Microsoft.VisualBasic

This class provides helpers that the Visual Basic compiler uses for late binding calls; it is not meant to be called directly from your code.

Executes a late-bound method or function call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. A Boolean value indicating whether or not the return value can be ignored. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound property get or field access call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. A Boolean value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to True when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise False. A Boolean value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue. Set to True when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of RValues of value types. Otherwise, set to False.

Executes a late-bound get of the default property or field, or call to the default method or function. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. If Instance is of type , then bind using the Dynamic Language Runtime; otherwise perform standard late-binding. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. A Boolean value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to True to throw exceptions. Set to False to return Nothing when an error is encountered. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound get of the default property or field, or call to the default method or function. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. A Boolean value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to True to throw exceptions. Set to False to return Nothing when an error is encountered. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. A Boolean value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to True when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise False. A Boolean value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue. Set to True when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of RValues of value types. Otherwise, set to False.

Executes a late-bound method or function call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The type of the call object. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. An array of argument types; used only for generic calls to pass argument types. An array of Boolean values that the late binder uses to communicate back to the call site which arguments match ByRef parameters. Each True value indicates that the arguments matched and should be copied out after the call to LateCall is complete. A Boolean value indicating whether or not the return value can be ignored. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound call to the default method or function. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. A Boolean value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to True to throw exceptions. Set to False to return Nothing when an error is encountered. An instance of the call object.

Indicates whether a call requires late-bound evaluation. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The type of the call object. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. A Boolean value that specifies whether to allow function evaluation. A Boolean value that specifies whether to allow property evaluation. A Boolean value that indicates whether the expression requires late-bound evaluation.

Executes a late-bound property get or field access call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The type of the call object. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. An array of argument types; used only for generic calls to pass argument types. An array of Boolean values that the late binder uses to communicate back to the call site which arguments match ByRef parameters. Each True value indicates that the arguments matched and should be copied out after the call to LateCall is complete. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound get of the default property or field. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. A Boolean value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to True to throw exceptions. Set to False to return Nothing when an error is encountered. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound property get or field access call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. An instance of the call object.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. A Boolean value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to True when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise False. A Boolean value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue. Set to True when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of RValues of value types. Otherwise, set to False.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The type of the call object. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. An array of argument types; used only for generic calls to pass argument types.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The type of the call object. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. An array of argument types; used only for generic calls to pass argument types. A Boolean value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to True when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise False. A Boolean value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue. Set to True when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of RValues of value types. Otherwise, set to False. An enumeration member of type representing the type of procedure being called. The value of CallType can be Method, Get, or Set. Only Set is used.

Executes a late-bound property set or field write call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method. The type of the call object. The name of the property or method on the call object. An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. An array of argument names. An array of argument types; used only for generic calls to pass argument types. A Boolean value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to True when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise False. A Boolean value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue. Set to True when the base reference of the late reference is an RValue; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of RValues of value types. Otherwise, set to False.

The Strings module contains procedures used to perform string operations.

Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Required. Any valid Char or String expression. If String is a String expression, only the first character of the string is used for input. If String is Nothing or contains no characters, an error occurs. Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Required. Any valid Char or String expression. If String is a String expression, only the first character of the string is used for input. If String is Nothing or contains no characters, an error occurs. Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Required. Any valid Char or String expression. If String is a String expression, only the first character of the string is used for input. If String is Nothing or contains no characters, an error occurs. Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Required. Any valid Char or String expression. If String is a String expression, only the first character of the string is used for input. If String is Nothing or contains no characters, an error occurs. Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.

Returns the character associated with the specified character code.

Required. An Integer expression representing the code point, or character code, for the character. Returns the character associated with the specified character code. CharCode < 0 or > 255 for Chr.

Returns the character associated with the specified character code.

Required. An Integer expression representing the code point, or character code, for the character. Returns the character associated with the specified character code. CharCode < -32768 or > 65535 for ChrW.

Returns a zero-based array containing a subset of a String array based on specified filter criteria.

Required. One-dimensional array of strings to be searched. Required. String to search for. Optional. Boolean value indicating whether to return substrings that include or exclude Match. If Include is True, the Filter function returns the subset of the array that contains Match as a substring. If Include is False, the Filter function returns the subset of the array that does not contain Match as a substring. Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of string comparison to use. See "Settings" for values. Returns a zero-based array containing a subset of a String array based on specified filter criteria. Source is Nothing or is not a one-dimensional array.

