protected friend members are available to any object that is in the same assemby or inherits from this class, or both. : Friend « Class Module « VB.Net Tutorial






Public Class SomeClassInMyAssembly
    
    Protected Friend vProtectedFriend As Integer
End Class








6.29.Friend
6.29.1.Friend members are available to any object in the same assembly (Friend is referred to as internal in C#)
6.29.2.protected friend members are available to any object that is in the same assemby or inherits from this class, or both.