VBA CreateObject

Question

I am stranded on this code line since 10th of January where i got it in an email and i found out i had to learn class modules so i did and returned to ask on a new basis now. Th

Answer 1

Dim WinHttpReq As Object
Set WinHttpReq = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")

is almost same as

Dim WinHttpReq As WinHttpRequest
Set WinHttpReq = New WinHttpRequest

The difference is that with first approach you do not have to include the library in the "References" list, but as a price to pay you will not have intllisense hints in the IDE because your reference is generic Object.

Second form is preferable. It allows VB to check object types for compatibility as you assing them or pass them as parameters. It also give you hints which methods and properties the object has as you type its name.