Visual Basic and C# endow their variables with the same lifetimes, with one key exception: block-level variables. These local variables, when defined within a block statement, behave differently ...

In Visual Basic, you can use the following: Dim OleSAS as Object Set OleSAS = GetObject(,"SAS.Automation") Note that this code does not create an instance of SAS if one does not already exist. Also, ...

The Microsoft .NET Framework allows each language to implement lifetime rules as it requires, and Visual Basic and C# define different rules: C# sticks with the block-level lifetime shown in the ...