Constants (VB.Net and ASP Classic Cross Reference Guide)

In VB.Net, you define constants with the Const keyword.

All constants are part of a class (no global constants) but you can make a constant public and have access to it using ClassName.ConstantName so long as you have added the class to the project. This works even without creating the class as if the public constants were static, but you cannot use the Shared keyword.

Constants must be of an integral type (sbyte, byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, char, float, double, decimal, bool, or string), an enumeration, or a reference to null.

Public Class Convert
  Inherits System.Object

  Public Const kName As String = "Mike"

  Private Const kPI Double = 3.1459

  //Declare two or more on same line too:
  Const kFeetToMeter = 3.2808, kMeterToFeet = 0.3048
End Class

 VB.Net Constants (Const kPI Double = 3.1459)  

Scope can be Public or Private. Public Const is the same as just specifying Const. As with variables, all constants are variants. You do not specify the type, it's implied.

Const kPI = 3.1459

Const kName = "Mike"

//Public variable:

Public Const kFeetToMeter=3.28, kMeterToFeet=.3

 ASP Classic Constants (Const kPI = 3.1459)