Name

AddHandler Statement

Synopsis


AddHandler NameOfEventSender, AddressOf NameOfEventHandler
NameOfEventSender required; String literal

The name of a class or object instance and its event, such as Button1.Click

NameOfEventHandler required; String literal

The name of a subroutine that is to serve as the event handler for NameOfEventSender

Description

Binds an event handler to a built-in or custom event. This makes it possible to bind several event handlers to a single event.

  • NameOfEventSender takes the form class.event or object.event

  • You can stop handling events defined by the AddHandler statement by calling the RemoveHandler statement

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