim p As New Person p.name = 'Bob' p.sayHello 'Works as expected' Set p2 = Person.Create('Bob') 'Yields an error' 

Answer 1

That (‘Public Shared’) would only work in VB.Net.

There is no way to define Class Methods in VBA (or VB). I’d suggest to create a public function in a module.