VB.NET 1.1 Tutorial - Object Variable Declaration

If you declare a variable with Object, it can use only the members of the Object class, unless you turn off the type-checking switch (Option Strict Statement).

Dim variablename As Object

Object is used often when passing variables into subroutines:

ByVal sender As Object

References

For more information on Object Variable Declaration, visit MSDN at microsoft here.

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