Microsoft.VisualBasic

Provides properties, methods, and events related to the current application.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Changes the culture used by the current thread for string manipulation and for string formatting.

. Name of the culture as a string. For a list of possible names, see . is . is not a valid culture name.

Changes the culture that the current thread uses for retrieving culture-specific resources.

. Name of the culture as a string. For a list of possible names, see . is . is not a valid culture name.

Gets the culture that the current thread uses for string manipulation and string formatting.

A object that represents the culture the current thread uses for string manipulation and string formatting.

Returns the value of the specified environment variable.

A containing the name of the environment variable. A containing the value of the environment variable with the name . is . The environment variable specified by does not exist. The calling code does not have with access.

Gets an object that provides properties for getting information about the application's assembly, such as the version number, description, and so on.

The object for the current application.

Gets an object that provides properties and methods for writing event and exception information to the application's log listeners.

The object for the current application.

Gets the culture that the current thread uses for retrieving culture-specific resources.

A object that represents the culture that the current thread uses for retrieving culture-specific resources.

Provides properties for getting the information about the application, such as the version number, description, loaded assemblies, and so on.

Initializes a new instance of the class with the specified assembly information.

. The assembly for which to obtain the information.

Gets the name, without the extension, of the assembly file for the application.

A containing the file name.

Gets the company name associated with the application.

A that contains the company name associated with the application. The assembly does not have an attribute.

Gets the copyright notice associated with the application.

A containing the copyright notice associated with the application. The assembly does not have an attribute.

Gets the description associated with the application.

A containing the description associated with the application. The assembly does not have an attribute.

Gets the directory where the application is stored.

A that contains the directory where the application is stored.

Gets a collection of all assemblies loaded by the application.

A of containing all the assemblies loaded by the application. The application domain is not loaded.

Gets the product name associated with the application.

A containing the product name associated with the application. The assembly does not have an attribute.

Gets the current stack-trace information.

A containing the current stack-trace information. The return value can be . The requested stack-trace information is out of range.

Gets the title associated with the application.

A containing the associated with the application. The assembly does not have an attribute.

Gets the trademark notice associated with the application.

A containing the trademark notice associated with the application. The assembly does not have an attribute.

Gets the version number of the application.

A object containing the version number of the application. The application does not have sufficient permissions to access the assembly version.

Gets the amount of physical memory mapped to the process context.

A containing the number of bytes of physical memory mapped to the process context. A situation in which partial trust exists and the user lacks necessary permissions.

Indicates how a Visual Basic application authenticates the user for the object.

The constructor does not initialize the principal for the application's main thread. The application needs to initialize the principal for the application's main thread.

The constructor initializes the principal for the application's main thread with the current user's Windows user information.

Indicates the type of role to check when calling the method.

Account operators manage the user accounts on a computer or domain.

Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer or domain.

Backup operators can override security restrictions for the sole purpose of backing up or restoring files.

Guests are more restricted than users.

Power users possess most administrative permissions with some restrictions. Thus, power users can run legacy applications, in addition to certified applications.

Print operators can take control of a printer.

Replicators support file replication in a domain.

System operators manage a particular computer.

Users are prevented from making accidental or intentional system-wide changes. Thus, users can run certified applications, but not most legacy applications.

Provides a type converter to convert enumeration values to enumeration values.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Gets a value indicating whether this converter can convert an object to the given destination type using the context.

An object that provides a format context. A object that represents the type you wish to convert to. A object that indicates whether this converter can perform the conversion.

Converts the given object to another type.

A formatter context. The culture into which will be converted. The object to convert. The type to convert the object to. The converted object. is . The conversion cannot be performed.

This exception is thrown when a subsequent instance of a single-instance application is unable to connect to the first application instance.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes a new instance of the class with serialized data.

The object that holds the serialized object data about the exception being thrown. The object that contains contextual information about the source or destination.

Initializes a new instance of the class with a specified error message.

A message that describes the error.

Initializes a new instance of the class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.

A object describing the error. The object that is the cause of the current exception. If the parameter is not a null reference ( in Visual Basic), the current exception is raised in a block that handles the inner exception.