Returns a zero-based array containing a subset of a String array based on specified filter criteria.

Required. One-dimensional array of strings to be searched. Required. String to search for. Optional. Boolean value indicating whether to return substrings that include or exclude Match. If Include is True, the Filter function returns the subset of the array that contains Match as a substring. If Include is False, the Filter function returns the subset of the array that does not contain Match as a substring. Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of string comparison to use. See "Settings" for values. Returns a zero-based array containing a subset of a String array based on specified filter criteria. Source is Nothing or is not a one-dimensional array.

Returns a string formatted according to instructions contained in a format String expression.

Required. Any valid expression. Optional. A valid named or user-defined format String expression. Returns a string formatted according to instructions contained in a format String expression.

Returns an expression formatted as a currency value using the currency symbol defined in the system control panel.

Required. Expression to be formatted. Optional. Numeric value indicating how many places are displayed to the right of the decimal. Default value is –1, which indicates that the computer's regional settings are used. Optional. enumeration that indicates whether or not a leading zero is displayed for fractional values. See "Remarks" for values. Optional. enumeration that indicates whether or not to place negative values within parentheses. See "Remarks" for values. Optional. enumeration that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the computer's regional settings. See "Remarks" for values. Returns an expression formatted as a currency value using the currency symbol defined in the system control panel. Number of digits after decimal point is greater than 99. Type is not numeric.

Returns a string expression representing a date/time value.

Required. Date expression to be formatted. Optional. Numeric value that indicates the date/time format used. If omitted, DateFormat.GeneralDate is used. Returns a string expression representing a date/time value. NamedFormat setting is not valid.

Returns an expression formatted as a number.

Required. Expression to be formatted. Optional. Numeric value indicating how many places are displayed to the right of the decimal. The default value is –1, which indicates that the computer's regional settings are used. Optional. constant that indicates whether a leading 0 is displayed for fractional values. See "Settings" for values. Optional. constant that indicates whether to place negative values within parentheses. See "Settings" for values. Optional. constant that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the locale settings. See "Settings" for values. Returns an expression formatted as a number. Type is not numeric.

Returns an expression formatted as a percentage (that is, multiplied by 100) with a trailing % character.

Required. Expression to be formatted. Optional. Numeric value indicating how many places to the right of the decimal are displayed. Default value is –1, which indicates that the locale settings are used. Optional. constant that indicates whether or not a leading zero displays for fractional values. See "Settings" for values. Optional. constant that indicates whether or not to place negative values within parentheses. See "Settings" for values. Optional. constant that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the locale settings. See "Settings" for values. Returns an expression formatted as a percentage (that is, multiplied by 100) with a trailing % character. Type is not numeric.

Returns a Char value representing the character from the specified index in the supplied string.

Required. Any valid String expression. Required. Integer expression. The (1-based) index of the character in str to be returned. Char value representing the character from the specified index in the supplied string. str is Nothing, Index < 1, or Index is greater than index of last character of str.

Returns an integer specifying the start position of the first occurrence of one string within another.

Optional. Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search. If omitted, search begins at the first character position. The start index is 1-based. Required. String expression being searched. Required. String expression sought. Optional. Specifies the type of string comparison. If Compare is omitted, the Option Compare setting determines the type of comparison. If InStr returns String1 is zero length or Nothing 0 String2 is zero length or Nothing start String2 is not found 0 String2 is found within String1 Position where match begins Start > length of String1 0 Start < 1.

Returns an integer specifying the start position of the first occurrence of one string within another.

Required. String expression being searched. Required. String expression sought. Optional. Specifies the type of string comparison. If Compare is omitted, the Option Compare setting determines the type of comparison. If InStr returns String1 is zero length or Nothing 0 String2 is zero length or Nothing The starting position for the search, which defaults to the first character position. String2 is not found 0 String2 is found within String1 Position where match begins

Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another, starting from the right side of the string.

Required. String expression being searched. Required. String expression being searched for. Optional. Numeric expression setting the one-based starting position for each search, starting from the left side of the string. If Start is omitted then –1 is used, meaning the search begins at the last character position. Search then proceeds from right to left. Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when evaluating substrings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed. See Settings for values. If InStrRev returns StringCheck is zero-length 0 StringMatch is zero-length Start StringMatch is not found 0 StringMatch is found within StringCheck Position at which the first match is found, starting with the right side of the string. Start is greater than length of StringMatch 0 Start = 0 or Start < -1.

