Property Let

The Property Let statement allows you to declare an accessor method for an object within a Class definition. An accessor method allows the person who creates an instance of the class to retrieve information (properties) for the object without directly accessing the member variable itself.

You should use Property Let as opposed to Public member variables wherever possible. This is just a good rule-of-thumb when creating objects since it abstracts the data from the object. If you decide later that you want to put tighter controls on the member variable, you will be glad that you used a property because you won't have to change the interface to the object.

When a Property Let statement is defined, the user of the object may set a value for that property. Conversely, the Property Get statement allows a user to read a value for the property. It is okay to use the same name for the Let, Get and Set properties.