End... Statement

End... Statement

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Syntax

 End End Class End Enum End Function End Get End If End Interface End Module End Namespace End Property End Select End Set End Structure End Sub End SyncLock End Try End With End While 

Description

Ends a procedure or a block of code

Rules at a Glance

The End statement is used as follows :

Statement	Description
End	Terminates program execution
End Class	Marks the end of a class definition
End Enum	Marks the end of a series of enumerated constants
End Function	Marks the end of a Function procedure
End Get	Marks the end of a Property Get definition
End If	Marks the end of an If...Then...Else statement
End Interface	Marks the end of an interface definition
End Module	Marks the end of a code module
End Namespace	Markes the end of a namespace definition
End Property	Marks the end of a Property Let , PropertyGet , or Property Set procedure
End Select	Marks the end of a Select Case statement
End Set	Marks the end of a Property Set definition
End Structure	Ends the definition of a structure or user -defined type
End Sub	Marks the end of a Sub procedure
End SyncLock	Terminates synchronization code
End Try	Marks the end of a Try...Catch statement
End With	Marks the end of a With statement
End While	Marks the end of a While statement

Programming Tips and Gotchas

When used alone, the End statement wraps calls to the private FileSystem.CloseAllFiles function, as well as to the System.Environment object's Exit method, making it relatively safe to call to terminate an application. However, it does not release resources not automatically handled by the garbage collector, and does not automatically call the Finalize destructor.

VB.NET/VB 6 Differences

• In VB 6, the End statement used by itself was to be avoided, since it terminated program execution abruptly without performing normal cleanup operations. In VB.NET, End is much safer, and is not to be avoided.

• A number of the End ... statements are new to VB.NET. These include End Class (classes are defined in separate CLS files in VB 6), End Get (Property Get statements are terminated with an End Property statement in VB 6), End Interface (interfaces are implemented as virtual base classes in VB 6), End Module (code modules are defined in separate BAS files in VB 6), End Namespace (namespaces do not exist in VB 6), End Set (Property Set and Property Let statements are terminated with an End Property statement in VB 6), End Try (VB 6 does not support structured exception handling), and End While (VB 6 supports the Wend statement to terminate a While loop).

See Also

Exit Statement