Returns a string created by joining a number of substrings contained in an array.

Required. One-dimensional array containing substrings to be joined. Optional. Any string, used to separate the substrings in the returned string. If omitted, the space character (" ") is used. If Delimiter is a zero-length string ("") or Nothing, all items in the list are concatenated with no delimiters. Returns a string created by joining a number of substrings contained in an array. SourceArray is not one dimensional.

Returns a string created by joining a number of substrings contained in an array.

Required. One-dimensional array containing substrings to be joined. Optional. Any string, used to separate the substrings in the returned string. If omitted, the space character (" ") is used. If Delimiter is a zero-length string ("") or Nothing, all items in the list are concatenated with no delimiters. Returns a string created by joining a number of substrings contained in an array. SourceArray is not one dimensional.

Returns a string or character converted to lowercase.

Required. Any valid String or Char expression. Returns a string or character converted to lowercase.

Returns a string or character converted to lowercase.

Required. Any valid String or Char expression. Returns a string or character converted to lowercase.

Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.

Required. String expression from which the leftmost characters are returned. Required. Integer expression. Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0, a zero-length string ("") is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of characters in str, the entire string is returned. Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the left side of a string. Length < 0.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Any valid String expression or variable name. If Expression is of type Object, the Len function returns the size as it will be written to the file by the FilePut function. Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable.

Returns a left-aligned string containing the specified string adjusted to the specified length.

Required. String expression. Name of string variable. Required. Integer expression. Length of returned string. Returns a left-aligned string containing the specified string adjusted to the specified length.

Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading spaces (LTrim), no trailing spaces (RTrim), or no leading or trailing spaces (Trim).

Required. Any valid String expression. Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading spaces (LTrim), no trailing spaces (RTrim), or no leading or trailing spaces (Trim).

Returns a string that contains all the characters starting from a specified position in a string.

Required. String expression from which characters are returned. Required. Integer expression. Starting position of the characters to return. If Start is greater than the number of characters in str, the Mid function returns a zero-length string (""). Start is one-based. A string that consists of all the characters starting from the specified position in the string. Start <= 0 or Length < 0.

Returns a string that contains a specified number of characters starting from a specified position in a string.

Required. String expression from which characters are returned. Required. Integer expression. Starting position of the characters to return. If Start is greater than the number of characters in str, the Mid function returns a zero-length string (""). Start is one based. Optional. Integer expression. Number of characters to return. If omitted or if there are fewer than Length characters in the text (including the character at position Start), all characters from the start position to the end of the string are returned. A string that consists of the specified number of characters starting from the specified position in the string. Start <= 0 or Length < 0.

Returns a string in which a specified substring has been replaced with another substring a specified number of times.

Required. String expression containing substring to replace. Required. Substring being searched for. Required. Replacement substring. Optional. Position within Expression that starts a substring used for replacement. The return value of Replace is a string that begins at Start, with appropriate substitutions. If omitted, 1 is assumed. Optional. Number of substring substitutions to perform. If omitted, the default value is –1, which means "make all possible substitutions." Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when evaluating substrings. See Settings for values. Replace returns the following values. If Replace returns Find is zero-length or Nothing Copy of ExpressionReplace is zero-length Copy of Expression with no occurrences of FindExpression is zero-length or Nothing, or Start is greater than length of ExpressionNothingCount is 0 Copy of Expression Count < -1 or Start <= 0.

Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the right side of a string.

Required. String expression from which the rightmost characters are returned. Required. Integer. Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0, a zero-length string ("") is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of characters in str, the entire string is returned. Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the right side of a string. Length < 0.

Returns a right-aligned string containing the specified string adjusted to the specified length.

Required. String expression. Name of string variable. Required. Integer expression. Length of returned string. Returns a right-aligned string containing the specified string adjusted to the specified length.

Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading spaces (LTrim), no trailing spaces (RTrim), or no leading or trailing spaces (Trim).

Required. Any valid String expression. Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading spaces (LTrim), no trailing spaces (RTrim), or no leading or trailing spaces (Trim).

Returns a string consisting of the specified number of spaces.

