'New' cannot be used on a class that is declared 'MustInherit'

A MustInherit class cannot be instantiated directly, and therefore the New operator cannot be used on a MustInherit class. Although it's possible to have variables and values whose compile time types are MustInherit, such variables and values will necessarily either be a null value or contain references to instances of regular classes derived from the MustInherit types.

Error ID: BC30569

To correct this error

  • Remove the New operator.

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Reference

MustInherit

New (Visual Basic)