Friend members are available to any object in the same assembly (Friend is referred to as internal in C#) : Friend « Class Module « VB.Net Tutorial






Public Class SomeClassInMyAssembly
    
    Friend vFriend As Integer
End Class








6.29.Friend
6.29.1.Friend members are available to any object in the same assembly (Friend is referred to as internal in C#)
6.29.2.protected friend members are available to any object that is in the same assemby or inherits from this class, or both.