Required. Integer expression. The number of spaces you want in the string. Returns a string consisting of the specified number of spaces. Number < 0.

Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of substrings.

Required. String expression containing substrings and delimiters. Optional. Any single character used to identify substring limits. If Delimiter is omitted, the space character (" ") is assumed to be the delimiter. Optional. Maximum number of substrings into which the input string should be split. The default, –1, indicates that the input string should be split at every occurrence of the Delimiter string. Optional. Numeric value indicating the comparison to use when evaluating substrings. See "Settings" for values. String array. If Expression is a zero-length string (""), Split returns a single-element array containing a zero-length string. If Delimiter is a zero-length string, or if it does not appear anywhere in Expression, Split returns a single-element array containing the entire Expression string.

Returns -1, 0, or 1, based on the result of a string comparison.

Required. Any valid String expression. Required. Any valid String expression. Optional. Specifies the type of string comparison. If Compare is omitted, the Option Compare setting determines the type of comparison. The StrComp function has the following return values. If StrComp returns String1 sorts ahead of String2 -1 String1 is equal to String2 0 String1 sorts after String2 1 Compare value is not valid.

Returns a string converted as specified.

Required. String expression to be converted. Required. member. The enumeration value specifying the type of conversion to perform. Optional. The LocaleID value, if different from the system LocaleID value. (The system LocaleID value is the default.) Returns a string converted as specified. Unsupported LocaleID, Conversion < 0 or > 2048, or unsupported conversion for specified locale.

Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.

Required. Integer expression. The length to the string to be returned. Required. Any valid Char, String, or Object expression. Only the first character of the expression will be used. If Character is of type Object, it must contain either a Char or a String value. Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times. Number is less than 0 or Character type is not valid. Character is Nothing.

Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.

Required. Integer expression. The length to the string to be returned. Required. Any valid Char, String, or Object expression. Only the first character of the expression will be used. If Character is of type Object, it must contain either a Char or a String value. Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times. Number is less than 0 or Character type is not valid. Character is Nothing.

Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.

Required. Integer expression. The length to the string to be returned. Required. Any valid Char, String, or Object expression. Only the first character of the expression will be used. If Character is of type Object, it must contain either a Char or a String value. Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times. Number is less than 0 or Character type is not valid. Character is Nothing.

Returns a string in which the character order of a specified string is reversed.

Required. String expression whose characters are to be reversed. If Expression is a zero-length string (""), a zero-length string is returned. Returns a string in which the character order of a specified string is reversed.

Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading spaces (LTrim), no trailing spaces (RTrim), or no leading or trailing spaces (Trim).

Required. Any valid String expression. Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading spaces (LTrim), no trailing spaces (RTrim), or no leading or trailing spaces (Trim).

Returns a string or character containing the specified string converted to uppercase.

Required. Any valid String or Char expression. Returns a string or character containing the specified string converted to uppercase.

Returns a string or character containing the specified string converted to uppercase.

Required. Any valid String or Char expression. Returns a string or character containing the specified string converted to uppercase.

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

A property value is being retrieved. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant vbGet.

An Object property value is being determined. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant vbLet.

A method is being invoked. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant vbMethod.

A property value is being determined. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant vbSet.

When applied to a class, the compiler implicitly calls a component-initializing method from the default synthetic constructor.

Initializes a new instance of the attribute.

The Visual Basic compiler uses this class during static local initialization; it is not meant to be called directly from your code. An exception of this type is thrown if a static local variable fails to initialize.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

A string representing the message to be sent.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

A string representing the message to be sent. An object.

Provides methods that perform various type conversions.

Converts an object to the specified type.

The object to convert. The type to which to convert the object. An object of the specified target type.

Converts an object to the specified type.

The object to convert. The type to which to convert the object. An object of the specified target type.

Converts a value to a string, given a byte count.

The Char value to convert. The byte count of the Char value. The string representation of the specified value.

Converts a array to a string.

The Char array to convert. The string representation of the specified array.

Converts a subset of a array to a string.

The Char array to convert. Zero-based index of the start position. Length of the subset in bytes. The string representation of the specified array from the start position to the specified length.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. A Boolean value. Returns False if the object is null; otherwise, True.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. A Boolean value. Returns False if the string is null; otherwise, True.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The Byte value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The Byte value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The Char value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The Char value of the string.

Converts a string to a one-dimensional array.

