Constants Class

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
  Microsoft.VisualBasic..::..Constants

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<EmbeddedAttribute> _
Public Class Constants

[EmbeddedAttribute]
public class Constants

[EmbeddedAttribute]
public ref class Constants

[<EmbeddedAttribute>]
type Constants =  class end

public class Constants

The Constants type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Constants	Initializes a new instance of the Constants class.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	vbBack	Represents a backspace character for print and display functions.
	vbCr	Represents a carriage-return character for print and display functions.
	vbCrLf	Represents a carriage-return character combined with a linefeed character for print and display functions.
	vbFormFeed	Represents a form-feed character for print functions.
	vbLf	Represents a linefeed character for print and display functions.
	vbNewLine	Represents a newline character for print and display functions.
	vbNullChar	Represents a null character for print and display functions.
	vbNullString	Represents a zero-length string for print and display functions, and for calling external procedures.
	vbTab	Represents a tab character for print and display functions.
	vbVerticalTab	Represents a carriage-return character for print functions.

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Remarks

This module supports the Visual Basic language constants that correspond to the members of many Visual Basic enumerations:

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace