title: What does putting an exclamation point (!) in front of an object reference variable do?
body: <p>What does putting an exclamation point (<code>!</code>) in front of an object reference variable do in Visual Basic 6.0?</p>
  
  <p>For example, I see the following in code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    !RelativePath.Value = mstrRelativePath
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What does the <code>!</code> mean?</p>