The string to convert. A one-dimensional Char array.

Converts an object to a one-dimensional array.

The object to convert. A one-dimensional Char array.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The DateTime value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The DateTime value of the string.

Converts a value to a value.

A Boolean value to convert. The Decimal value of the Boolean value.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The Decimal value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The Decimal value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The Double value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The Double value of the string.

Converts an object to a generic type T.

The object to convert. The type to convert Value to. A structure or object of generic type T.

Converts an object to an integer value.

The object to convert. The int value of the object.

Converts a string to an integer value.

The string to convert. The int value of the string.

Converts an object to a Long value.

The object to convert. The Long value of the object.

Converts a string to a Long value.

The string to convert. The Long value of the string.

Converts a string to an value.

The string to convert. The SByte value of the string.

Converts an object to an value.

The object to convert. The SByte value of the object.

Converts an object to a Short value.

The object to convert. The Short value of the object.

Converts a string to a Short value.

The string to convert. The Short value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The Single value of the object.

Converts a to a value.

The string to convert. The Single value of the string.

Converts a Long value to a value.

The Long value to convert. The String representation of the Long value.

Converts a value to a value, using the specified number format.

The Single value to convert. The number format to use, according to . The String representation of the Single value.

Converts a value to a value, using the specified number format.

The Double value to convert. The number format to use, according to . The String representation of the Double value.

Converts a value to a value, using the specified number format.

The decimal value to convert. The number format to use, according to . The String representation of the Decimal value.

Converts a Ulong value to a value.

The Ulong value to convert. The String representation of the Ulong value.

Converts a uint value to a value.

The Uint value to convert. The String representation of the Uint value.

Converts a value (a single-precision floating point number) to a value.

The Single value to convert. The String representation of the Single value.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The String representation of the object.

Converts an integer value to a value.

The int value to convert. The String representation of the int value.

Converts a Short value to a value.

The Short value to convert. The String representation of the Short value.

Converts a value to a value.

The Double value to convert. The String representation of the Double value.

Converts a value to a value.

The Decimal value to convert. The String representation of the Decimal value.

Converts a value to a value.

The DateTime value to convert. The String representation of the DateTime value.

Converts a value to a .

The Char value to convert. The String representation of the Char value.

Converts a value to a .

The Byte value to convert. The String representation of the Byte value.

Converts a value to a .

The Boolean value to convert. The String representation of the Boolean value.

Converts an object to a Uint value.

The object to convert. The Uint value of the object.

Converts a string to a Uint value.

The string to convert. The Uint value of the string.

Converts an object to a Ulong value.

The object to convert. The Ulong value of the object.

Converts a string to a Ulong value.

The string to convert. The Ulong value of the string.

Converts an object to a Ushort value.

The object to convert. The Ushort value of the object.

Converts a string to a Ushort value.

The string to convert. The Ushort value of the string.

This class provides attributes that are applied to the standard module construct when it is emitted to Intermediate Language (IL). It is not intended to be called directly from your code.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

The Visual Basic compiler uses this class internally when initializing static local members; it is not meant to be called directly from your code.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Returns the state of the static local member's initialization flag (initialized or not).

Contains utilities that the Visual Basic compiler uses.

Used by the Visual Basic compiler as a helper for Redim.

The array to be copied. The destination array. The copied array.

Retrieves and formats a localized resource string or error message.

The identifier of the string or error message to retrieve. An array of parameters to replace placeholders in the string or error message. A formatted resource string or error message.

Returns a Visual Basic method signature.

A object to return a Visual Basic method signature for. The Visual Basic method signature for the supplied object.

Sets the culture of the current thread.

A object to set as the culture of the current thread. The previous value of the property for the current thread.

Throws a localized Visual Basic exception.

The Visual Basic error identifier.

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

Indicates that the Abort button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the MsgBox function.

Indicates that the Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that the message box will be displayed as a modal dialog box when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that the file has changed since the last backup operation for file-access functions.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is an array. Returned by the VarType function.

Represents a backspace character for print and display functions.

Specifies that a binary comparison should be performed when comparison functions are called.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Boolean. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Byte. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the Cancel button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the MsgBox function.

Represents a carriage-return character for print and display functions.

Indicates that the critical message icon will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Represents a carriage-return character combined with a linefeed character for print and display functions.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Currency. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Date. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Decimal. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the leftmost button is selected as the default button when the message box appears.

