Delegates in Visual Basic
Visual Studio 2005
A delegate is a form of object-oriented function pointer that allows a function to be invoked indirectly by way of a reference to the function. Delegates can be used to hook up event handlers and pass a procedure from one procedure to another.
In This Section
- Delegates and the AddressOf Operator
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Provides an introduction to delegates and how they are used.
- How to: Invoke a Delegate Method
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Creates a sort procedure in a class that uses the standard alphabetic sort on most list boxes, but is able to switch at run time to a custom sort procedure. To do this, you pass the custom sort procedure to the sort class at run time, using delegates.
- How to: Pass Procedures to Another Procedure in Visual Basic
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Demonstrates how to use delegates to pass one procedure to another procedure.
