How to inherit constructors with arguments in .NET?

Question

I have a "MustInherit" .NET class which declares a constructor with an integer parameter. However, Visual Studio gives me an error when I create any derived class stating that there is no constructor that can be called without any arguments. Is it possible to inherit the constructor with arguments?

Right now, I have to use

Public Sub New(ByVal A As Integer)
    MyBase.New(A)
End Sub

in the derived classes. Is there any way to avoid this?

Answer 1

No, this is not possible. Every constructor that has arguments in the base class must be redeclared in the derived class.

Answer 2

Yes, this is possible. But you must call the base constructor with an integer.

public class A
{
    public A(int x)
    {
    }
}

public class B : A
{
    public B()
        : base(42)
    {
    }
}

or

Public Class B
    Inherits A

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New(42)
    End Sub
End Class