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Visual Basic Keywords Omitted From VB Script

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Jan 13, 2005

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from Special Edition Using HTML 4:

VB Script Keyword Reference

Keyword/Feature	Description
Array Handling
Option Base	Declares default lower bound
Arrays with lower bound <> 0	All arrays must have 0 lower bound
Clipboard
Clipboard object	Provides access to the clipboard
Clear	Clears the contents of the clipboard
GetFormat	Determines format of clipboard object
GetData	Returns data from the clipboard
SetData	Stores data in the clipboard
GetText	Returns text from the clipboard
SetText	Stores text in the clipboard
Collection
Add	Adds an item to a collection
Count	Returns number of items in collection
Item	Returns an item from a collection
Remove
Removes an item from a collection
Access collections using ! character	Accesses a collection with !
Conditional Compilation
#Const	Defines a compiler constant
#If…Then…#Else	Conditional compilation
Constants/Literals
Const	Defines a constant
All intrinsic	Predefined constants such as vbOK constants
Exponent-based	Real numbers using exponents real number
Trailing data type characters
Defines data types implicitly
Control Flow
DoEvents
Yields execution to Windows
GoSub…Return	Branches to a label in a procedure
GoTo	Goes to a label in a procedure
On Error GoTo	Goes to a label on an error
On…GoSub	Branches to a label on an index
On…GoTo	Goes to a label on an index
Line numbers	Line numbers
Line labels
Labels define GoTo/GoSub targets
With…End With	Provides easy access to an object
Conversion
Chr$	Returns a character from an ASCII code
Hex$	Returns string hex from a number
Oct$
Returns string octal from a number
Ccur	Converts expression to currency
Cvar	Converts expression to a variant
CVDate	Converts an expression to a date
Format	Formats a string
Format$	Formats a string
Str	Returns a string form of a number
Str$
Returns a string form of a number
Val	Returns a number from a string
Data Types
All intrinsic data types except variant	Data types such as Date
Type…End Type	Defines user-defined data type
Date/Time
Date statement	Returns the current date
Time statement	Returns the current time
Date$	Returns the current date
Time$	Returns the current time
Timer	Returns seconds elapsed since midnight
DDE
LinkExecute	Sends command during DDE conversation
LinkPoke
Sends data during a DDE conversation
LinkRequest	Receives data during DDE conversation
LinkSend	Sends data during a DDE conversation
Debugging
Debug.Print	Prints to the debugging window
End	Shuts down the application
Stop	Stops the application
Declaration
Declare	Declares a DLL
Property Get	Defines a user-defined class
Property Let	Defines a user-defined class
Property Set
Defines a user-defined class
Public	Declares a public variable
Private	Declares a private variable
ParamArray	Accepts a variable number of arguments
Optional	Specifies an optional argument
New	Creates a new object
Error Handling
Erl	Returns the line number of an error
Error	Returns an error message
Error$
Returns an error message
On Error…Resume	Enables error handling
Resume	Resumes after an error
Resume Next	Resumes after an error
File Input/Output
All	Opens, reads, writes, and closes files
Financial
All financial	Financial function such as Rate functions.
Graphics
Cls	Clears the screen
Circle	Draws a circle
Line
Draws a line
Point	Draws a point
Pset	Changes a point’s color
Scale	Defines the coordinate system
Print	Prints to a file
Spc	Position output using Print
Tab	Inserts a tab character
TextHeight
Returns height of a text string
TextWidth	Returns width of a text string
LoadPicture	Loads a picture from disk
SavePicture	Saves a picture to disk
QBColor	Returns an RGB color code
RGB	Combines RGB color codes
Manipulating Objects
Arrange	Arranges windows
Zorder	Changes z-order of windows
SetFocus
Sets focus to a window
InputBox$	Prompts the user for a string
Drag	Begins a drag-and-drop operation
Hide	Hides a form
Show	Shows a form
Load	Loads a form
Unload	Unloads a form
Move
Moves a form
PrintForm	Prints a form
Refresh	Repaints a form
AddItem	Adds item to list box
RemoveItem	Removes item from a list box
Miscellaneous
Environ	Returns the user’s environment
Environ$	Returns the user’s environment
SendKeys	Sends keystrokes to a window
Command
Returns the command line parameters
Command$	Returns the command line parameters
AppActivate	Activates an application’s window
Shell	Launches another program
Beep	Beeps the speaker
Object Manipulation
GetObject	Returns an OLE object from a file
TypeOf	Returns the type of an object
Operators
Like	Compares to strings
Options
def type	Sets default data type for variables
Option Base	Sets default lower bound for arrays
Option Compare
Defines default comparison method
Option Private	Defines default scope module
Printing
TextHeight	Returns height of a text string
TextWidth	Returns width of a text string
EndDoc	Terminates a print operation
NewPage	Ejects the current page
PrintForm	Prints a form
Strings
All fixed-length	Strings with a fixed length
LCase$	Converts a string to lowercase
UCase$
Converts a string to uppercase
Lset	Left-aligns a string
Rset	Right-aligns a string
Space$	Pads a string with spaces
String$	Pads a string with a character
Format	Formats a string
Format$	Formats a string
Left$
Returns left portion of a string
Mid$	Returns middle portion of a string
Right$	Returns right portion of a string
Mid Statement	Replaces a portion of a string
Trim$	Removes leading and trailing spaces
LTrim$	Removes leading spaces from a string
RTrim$	Removes trailing spaces from a string
StrConv
Performs various conversions
Using Classes
TypeName
Defines a user-defined class
Optional Arguments
IsMissing
Indicates missing optional argument

from Special Edition Using HTML 4:

VB Script Keyword Reference

by Rick Darnell

Visual Basic Keywords Omitted From VB Script

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