Provides properties, methods, and events related to the current application.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Gets a collection containing the command-line arguments as strings for the current application.

A of , containing the command-line arguments as strings for the current application.

Gets the current application's ClickOnce deployment object, which provides support for updating the current deployment programmatically and support for the on-demand download of files.

The object for the application's ClickOnce deployment. The application is not deployed as a ClickOnce application.

Sets the values to use as the current application's command-line arguments.

A of , containing the strings to use as the command-line arguments for the current application.

Gets a that represents whether the application was deployed from a network using ClickOnce.

A that represents whether the application was deployed from a network. The value is if the current application was deployed from a network; otherwise the value is .

This exception is thrown by the Visual Basic Application Model when the property has not been set.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes a new instance of the class with serialized data.

The object that holds the serialized object data about the exception being thrown. The object that contains contextual information about the source or destination.

Initializes a new instance of the class with a specified error message.

A message that describes the error.

Initializes a new instance of the class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.

Represents the method that will handle the event.

The source of the event. A object that contains the event data.

Indicates which condition should cause a Windows Forms application to shut down.

Shut down only after the last form closes.

Shut down when the main form closes.

Provides data for the event.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

A object that contains the command-line arguments of the application.

Gets the command-line arguments of the application.

A object that contains the command-line arguments of the application.

Represents the method that will handle the event.

The source of the event. A object that contains the event data.

Provides data for the event.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

A object that contains the command-line arguments of the subsequent application instance. A that indicates whether the first application instance should be brought to the foreground upon exiting the exception handler.

Indicates whether the first application instance should be brought to the foreground upon exiting the exception handler.

A that indicates whether the first application instance should be brought to the foreground upon exiting the exception handler.

Gets the command-line arguments of the subsequent application instance.

A object that contains the command-line arguments of the subsequent application instance.

Represents the method that will handle the event.

The source of the event. A object that contains the event data.

Provides data for the event.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

A that indicates whether the application should exit upon exiting the exception handler. The that occurred.

Indicates whether the application should exit upon exiting the exception handler.

A that indicates whether the application should exit upon exiting the exception handler.

Represents the method that will handle the event.

The source of the event. A object that contains the event data.

Provides access to the information about the current user.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Gets or sets the current principal (for role-based security).

A value representing the security context. The caller does not have the permission required to set the principal.

Sets the thread's current principal to the Windows user that started the application.

Gets or sets the principal object representing the current user.

An object representing the current user.

Gets a value that indicates whether the user has been authenticated.

if the user was authenticated; otherwise, .

Determines whether the current user belongs to the specified role.

The built-in Windows role for which to check membership. if the current user is a member of the specified role; otherwise, .

Determines whether the current user belongs to the specified role.

The name of the role for which to check membership. if the current user is a member of the specified role; otherwise, .

Gets the name of the current user.

. The name of the current user.

Provides access to the information about the current user.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Gets or sets the principal object representing the current user.

An object representing the current user.

Provides properties, methods, and events related to the current application.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes a new instance of the class with the specified authentication mode.

. Specifies the application's authentication mode.

Gets the object for the current thread of a Windows Forms application.

This property returns the object for the current thread. That object contains contextual information about the thread.

Processes all Windows messages currently in the message queue.

Determines whether this application will use the Windows XP styles for windows, controls, and so on.

A value that indicates whether this application will use the XP Windows styles for windows, controls, and so on.

Hides the application's splash screen.

Determines whether this application is a single-instance application.

A value that indicates whether this application is a single-instance application.

Gets or sets the main form for this application.

The main form for this application.

Determines the minimum length of time, in milliseconds, for which the splash screen is displayed.

. The minimum length of time, in milliseconds, for which the splash screen is displayed.

Occurs when the network availability changes.

When overridden in a derived class, allows a designer to emit code that configures the splash screen and main form.

When overridden in a derived class, allows a designer to emit code that initializes the splash screen.

Sets the visual styles, text display styles, and current principal for the main application thread (if the application uses Windows authentication), and initializes the splash screen, if defined.

A of , containing the command-line arguments as strings for the current application. A indicating if application startup should continue.

Provides the starting point for when the main application is ready to start running, after the initialization is done.

