Is there a way to pass a class instance as a parameter? From within a class method, I would like to pass the parent object reference as a parameter when I call a function.

The class is designed like this:

Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class App

    Public Function Initialize() As Boolean
    End Function

    Public Class Encrypt

        Public Shared Function Encrypt(ByVal tcString As String, ByVal tcKey As String) As Boolean
            Return Framework.Encrypt.Encrypt(tcString, tcKey, Me)
        End Function

        Public Shared Function Decrypt(ByVal tcString As String, ByVal sDecrKey As String) As Boolean
            Return Framework.Encrypt.Decrypt(tcString, sDecrKey, Me)
        End Function

    End Class

End Class

Where you see the Me reference, this is where I would like to pass the equivalent This.Parent as we have in VFP.