Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace

Contains types that support the Visual Basic Runtime in Visual Basic.

Classes

Collection	A Visual Basic Collection is an ordered set of items that can be referred to as a unit.
ComClassAttribute	The ComClassAttribute attribute instructs the compiler to add metadata that allows a class to be exposed as a COM object.
Constants	The Constants module contains miscellaneous constants. These constants can be used anywhere in your code.
ControlChars	The ControlChars module contains constants used as control characters. These constants can be used anywhere in your code.
Conversion	The Conversion module contains the procedures used to perform various conversion operations.
DateAndTime	The DateAndTime module contains the procedures and properties used in date and time operations.
ErrObject	The ErrObject module contains properties and procedures used to identify and handle run-time errors using the Err object.
FileSystem	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.
Financial	The Financial module contains procedures used to perform financial operations.
HideModuleNameAttribute	The HideModuleNameAttribute attribute, when applied to a module, allows the module members to be accessed using only the qualification needed for the module.
Information	The Information module contains the procedures used to return, test for, or verify information.
Interaction	The Interaction module contains procedures used to interact with objects, applications, and systems.
MyGroupCollectionAttribute	This attribute supports My.Forms and My.WebServices in Visual Basic.
Strings	The Strings module contains procedures used to perform string operations.
VBCodeProvider	Provides access to instances of the Visual Basic code generator and code compiler.
VBFixedArrayAttribute	Indicates that an array in a structure or non-local variable should be treated as a fixed-length array.
VBFixedStringAttribute	Indicates that a string should be treated as if it were fixed length.
VBMath	The VbMath module contains procedures used to perform mathematical operations.

Structs

SpcInfo	This class supports the Visual Basic Print and PrintLine functions.
TabInfo	This class supports the Visual Basic Print and PrintLine functions.

Enums

AppWinStyle	Indicates the window style to use for the invoked program when calling the Shell function.
CallType	Indicates the type of procedure being invoked when calling the CallByName function.
CompareMethod	Indicates how to compare strings when calling comparison functions.
DateFormat	Indicates how to display dates when calling the FormatDateTime function.
DateInterval	Indicates how to determine and format date intervals when calling date-related functions.
DueDate	Indicates when payments are due when calling financial methods.
FileAttribute	Indicates the file attributes to use when calling file-access functions.
FirstDayOfWeek	Indicates the first day of the week to use when calling date-related functions.
FirstWeekOfYear	Indicates the first week of the year to use when calling date-related functions.
MsgBoxResult	Indicates which button was pressed on a message box, returned by the MsgBox function.
MsgBoxStyle	Indicates which buttons to display when calling the MsgBox function.
OpenAccess	Indicates how to open a file when calling file-access functions.
OpenMode	Indicates how to open a file when calling file-access functions.
OpenShare	Indicates how to open a file when calling file-access functions.
TriState	Indicates a Boolean value or whether the default should be used when calling number-formatting functions.
VariantType	Indicates the type of a variant object, returned by the VarType function.
VbStrConv	Indicates which type of conversion to perform when calling the StrConv function.

Remarks

For more information about the language elements in the Visual Basic Runtime, see Visual Basic Language Reference.

See also

• Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices
• Visual Basic Reference