Indicates that the second button from the left is selected as the default button when the message box appears.

Indicates that the third button from the left is selected as the default button when the message box appears.

Indicates that the file is a directory or folder for file-access functions.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Double. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Empty. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the exclamation icon will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that a Boolean value of False should be used when number-formatting functions are called.

Indicates that the first week of the year that has at least four days should be used when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that the first full week of the year should be used when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that the week of the year in which January 1 occurs should be used when date-related functions are called.

Represents a form-feed character for print functions.

Specifies that Friday should be used as the first day of the week when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that the general date format for the current culture should be used when the FormatDateTime function is called.

Specifies that a property value should be retrieved when the CallByName function is called.

Indicates that the file is a hidden file for file-access functions.

Indicates that the window style is hidden for the invoked program when the Shell function is called.

Indicates Hiragana characters should be converted to Katakana characters when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that the Ignore button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the MsgBox function.

Indicates that the information icon will display when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Integer. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that Katakana characters should be converted to Hiragana characters when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that a property value should be set to an object instance when the CallByName function is called.

Represents a linefeed character for print and display functions.

Indicates that characters should be converted to use linguistic rules for casing instead of file system rules for casing to when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates the type of a variant object is Long. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the long date format for the current culture should be used when the FormatDateTime function is called.

Indicates that the long time format for the current culture should be used when the FormatDateTime function is called.

Indicates that characters should be converted to lowercase when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that the window style is maximized with focus for the invoked program when the Shell function is called.

Specifies that a method should be called when the CallByName function is called.

Indicates that the window style is minimized with focus for the invoked program when the Shell function is called.

Indicates that the window style is minimized without focus for the invoked program when the Shell function is called.

Specifies that Monday should be used as the first day of the week when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that the Help button will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that text will be right-aligned when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that right-to-left reading text (Hebrew and Arabic systems) will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that the message box will display in the foreground when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that wide (double-byte) characters should be converted to narrow (single-byte) characters when the StrConv function is called.

Represents a newline character for print and display functions.

Indicates that the No button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the MsgBox function.

Indicates that the file is a normal file for file-access functions.

Indicates that the window style is normal with focus for the invoked program when the Shell function is called.

Indicates that the window style is normal without focus for the invoked program when the Shell function is called.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Nothing. Returned by the VarType function.

Represents a null character for print and display functions.

Represents a zero-length string for print and display functions, and for calling external procedures.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Object. Returned by the VarType function.

Represents the object error number. User-defined error numbers should be greater than this value.

Indicates that the OK button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the MsgBox function.

Indicates that the OK and Cancel buttons will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that only the OK button will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that the first letter of every word in a string should be converted to uppercase and the remaining characters to lowercase when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that the question icon will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that the file is a read-only file for file-access functions.

Indicates that the Retry button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the MsgBox function.

Indicates that the Retry and Cancel buttons will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Specifies that Saturday should be used as the first day of the week when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that a property value should be set when the CallByName function is called.

Indicates that the short-date format for the current culture should be used when the FormatDateTime function is called.

Indicates that the short-time format for the current culture should be used when the FormatDateTime function is called.

Indicates that characters should be converted to Simplified Chinese when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Single. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is String. Returned by the VarType function.

Specifies that Sunday should be used as the first day of the week when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that the file is a system file for file-access functions.

Indicates that the message box will be displayed as a modal dialog box when the MsgBox function is called.

Represents a tab character for print and display functions.

Indicates that a text comparison should be performed when comparison functions are called.

Specifies that Thursday should be used as the first day of the week when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that characters should be converted to Traditional Chinese when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that a Boolean value of True should be used when number-formatting functions are called.

Specifies that Tuesday should be used as the first day of the week when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that characters should be converted to uppercase when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that the default Boolean value should be used when number-formatting functions are called.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is a user-defined type. Returned by the VarType function.

Indicates that the week specified by your system as the first week of the year should be used when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that the day specified by your system as the first day of the week should be used when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that the type of a variant object is Variant. Returned by the VarType function.

Represents a carriage-return character for print functions.

Indicates the volume label file attribute for file-access functions.

Specifies that Wednesday should be used as the first day of the week when date-related functions are called.

Indicates that narrow (single-byte) characters should be converted to wide (double-byte) characters when the StrConv function is called.

