Use of aliases in .NET (Imports Statement)

Imports Statement (.NET Namespace and Type) – Use of aliases

Use of aliases can save your precious time.

Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Dim oXL As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application

oXL = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application

can be changed to

Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Dim oXL As Excel.Application

oXL = New Excel.Application

Saves a lot of typing and more concise.

Import aliases are useful when you need to use items with the same name that are declared in one or more namespaces.