How to get property values of classes that implement an interface in the Locals window?

Question

This is really bothering me and hindering my development/debugging. Whenever I declare a variable type of the interface I\'m implementing, the Locals Window doesn\'t show it

Answer 1

I could be wrong, but I think this may be something to do with the way classes are instantiated in VBA.

For example:

Dim oClass1 as Class1
Set oClass1 = new Class1

Is different than

Dim oClass1 as New Class1

In the second case I believe the constructor doesn't get called until the property is accessed.

If you try this, it is sees the property in the Watch window. Notice the New for the IClass - just for Demonstration - I know its not the way to do that :)

Public Sub test1()

    Dim x As Class1
    Dim y As IClass

    Set y = New IClass
    Set x = New Class1
    Debug.Print x.Name
    Debug.Print y.Name
    Stop

End Sub

I suspect its something to do with that and the watch window requires this ... maybe...