Indicates that the Yes button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the MsgBox function.

Indicates that the Yes and No buttons will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Indicates that the Yes, No, and Cancel buttons will be displayed when the MsgBox function is called.

Provides services to the Visual Basic compiler for compiling For...Next loops.

Initializes a For...Next loop.

The loop counter variable. The initial value of the loop counter. The value of the To option. The value of the Step option. An object that contains verified values for loop values. The counter value for the next loop iteration. False if the loop has terminated; otherwise, True.

Checks for valid values for the loop counter, Step, and To values.

Required. A Decimal value that represents the initial value passed for the loop counter variable. Required. A Decimal value that represents the value passed by using the To keyword. Required. A Decimal value that represents the value passed by using the Step keyword. True if StepValue is greater than zero and count is less than or equal to limit or StepValue is less than or equal to zero and count is greater than or equal to limit; otherwise, False.

Increments a For...Next loop.

The loop counter variable. An object that contains verified values for loop values. The counter value for the next loop iteration. False if the loop has terminated; otherwise, True.

Checks for valid values for the loop counter, Step, and To values.

Required. A Single value that represents the initial value passed for the loop counter variable. Required. A Single value that represents the value passed by using the To keyword. Required. A Single value that represents the value passed by using the Step keyword. True if StepValue is greater than zero and count is less than or equal to limit, or if StepValue is less than or equal to zero and count is greater than or equal to limit; otherwise, False.

Checks for valid values for the loop counter, Step, and To values.

Required. A Double value that represents the initial value passed for the loop counter variable. Required. A Double value that represents the value passed by using the To keyword. Required. A Double value that represents the value passed by using the Step keyword. True if StepValue is greater than zero and count is less than or equal to limit, or if StepValue is less than or equal to zero and count is greater than or equal to limit; otherwise, False.

The Visual Basic compiler uses this class for object flow control; it is not meant to be called directly from your code.

Checks for a synchronization lock on the specified type.

The data type for which to check for synchronization lock.

Provides late-bound math operators, such as and , which the Visual Basic compiler uses internally.

Represents the Visual Basic addition (+) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. Required. Any numeric expression. The sum of Left and Right.

Represents the Visual Basic And operator.

Required. Any Boolean or numeric expression. Required. Any Boolean or numeric expression. For Boolean operations, True if both Left and Right evaluate to True; otherwise, False. For bitwise operations, 1 if both Left and Right evaluate to 1; otherwise, 0.

Represents Visual Basic comparison operators.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. Value Condition -1 Left is less than Right. 0 Left and Right are equal. 1 Left is greater than Right.

Represents the Visual Basic equal (=) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. True if Left and Right are equal; otherwise, False.

Represents the Visual Basic greater-than (>) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. True if Left is greater than Right; otherwise, False.

Represents the Visual Basic greater-than or equal-to (>=) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. True if Left is greater than or equal to Right; otherwise, False.

Represents the Visual Basic less-than (<) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. True if Left is less than Right; otherwise, False.

Represents the Visual Basic less-than or equal-to (<=) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. True if Left is less than or equal to Right; otherwise, False.

Represents the Visual Basic not-equal (<>) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. True if Left is not equal to Right; otherwise, False.

Performs binary or text string comparison when given two strings.

Required. Any String expression. Required. Any String expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. Value Condition -1 Left is less than Right. 0 Left is equal to Right. 1 Left is greater than Right.

Represents the Visual Basic concatenation (&) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. A string representing the concatenation of Left and Right.

Represents the overloaded Visual Basic equals (=) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. The result of the overloaded equals operator. False if operator overloading is not supported.

Represents the overloaded Visual Basic greater-than (>) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. The result of the overloaded greater-than operator. False if operator overloading is not supported.

Represents the overloaded Visual Basic greater-than or equal-to (>=) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. The result of the overloaded greater-than or equal-to operator. False if operator overloading is not supported.

Represents the overloaded Visual Basic less-than (<) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. The result of the overloaded less-than operator. False if operator overloading is not supported.

Represents the overloaded Visual Basic less-than or equal-to (<=) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. The result of the overloaded less-than or equal-to operator. False if operator overloading is not supported.

Represents the overloaded Visual Basic not-equal (<>) operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression. Required. True to perform a case-insensitive string comparison; otherwise, False. The result of the overloaded not-equal operator. False if operator overloading is not supported.