When overridden in a derived class, allows for code to run when the application shuts down.

When overridden in a derived class, allows for code to run when the application starts.

. Contains the command-line arguments of the application and indicates whether the application startup should be canceled. A that indicates if the application should continue starting up.

When overridden in a derived class, allows for code to run when a subsequent instance of a single-instance application starts.

. Contains the command-line arguments of the subsequent application instance and indicates whether the first application instance should be brought to the foreground upon exiting the exception handler.

When overridden in a derived class, allows for code to run when an unhandled exception occurs in the application.

. A that indicates whether the event was raised.

Gets a collection of all the application's open forms.

A object that contains all of the application's open forms.

Sets up and starts the Visual Basic Application model.

Array of type . The command line from .

Determines whether the application saves the user settings on exit.

. indicates that the application saves the user settings on exit. Otherwise, the settings are not implicitly saved.

Determines if the application has a splash screen defined, and if it does, displays it.

Occurs when the application shuts down.

Determines what happens when the application's main form closes.

A enumeration value, indicating what the application should do when the main form closes.

Gets or sets the splash screen for this application.

A object that the application uses as the splash screen. The same value is assigned to this property and the property.

Occurs when the application starts.

Occurs when attempting to start a single-instance application and the application is already active.

Occurs when the application encounters an unhandled exception.

When overridden in a derived class, this property allows a designer to specify the default text rendering engine for the application's forms.

. A value of indicates that the application should use the default text rendering engine for Visual Basic 2005. A value of indicates that the application should use the text rendering engine for Visual Basic .NET 2002 and Visual Basic .NET 2003.

Indicates the window style to use for the invoked program when calling the function.

Window is hidden and focus is passed to the hidden window. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

Window is maximized with focus. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

Window is displayed as an icon with focus. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

Window is displayed as an icon. The currently active window remains active. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

Window has focus and is restored to its original size and position. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

Window is restored to its most recent size and position. The currently active window remains active. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

Indicates how to play sounds when calling audio methods.

Causes the method to play the sound in the background. The calling code continues to execute.

Causes the method to play the sound in the background until the method is called. The calling code continues to execute.

Causes the method to play the sound, and waits until it completes before calling code continues.

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

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

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

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

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

A Visual Basic is an ordered set of items that can be referred to as a unit.

Creates and returns a new Visual Basic object.

Adds an element to a object.

Required. An object of any type that specifies the element to add to the collection. Optional. A unique expression that specifies a key string that can be used instead of a positional index to access this new element in the collection. Optional. An expression that specifies a relative position in the collection. The element to be added is placed in the collection before the element identified by the argument. If is a numeric expression, it must be a number from 1 through the value of the collection's property. If is a expression, it must correspond to the key string specified when the element being referred to was added to the collection. You cannot specify both and . Optional. An expression that specifies a relative position in the collection. The element to be added is placed in the collection after the element identified by the argument. If is a numeric expression, it must be a number from 1 through the value of the collection's property. If is a expression, it must correspond to the key string specified when the element referred to was added to the collection. You cannot specify both and .

Deletes all elements of a Visual Basic object.

Returns a value that indicates whether a Visual Basic object contains an element with a specific key.

Required. A expression that specifies the key for which to search the elements of the collection. if Visual Basic object contains an element with a specific key; otherwise, .

Gets the number of elements in a collection.

The number of elements in a collection.

Returns an enumerator that iterates through the collection.

An enumerator that can be used to iterate through the collection.

Gets a specific element of a object either by position or by key.

A numeric expression that specifies the position of an element of the collection. must be a number from 1 through the value of the collection's property. Or (B) An expression that specifies the position or key string of an element of the collection. A specific element of a object either by position or by key.

Gets a specific element of a object either by position or by key.

A unique expression that specifies a key string that can be used, instead of a positional index, to access an element of the collection. must correspond to the argument specified when the element was added to the collection. A specific element of a object either by position or by key.

Removes an element from a object.

A numeric expression that specifies the position of an element of the collection. must be a number from 1 through the value of the collection's property.

Removes an element from a object.

Copies the elements of the to an , starting at a particular index.

