Type '<typename>' must define operator '<determinantoperator>' to be used in a '<shortcircuitoperator>' expression

An AndAlso Operator or an OrElse Operator uses operands of a class or structure type, when that class or structure does not define a required operator.

Because you do not define a short-circuiting operator (AndAlso or OrElse) directly, you must define the corresponding logical and determinant operators. The following table shows the required operators.

Short-circuiting operator	Logical operator	Determinant operator
AndAlso	And Operator	IsFalse Operator
OrElse	Or Operator	IsTrue Operator

Visual Basic uses these logical and determinant operators to construct the short-circuiting logic for AndAlso or OrElse. For this to work properly, both operands and the return value of your And or Or definition must be of the containing type, that is, the type of the class or structure in which you are defining And or Or.

Error ID: BC33035

To correct this error

• Define the And and IsFalse operators, or the Or and IsTrue operators, in the class or structure used for the operand type of the AndAlso or OrElse operator. Be sure the operands for And or Or are of the type of the class or structure in which you define it.

See also

• Operator Procedures
• Operator Statement
• How to: Define an Operator
• How to: Define a Conversion Operator
• Logical and Bitwise Operators in Visual Basic