Dim scope As IObjectScope Not Working

[Lynn]

I am trying to learn the ORM product for the first time and am following the examples in
 http://www.telerik.com/documents/OpenAccess-MadeEasy.pdf  (using VB).

On page 28 of that manaul, there is a portion of an example that uses

Dim

 

 

scope As IObjectScope = ObjectScopeProvider1.ObjectScope()

 

scope.Transaction.Begin()

When I code this in my VS2010 window, I receive an error on the "scope.Transaction.Begin()" line of code saying that a "Declaraion is expected." for "scope".  Refer to attached screen copy graphic for entire details.

Why isn't your example working in my system?  If this is a stupid question, sorry...

Thanks in advance!

Lynn

[Serge]

Hi Lynn,

 Please note that ObjectScopeProvider1.ObjectScope is in fact a method that returns an object that implements IObjectScope. You have to call it (with brackets '()' ) in order to get the result and correctly assign the variable.

Dim scope As IObjectScope = ObjectScopeProvider1.ObjectScope()

Hope this helps.

Greetings,
Serge
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[Lynn]

Serge,

Sorry, I had tried it both ways.  See the screen capture attached to this message.

[Serge]

Hi Lynn,
 
Sorry, I did not notice the main issue here. You cannot just write code in the declaration of a class, in order to compile it you need to move it to a method, maybe a constructor.

Public Class Class1
    Public Sub New()
        Using scope As IObjectScope = ObjectScopeProvider1.ObjectScope()
            scope.Transaction.Begin()

            'Your code here.

            scope.Transaction.Commit()

        End Using
    End Sub
End Class

This example shows a class with a constructor wrapping the Scope in a using clause so that it is disposed of when it is not needed anymore. I would suggest you to have a look at this msdn article.
Hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Serge
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[Lynn]

Serge,

I marked this as an answer.  Thanks!  You're right, I was coding along following the example in the OpenAccess-MadeEasy.pdf tutorial and didn't notice that there were a few corners cut in the sample.  I made the functional code a Sub and everything cleared up and worked fine.

Thanks again!

Lynn