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7 Using .NET with VEE
Importing a Namespace into VEE
To reiterate the definition for a namespace: “.NET
Framework types use a dot syntax naming scheme that
connotes a hierarchy. This technique groups related types
into namespaces so they can be searched and referenced
more easily. The first part of the full name — up to the
rightmost dot — is the namespace name. The last part of the
name is the type name. For example,
System.Collections.ArrayList represents the ArrayList type,
which belongs to the System.Collections* namespace. The
types in System.Collections can be used to manipulate
collections of objects.”
Importing a namespace is the same as using the Imports
statement in Visual Basic or the using statement in C#. In
both cases, you will not have to qualify the use of a type
from that namespace. VEE supports two methods for
importing a namespace. You can either call the Import .NET
Namespaces directly from the Devices menu or you can use
the checkbox on the .NET Assembly References menu choice
as shown in Figure 168.
A full list of available .NET namespaces are listed and, to
import one, just select the checkbox beside it. If the
assembly you chose does not have any namespaces, the list
will be empty.
*Nested classes are an exception to this general rule. Please
see MSDN documentation for further details.