The one-dimensional that is the destination of the elements copied from object. The must have zero-based indexing. The zero-based index in at which copying begins. is . is less than zero. is multidimensional. -or- The number of elements in the source object is greater than the available space from to the end of the destination . The type of the source object cannot be cast automatically to the type of the destination .

Gets the number of items in this collection.

The number of items in this collection.

Gets a value that indicates whether access to the object is synchronized (thread-safe).

if access to the object is synchronized; otherwise, .

Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the object.

An object that can be used to synchronize access to the object.

Gets an enumerator that iterates through the collection.

An object that can be used to iterate through the collection.

Adds an item to the object.

The object to add to the collection. The position into which the new element was inserted. The object is read-only. -or- The object has a fixed size.

Removes all items from the object.

The is read-only.

Determines whether the object contains a specific value.

The to locate in the object. Returns if the is found in the object; otherwise, .

Determines the index of a specific item in the object.

The to locate in the object. The index of if found in the collection; otherwise, -1.

Inserts an item to the object at the specified index.

The zero-based index at which should be inserted. The to insert into the object. is not a valid index in the object. The object is read-only. -or- The object has a fixed size. is null reference in the object.

Gets a value that indicates whether the object has a fixed size.

if the object has a fixed size; otherwise, .

Gets a value that indicates whether the object is.

if the object is read-only; otherwise, .

Gets or sets the element at the specified index.

The zero-based index of the element to get or set. The element at the specified index. is not a valid index in the object. The property is set and the object is read-only.

Removes the first occurrence of a specific object from the object.

The to remove from the object. The object is read-only. -or- The object has a fixed size.

Removes the object item at the specified index.

The zero-based index of the item to remove. is not a valid index in the object. The object is read-only. -or- The object has a fixed size.

Runs after the entire object graph has been deserialized.

The object that initiated the callback.

Returns the data needed to serialize the object.

A object containing the information required to serialize the object. A object containing the source and destination of the serialized stream associated with the object.

The attribute instructs the compiler to add metadata that allows a class to be exposed as a COM object.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes the value of the property that is used to uniquely identify a class.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes the value of the property that is used to uniquely identify a class. Initializes the value of the property that is used to uniquely identify an interface.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes the value of the property that is used to uniquely identify a class. Initializes the value of the property that is used to uniquely identify an interface. Initializes the value of the property that is used to uniquely identify an event.

Gets a class ID used to uniquely identify a class.

Read-only. A string that can be used by the compiler to uniquely identify the class when a COM object is created.

Gets an event ID used to uniquely identify an event.

Read only. A string that can be used by the compiler to uniquely identify an event for the class when a COM object is created.

Gets an interface ID used to uniquely identify an interface.

Read-only. A string that can be used by the compiler to uniquely identify an interface for the class when a COM object is created.

Indicates that the COM interface name shadows another member of the class or base class.

A value that indicates that the COM interface name shadows another member of the class or base class.

Indicates how to compare strings when calling comparison functions.

Performs a binary comparison. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

Performs a textual comparison. This member is equivalent to the Visual Basic constant .

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

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

Converts a array to a string.

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

Converts a subset of a array to a string.

The 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 value. Returns if the object is null; otherwise, .

Converts a string to a value.

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

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a one-dimensional array.

The object to convert. A one-dimensional array.

Converts a string to a one-dimensional array.

The string to convert. A one-dimensional array.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts a value to a value.

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

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a generic type .

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

Converts an object to an integer value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to an integer value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to an value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to an value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts a value to a .

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts a value to a .

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts a value to a .

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts a value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts a value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

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

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

Converts a value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

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

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

Converts a value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts an integer value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts a value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The representation of the object.

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

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

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

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

Converts a value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts a value to a value.

The value to convert. The representation of the value.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

Converts an object to a value.

The object to convert. The value of the object.

Converts a string to a value.

The string to convert. The value of the string.

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string and culture information.

Required. String to convert to a value. Required. A object that defines how date values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value that corresponds to .

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified value.

Required. value to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object and number format information.

Required. Object to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string and number format information.

Required. String to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string and number format information.

Required. String to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value that corresponds to .

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.

