Globals.ScriptEngine Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

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Returns a String representing the runtime currently in use.

public:
 static property System::String ^ ScriptEngine { System::String ^ get(); };

public static string ScriptEngine { get; }

static member ScriptEngine : string

Public ReadOnly Property ScriptEngine As String

Property Value

String

A string representing the runtime currently in use.

Examples

The following example uses the ScriptEngine property and related properties to return a string describing the current run-time information:

Function getRuntimeInfo() As String
    Dim runtime As String = ScriptEngine & " Version "
    runtime &= CStr(ScriptEngineMajorVersion) & "."
    runtime &= CStr(ScriptEngineMinorVersion) & "."
    runtime &= CStr(ScriptEngineBuildVersion)
    ' Return the current runtime information.
    Return runtime
End Function

Remarks

The ScriptEngine property returns the string "VB".

You can use ScriptEngine when your application is running as a standalone program, in a script, or in a host application.

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