simple visual basic question?

Question

if I want to store global constants and variables BEFORE the form loads and the user begins interacting with my program, how do I do that?

It doesn't seem initially obvious to me

I'm using VB Express 2005

Answer 1

In VB 2005 Express Add a Module and declare Public constants there.

Ex: Module1.vb

Module Module1
Public Const MyConstant = 5
End Module

Answer 2

if you're using vb 6, you add a MODULE to your project. In this MODULE, you create a Sub called Main. At the top of this file, you create your globals, and then the last thing you do is launch form 1. for ex, in run.bas:
global var1 as integer
global var2 as string
sub main
var1=5
var2="Hello"
load(form1)
form1.show
end sub
now, right click and go to properties and set the startup object to be sub main instead of form1.

in vb.net, you can use form.preinit or form.preload event to do this before the form loads.

Answer 3

to simply get rid of these types u define on the top what variables u have to assign just define on the top and it can easily accessed by all the classes remember not to use that name again and again for private variables it will interact with other values and Ur ans might will be changed

global variables if defined on the top at program properties it will act better

Answer 4

Isn't there a Form1_Load() init section that you can use? Right outside the sub just dim whatever as global.