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string and number format information.

Required. String to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string and number format information.

Required. String to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

Provides exception handling support for the Visual Basic runtime. This class is not intended to be used from your code.

Provides services to the Visual Basic compiler for compiling and loops.

Checks for a synchronization lock on the specified type.

The data type for which to check for synchronization lock.

Gets the enumerator for an array being iterated over in a loop.

An array being iterated over in a loop. The enumerator for .

Gets the enumerator for an object being iterated over in a loop.

An object being iterated over in a loop. The enumerator for .

Sets a reference to the next object in a loop.

The range variable of the loop. The of the object being iterated over in the loop. if refers to the next object; if there are no more objects and is .

Initializes a loop.

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

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

Required. A value that represents the initial value passed for the loop counter variable. Required. A value that represents the value passed by using the keyword. Required. A value that represents the value passed by using the keyword. if is greater than zero and is less than or equal to , or if is less than or equal to zero and is greater than or equal to ; otherwise, .

Increments a loop.

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

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

Returns a reference to and information about the current Visual Basic host window.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Gets the current Visual Basic host object.

A object that returns a reference to and information about the current Visual Basic host window.

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.

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.

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns an value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to an value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns an value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to an value. The value that corresponds to .

The exception thrown for internal Visual Basic compiler errors.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Initializes a new instance of the class, specifying an error message.

The message that describes the error.

Initializes a new instance of the class, specifying an error message and an inner exception.

The message that describes the error. The exception that is the cause of the current internal exception.

Provides properties and methods that support Visual Basic XML literals. This class is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Gets or sets the value of an XML attribute. This property is not intended to be used from your code.

A collection of XML elements to get an attribute value from or set an attribute value for. The name of the XML attribute to get a value from or set a value for. The value of the XML attribute identified by the parameter from the first element in the supplied collection of XML elements. If the collection is empty, returns .

Gets or sets the value of an XML attribute. This property is not intended to be used from your code.

An XML element to get an attribute value from or set an attribute value for. The name of the XML attribute to get a value from or set a value for. The value of the XML attribute identified by the parameter in the supplied XML element.

Creates an XML attribute that has the supplied name and value. This method is not intended to be used from your code.

The name of the XML attribute to create. The value to assign to the created XML attribute. If is , this method returns . An object that has the supplied name and value.

Creates an XML attribute that has the supplied name and namespace value. This method is not intended to be used from your code.

The name of the XML attribute to create. The namespace value to assign to the created XML attribute. An object that has the supplied name and namespace value.

Removes XML namespace attributes from an XML element. This method is not intended to be used from your code.

The list of XML namespace prefixes for XML elements in the current scope. The list of XML namespaces for XML elements in the current scope. The list of namespace attributes to remove from the XML element. The XML element to remove XML namespace attributes from. The supplied XML element with the specified XML namespace attributes removed.

Removes XML namespace attributes from an XML element. This method is not intended to be used from your code.

Gets or sets the value of an XML element. This property is not intended to be used from your code.

A collection of XML elements to get a value from or set a value for. The value of the first XML element in the supplied collection. If the collection is empty, returns .

Represents a host window for Visual Basic.

Gets the host Window for the current Visual Basic environment.

The host window for the current Visual Basic environment.

Gets the title of the host window for the current Visual Basic environment.

The title of the host window for the current Visual Basic environment.

This class has been deprecated since Visual Basic 2005.

Performs a late-bound call to an object method.

The object to call a method on. The type of the object. The method name of to call. An array of parameter values to pass to the method. An array that contains the names of the parameters to which the values in the array are passed. An array of values, where indicates that the associated parameter is passed .

Returns a late-bound value from an object.

The object to return the value from. The type of the object. The member name of to retrieve a value from. An array of one or more index values that specify the location in if is a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional array, or argument values to pass to the object . An array that contains the names of the parameters to which the values in the array are passed. An array of values, where indicates that the associated parameter is passed . If is an array, the value from at the location specified by . If is an object, the return value of invoked by using the named parameters in and their associated values in .

Returns a late-bound value from an object, using the specified index or parameters.

