How can you call a Shared Class Method from a VB6 application?

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Is it possible to call a .NET shared class method from a VB6 application?

I created a small test project consisting of a .NET class library containing the following class:

Public Class MyTest

    Sub New()

    End Sub

    Public Function AddNumbers(ByVal Num1 As Integer, ByVal Num2 As Integer) As Integer

        Return Num1 + Num2

    End Function

    Public Shared Function AddStrings(ByVal String1 As String, ByVal String2 As String) As String

        Return String.Concat(String1, String2)

    End Function

End Class

I compiled the class with the "Register for COM Interop" enabled.

I created a new VB6 project and referenced the .NET class library. I put a button on the form and inside the button I put the following code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()

    Dim i As New MyTest
    MsgBox i.AddNumbers(1, 1)
    MsgBox i.AddStrings("Hello", "hello")
   
End Sub

The AddNumbers call works fine, and produces a message box with '2' while the AddStrings call fires the error 'Object doesn't support this property or method'.

I realize calling a shared method doesn't require an instance of the class but I was not sure how to call a shared method in a VB6 app so in the example above, I treated it similar to an instance method, unfortunately, without success. I also tried calling it like a .NET shared method would be called IE: MyTest.AddStrin gs but the compiler complained about "MyTest" being an undeclared variable.

Any suggestions? Has anyone tried this before?