Trying to understand the basic syntax for Visual Basic for Word.

Question

What does the text vb stand for before some commands?

Answer 1

If you see vb before a command or value, it often refers to a built-in VBA constant or enumeration. For example, vbCrLf represents a carriage return followed by a line feed, which creates a new line in text. vbTab represents a tab character, and vbYesNo specifies a Yes/No button combination in a message box.

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Answer 2

vb is used as a prefix on some built-in Visual Basic constants. In the provided examples, vbExclamation is used as the value for the Buttons argument of MsgBox.

Example:

MsgBox Prompt:="Hello " & myVar, _
    Title:="Greeting Box", _
    Buttons:=vbExclamation

So when vb appears before a name like vbExclamation, it identifies a predefined Visual Basic value rather than text to invent or replace.

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References:

• Writing Visual Basic statements
• Understanding Visual Basic syntax