The object to return the value from. An array of one or more index values that specify the location in if is a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional array, or argument values to pass to the object . An array that contains the names of the parameters to which the values in the array are passed. If is an array, the value from at the location specified by . If is an object, the return value of invoked by using the named parameters in and their associated values in .

Sets a late-bound value of an object, using the specified parameters.

The object to set the value for. An array of one or more index values that specify the location in if is a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional array, or argument values to pass to the object . An array that contains the names of the parameters to which the values in the array are passed.

Sets a late-bound value of an object, using the specified parameters.

The object to set the value for. An array of one or more parameter values to pass to the object . An array that contains the names of the parameters to which the values in the array are passed. to suppress the exception thrown when the set member is not found. to identify as the result of a late-bound expression.

Sets a late-bound value of a member of an object, using the specified parameters.

The object to set the member value for. The type of the object. The member name to set. An array of one or parameter values to pass to the member of . An array that contains the names of the parameters to which the values in the array are passed.

Sets a late-bound value of a member of an object, using the specified parameters.

The object to set the member value for. The type of the object. The member name to set. An array of one or more parameter values to pass to the member of . An array that contains the names of the parameters to which the values in the array are passed. to suppress the exception thrown when the set member is not found. to identify as the result of a late-bound expression.

This class provides helpers that the Visual Basic compiler uses to do the work for the Like Operator. It is not meant to be called directly from your code.

Performs binary or text string comparison given two objects. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

The string to compare. The string against which is being compared. A enumeration specifying whether or not to use text comparison. If , this method uses text comparison; if , this method uses binary comparison. if the strings match; otherwise, .

Performs binary or text string comparison given two strings. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

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 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.

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 value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise . A value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an . Set to when the base reference of the late reference is an ; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of of value types. Otherwise, set to .

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 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 value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to to throw exceptions. Set to to return 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 value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to to throw exceptions. Set to to return 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. A value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise . A value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an . Set to when the base reference of the late reference is an ; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of of value types. Otherwise, set to .

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 values that the late binder uses to communicate back to the call site which arguments match parameters. Each value indicates that the arguments matched and should be copied out after the call to is complete. A 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 value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to to throw exceptions. Set to to return 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 value that specifies whether to allow function evaluation. A value that specifies whether to allow property evaluation. A 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.

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 value used to specify whether to throw exceptions when an error is encountered. Set to to throw exceptions. Set to to return 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. 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 value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise . A value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an . Set to when the base reference of the late reference is an ; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of of value types. Otherwise, set to . An enumeration member of type representing the type of procedure being called. The value of CallType can be , , or . Only 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 value used to determine whether the set operation will work. Set to when you believe that an intermediate value has been set in the property or field; otherwise . A value that specifies when the base reference of the late reference is an . Set to when the base reference of the late reference is an ; this allows you to generate a run-time exception for late assignments to fields of of value types. Otherwise, set to .

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 services to the Visual Basic compiler for compiling loops.

Initializes a loop.

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

Required. A value that represents the initial value passed for the loop counter variable. Required. A value that represents the value passed by using the keyword. Required. A value that represents the value passed by using the keyword. if is greater than zero and is less than or equal to or is less than or equal to zero and is greater than or equal to ; otherwise, .

Increments a loop.

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

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

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Performs an addition (+) operation.

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

Performs a bitwise operation.

Required. Any or numeric expression. Required. Any or numeric expression. 1 if both and evaluate to 1; otherwise, 0.

Performs a bitwise operation.

Required. Any or numeric expression. Required. Any or numeric expression. 0 if both and evaluate to 0; otherwise, 1.

Performs an operation.

Required. Any or numeric expression. Required. Any or numeric expression. A numeric value that represents the bitwise exclusion (exclusive bitwise disjunction) of two numeric bit patterns. For more information, see Xor Operator.

Performs a division (/) operation.

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

Returns a boxed primitive value. This method is used to prevent copying structures multiple times.

Required. Any expression. The primitive value of typed as object.

Performs an integer division (\) operation.

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

Performs a comparison.

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. if the string representation of the value in satisfies the pattern that is contained in ; otherwise, . if both and are .

Performs a modulus () operation.

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

Performs a multiplication (*) operation.

