Adding to the My namespace in VB .NET

Just as an aside - after experimenting with the Interop Forms Toolkit earlier this year I wondered how InteropToolbox ended up in the My namespace – it seems like a useful thing to be able to do. I didn’t have to look far, the answer was in the ActiveXControlHelpers.vb file in my Usercontrol project:

    1:  'Adds the InteropToolbox to the My namespace

    2:  Namespace My

    3:      'The HideModuleNameAttribute hides the module name MyInteropToolbox so the syntax becomes My.InteropToolbox.   

    4:      <Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.HideModuleName()> _

    5:      Module MyInteropToolbox

    6:   

    7:          Private _toolbox As New InteropToolbox

    8:   

    9:          Public ReadOnly Property InteropToolbox() As InteropToolbox

   10:              Get

   11:                  Return _toolbox

   12:              End Get

   13:          End Property

   14:      End Module

   15:  End Namespace

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