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New Operator

Creates a new instance of the specified class.

Syntax

Result = New Type

Remarks

The New operator creates a new instance of the specified class, and returns a reference to it. The Type argument specifies the class to instantiate, and must be the name of a class whose Instantiable property is set to True. For example:

Private Sub Button1_Click()
  Dim c As Collection
  
  Set c = New Collection    ' Creates a new collection
  c.Add New MyClass, "Key"  ' Creates a new instance of MyClass and add it to the collection
End Sub

Note: the Type argument is the name of the class to instantiate, not a string variable containing the name of the class. If you need to implement a class factory (ie a function that creates different classes depending on the value of a parameter), you should use the CreateInstance function.

System requirements