Represents the Visual Basic division (/) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. Required. Any numeric expression. The full quotient of Left divided by Right, including any remainder.

Represents the Visual Basic exponent (^) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. Required. Any numeric expression. The result of Left raised to the power of Right.

Executes a late-bound evaluation of a user-defined operator. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

The user-defined operator. Argument values to pass to the user-defined operator. The result returned from the user-defined operator.

Represents the Visual Basic integer division (\) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. Required. Any numeric expression. The integer quotient of Left divided by Right, which discards any remainder and retains only the integer portion.

Represents the Visual Basic arithmetic left shift (<<) operator.

Required. Integral numeric expression. The bit pattern to be shifted. The data type must be an integral type (SByte, Byte, Short, UShort, Integer, UInteger, Long, or ULong). Required. Numeric expression. The number of bits to shift the bit pattern. The data type must be Integer or widen to Integer. An integral numeric value. The result of shifting the bit pattern. The data type is the same as that of Operand.

Represents the Visual Basic Like operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any string expression conforming to the pattern-matching conventions described in Like Operator. Required. A value that specifies that the operation use either text or binary comparison. True if the string representation of the value in Source satisfies the pattern that is contained in Pattern; otherwise, False. True if both Source and Pattern are Nothing.

Represents the Visual Basic Like operator.

Required. Any String expression. Required. Any String expression conforming to the pattern-matching conventions described in Like Operator. Required. A value that specifies that the operation use either text or binary comparison. True if the value in Source satisfies the pattern that is contained in Pattern; otherwise, False. True if both Source and Pattern are empty.

Represents the Visual Basic Mod operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. Required. Any numeric expression. The remainder after Left is divided by Right.

Represents the Visual Basic multiply (*) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. Required. Any numeric expression. The product of Left and Right.

Represents the Visual Basic unary minus (–) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. The negative value of Operand.

Represents the Visual Basic Not operator.

Required. Any Boolean or numeric expression. For Boolean operations, False if Operand is True; otherwise, True. For bitwise operations, 1 if Operand is 0; otherwise, 0.

Represents the Visual Basic Or operator.

Required. Any Boolean or numeric expression. Required. Any Boolean or numeric expression. For Boolean operations, False if both Left and Right evaluate to False; otherwise, True. For bitwise operations, 0 if both Left and Right evaluate to 0; otherwise, 1.

Represents the Visual Basic unary plus (+) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. The value of Operand. (The sign of the Operand is unchanged.)

Represents the Visual Basic arithmetic right shift (>>) operator.

Required. Integral numeric expression. The bit pattern to be shifted. The data type must be an integral type (SByte, Byte, Short, UShort, Integer, UInteger, Long, or ULong). Required. Numeric expression. The number of bits to shift the bit pattern. The data type must be Integer or widen to Integer. An integral numeric value. The result of shifting the bit pattern. The data type is the same as that of Operand.

Represents the Visual Basic subtraction (–) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. Required. Any numeric expression. The difference between Left and Right.

Represents the Visual Basic Xor operator.

Required. Any Boolean or numeric expression. Required. Any Boolean or numeric expression. A Boolean or numeric value. For a Boolean comparison, the return value is the logical exclusion (exclusive logical disjunction) of two Boolean values. For bitwise (numeric) operations, the return value is a numeric value that represents the bitwise exclusion (exclusive bitwise disjunction) of two numeric bit patterns. For more information, see Xor Operator.

Specifies that the current Option Compare setting should be passed as the default value for an argument.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

The Visual Basic compiler emits this helper class to indicate (for Visual Basic debugging) which comparison option, binary or text, is being used

Initializes a new instance of the class. This is a helper method.

Provides helpers for the Visual Basic Err object.

Performs the work for the Clear method of the Err object. A helper method.

Performs the work for the Raise method of the Err object. A helper method.

An integer value that identifies the nature of the error. Visual Basic errors are in the range 0–65535; the range 0–512 is reserved for system errors; the range 513–65535 is available for user-defined errors. An object.

Closes all files for the calling assembly and stops the process.

The Visual Basic compiler uses this helper method to capture exceptions in the Err object.

The object to be caught.

The Visual Basic compiler uses this helper method to capture exceptions in the Err object.

The object to be caught. The line number of the exception.

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

Initializes a new instance of the attribute.