title: Declare variable for shared procedure inside procedure instead Imports statement
body: <p>I'm using an imports statement to access shared constants and shared procedures just to shorten things a bit.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Imports vList = Helper.Stores.Departments.FruitList
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But what I'd really like to do is declare it inside the procedure:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim vList as Helper.Stores.Departments.FruitList
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Of course I get the warning: <code>Access of shared member, constant member, enum member or nested type through an instance; qualifying expression will not be evaluated.</code> when I try to use it like that.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to do something like this inside the procedure without using the imports statement?</p>