Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace

A Visual Basic Collection is an ordered set of items that can be referred to as a unit.

The ComClassAttribute attribute instructs the compiler to add metadata that allows a class to be exposed as a COM object.

The Constants module contains miscellaneous constants. These constants can be used anywhere in your code.

The ControlChars module contains constants used as control characters. These constants can be used anywhere in your code.

The Conversion module contains the procedures used to perform various conversion operations.

The DateAndTime module contains the procedures and properties used in date and time operations.

The ErrObject module contains properties and procedures used to identify and handle run-time errors using the Err object.

The FileSystem module contains the procedures that are used to perform file, directory or folder, and system operations. The My feature gives you better productivity and performance in file I/O operations than using the FileSystem module. For more information, see FileSystem.

The Financial module contains procedures used to perform financial operations.

The Globals module contains script engine functions.

The HideModuleNameAttribute attribute, when applied to a module, allows the module members to be accessed using only the qualification needed for the module.

The Information module contains the procedures used to return, test for, or verify information.

The Interaction module contains procedures used to interact with objects, applications, and systems.

This attribute supports My.Forms and My.WebServices in Visual Basic.

The Strings module contains procedures used to perform string operations.

Provides access to instances of the Visual Basic code generator and code compiler.

Indicates that an array in a structure or non-local variable should be treated as a fixed-length array.

Indicates that a string should be treated as if it were fixed length.

The VbMath module contains procedures used to perform mathematical operations.

This class supports the Visual Basic Print and PrintLine functions.

This class supports the Visual Basic Print and PrintLine functions.

Indicates the window style to use for the invoked program when calling the Shell function.

Indicates how to play sounds when calling audio methods.

Indicates the type of procedure being invoked when calling the CallByName function.

Indicates how to compare strings when calling comparison functions.

Indicates how to display dates when calling the FormatDateTime function.

Indicates how to determine and format date intervals when calling date-related functions.

Indicates when payments are due when calling financial methods.

Indicates the file attributes to use when calling file-access functions.

Indicates the first day of the week to use when calling date-related functions.

Indicates the first week of the year to use when calling date-related functions.

Indicates which button was pressed on a message box, returned by the MsgBox function.

Indicates which buttons to display when calling the MsgBox function.

Indicates how to open a file when calling file-access functions.

Indicates how to open a file when calling file-access functions.

Indicates how to open a file when calling file-access functions.

Indicates a Boolean value or whether the default should be used when calling number-formatting functions.

Indicates the type of a variant object, returned by the VarType function.

Indicates which type of conversion to perform when calling the StrConv function.