Whenever I try to set a value of a System.UInt64 I get:
Dim var1 As System.UInt64 = &H18B377544DD23334
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What is the correct way?

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 Dim ob As Object
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Is it just a good practice to fully qualify an object reference or does it
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I have a parent-child datagrid.  I want to select a row in the dropdown
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TIA,
Larry Woods

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I use the folowing code  to obtain the TextBox wich name is given by sName.
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I try
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PUBLIC CLASS BaseClass
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