I've just completed the Murach book on VB.NET and VB.NET ADO and there is a statement that "VB.NET isn't fully "object oriented" - but makes no specific arguement.<BR><BR>Now I'm going thru the Murach ...

Database connectivity gives desktop and Web applications much of their value. .NET developers have products and framework objects that can tie a front-end application to SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, ...

I'd like to pass to a method an object, and a REFERENCE (handle?) to one of its properties, so it can refer to the value and operate on it. (For specific reasons, I CANNOT pass the actual value; it ...