How to implement a custom DLL I made with Public Subs

Question

I am working on making my own game, and I want to implement a custom DLL that I have made. It uses custom Public Sub arguments, and it seems that I can't implement it properly. The code for the DLL goes like this:

Public Class EventChanger
    Public Sub StopEvent()
        'code here to stop event
    End Sub
    Public Sub StartEvent()
        'code here to start event
    End Sub
End Class

I compiled it, and added the reference to it, and added the code to it.

Imports EventChanger

And when I make the code it looks like this:

Imports EventChanger
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        EventChanger.EventChanger.StopEvent()
        'other code
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        'other code unrelated to event
    End Sub
End Class

I get a error like this, so then I tried this:

Imports EventChanger

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        EventChanger.StopEvent()
        'other code
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        'other code unrelated to event
    End Sub
End Class

But I still get an error. Could someone help me? Thanks!

Answer 1

Changing the code to

Public Class EventChanger
    Public Shared Sub StopEvent()
        'code here to stop event
    End Sub
    Public Shared Sub StartEvent()
        'code here to start event
    End Sub
End Class

Worked. Now I can do the following code:

Imports EventChanger

And when I make the code it looks like this:

Imports EventChanger
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        EventChanger.EventChanger.StopEvent()
        'other code
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        'other code unrelated to event
    End Sub
End Class

This works for me.