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

Performs a unary minus (-) operation.

Required. Any numeric expression. The negative value of .

Performs a operation.

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

Performs binary or text string comparison when given two objects.

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

Performs a unary plus (+) operation.

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

Performs an exponent (^) operation.

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

Performs an arithmetic left shift (<<) operation.

Required. Integral numeric expression. The bit pattern to be shifted. The data type must be an integral type (, , , , , , , or ). Required. Numeric expression. The number of bits to shift the bit pattern. The data type must be or widen to . An integral numeric value. The result of shifting the bit pattern. The data type is the same as that of .

Performs an arithmetic right shift (>>) operation.

Performs a string concatenation (&) operation.

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

Performs a subtraction (-) operation.

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

Performs an comparison.

Required. Any or numeric expression. Required. Any or numeric expression. A or numeric value. For a comparison, the return value is the logical exclusion (exclusive logical disjunction) of two 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.

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 and .

Represents the Visual Basic operator.

Required. Any or numeric expression. Required. Any or numeric expression. For operations, if both and evaluate to ; otherwise, . For bitwise operations, 1 if both and evaluate to 1; otherwise, 0.

Represents Visual Basic comparison operators.

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

Represents the Visual Basic equal (=) operator.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Performs binary or text string comparison when given two strings.

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

Represents the Visual Basic concatenation (&) operator.

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

Represents the overloaded Visual Basic equals (=) operator.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Represents the Visual Basic division (/) operator.

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

Represents the Visual Basic exponent (^) operator.

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

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 divided by , which discards any remainder and retains only the integer portion.

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

Represents the Visual Basic operator.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any 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. if the value in satisfies the pattern that is contained in ; otherwise, . if both and are empty.

Represents the Visual Basic operator.

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

Represents the Visual Basic multiply (*) operator.

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

Represents the Visual Basic unary minus (-) operator.

Required. Any numeric expression. The negative value of .

Represents the Visual Basic operator.

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

Represents the Visual Basic operator.

Required. Any or numeric expression. Required. Any or numeric expression. For operations, if both and evaluate to ; otherwise, . For bitwise operations, 0 if both and evaluate to 0; otherwise, 1.

Represents the Visual Basic unary plus (+) operator.

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

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

Represents the Visual Basic subtraction (-) operator.

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

Represents the Visual Basic operator.

Specifies that the current 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 object.

Performs the work for the method of the 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 object.

The object to be caught.

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

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

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string.

Required. String to convert to a value. The value that corresponds to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified string and number format information.

Required. String to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

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).

This class has been deprecated as of Visual Basic 2005.

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified .

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified .

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified .

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified date.

Required. Date to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified .

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified and number format information.

Required. to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified .

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified and number format information.

Required. to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified .

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified (64-bit integer).

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to the specified object.

Required. Object to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified (16-bit integer).

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified .

Required. to convert to a value. The value corresponding to .

Returns a value that corresponds to a specified and number format information.

Required. to convert to a value. A object that defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture. The value corresponding to .

Overwrites the parameter with the contents of the parameter.

Required. String variable to modify. Required. Location in the parameter to begin overwriting from. The index is 1-based. Required. Maximum number of characters from the parameter to use, starting from the first character. Required. String value to overwrite the parameter with.

Compares two strings.

Required. String to compare with . Required. String to compare with . Required. to perform a case-insensitive comparison; otherwise . Value Condition zero The two strings are equal. less than zero is less than . greater than zero is greater than .

Compares the parameters and and returns the same results as the operator.

Required. Any expression. Any expression conforming to the pattern-matching conventions described in Like Operator. Specifies how to compare strings to patterns, according to the . Can be for binary comparison or for comparison based on a case-insensitive text sort order determined by your system's value. A value indicating whether or not the string satisfies the pattern. If the value in string satisfies the pattern contained in pattern, result is . If the string does not satisfy the pattern, result is . If both string and pattern are empty strings, the result is .

Compares the parameters and and returns the same results as the operator, using binary comparison.

Required. Any expression. Required. Any expression conforming to the pattern-matching conventions described in Like Operator. A value indicating whether or not the string satisfies the pattern. If the value in string satisfies the pattern contained in pattern, result is . If the string does not satisfy the pattern, result is . If both string and pattern are empty strings, the result is .

Compares the parameters and and returns the same results as the operator, using text comparison.

Contains utilities that the Visual Basic compiler uses.

Used by the Visual Basic compiler as a helper for .

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 module contains procedures used to interact with objects, applications, and systems.

Executes a method on an object, or sets or returns a property on an object.

Required. . A pointer to the object exposing the property or method. Required. . A string expression containing the name of the property or method on the object. Required. An enumeration member of type representing the type of procedure being called. The value of can be , , or . Optional. . A parameter array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called. Executes a method on an object, or sets or returns a property on an object.

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether an expression can be evaluated as a number.

Required. expression. Returns a Boolean value indicating whether an expression can be evaluated as a number.

Returns a string value containing the system data type name of a variable.

Required. A string variable containing a Visual Basic type name. Returns a string value containing the system data type name of a variable.

Returns a string value containing data type information about a variable.

Required. variable. If is , you can pass a variable of any data type except a structure. Returns a string value containing data type information about a variable.

Returns a string value containing the Visual Basic data type name of a variable.

Required. String variable containing a type name used by the common language runtime. Returns a string value containing the Visual Basic data type name of a variable.

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

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

Indicates that the , , and buttons will be displayed when the function is called.

Indicates that the message box will be displayed as a modal dialog box when the 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 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 . Returned by the function.

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

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

Indicates that the critical message icon will be displayed when the 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 . Returned by the 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 . Returned by the function.

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

Indicates that a value of 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 function is called.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indicates that the window style is minimized without focus for the invoked program when the 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 button will be displayed when the function is called.

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

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

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

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

Represents a newline character for print and display functions.

Indicates that the button was clicked in a message box. Returned by the 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 function is called.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indicates that a value of 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 function is called.

Indicates that the default 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 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 . Returned by the 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 function is called.

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

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

Indicates that the , , and buttons will be displayed when the function is called.

The module contains constants used as control characters. These constants can be used anywhere in your code.

Initializes a new instance of the class.

Represents a backspace character ().

Represents a carriage return character ().

Represents a carriage return/linefeed character combination ().

Represents a form feed character for print functions ().

Represents a line feed character ().

Represents a new line character ().

Represents a null character ().

Represents a double-quote character.

Represents a tab character ().

Represents a vertical tab character ().

The module contains the procedures used to perform various conversion operations.

Converts an object to the specified type.

The object to convert. The type to which to convert the object. An object whose type at run time is the requested target type.

Converts an object to the specified generic type.

The object to convert. The type to which to convert the object. An object statically typed as the requested generic type.

Returns the error message that corresponds to a given error number.

The error message that corresponds to the most recent run-time error. is out of range.

Returns the error message that corresponds to a given error number.

Optional. Any valid error number. The error message that corresponds to a given error number. is out of range.

Returns the integer portion of a number.

Required. A number of type or any valid numeric expression. The integer portion of a number. Number is not specified. Number is not a numeric type.

Returns the integer portion of a number.

Required. A number of type or any valid numeric expression. The integer portion of a number. Number is not specified. Number is not a numeric type.

Returns the integer portion of a number.

Required. A number of type or any valid numeric expression. The integer portion of a number. Number is not specified. Number is not a numeric type.

Returns the integer portion of a number.

Required. A number of type or any valid numeric expression. The integer portion of a number. Number is not specified. Number is not a numeric type.

Returns the integer portion of a number.

Required. A number of type or any valid numeric expression. The integer portion of a number. Number is not specified. Number is not a numeric type.

Returns the integer portion of a number.

Required. A number of type or any valid numeric expression. If contains , is returned. The integer portion of a number. Number is not specified. Number is not a numeric type.

Returns the integer portion of a number.

Required. A number of type or any valid numeric expression. The integer portion of a number. Number is not specified. Number is not a numeric type.

Returns a string representing the hexadecimal value of a number.

Required. Any valid numeric expression or expression. A string representing the hexadecimal value of a number. is not specified. is not a numeric type.