Keywords and Members by Task 

Visual Basic language keywords and run-time library members are organized by purpose and use.

Category Description

Arrays Summary

Creating, defining, and using arrays.

Collection Object Summary

Using collections.

Compiler Directive Summary

Controlling compiler behavior.

Control Flow Summary

Looping and controlling procedure flow.

Conversion Summary

Converting numbers and data types.

Data Types Summary

Data types and object subtypes.

Dates and Times Summary

Converting and using date and time expressions.

Declarations and Constants Summary

Declaring programming elements and defining constants.

Directories and Files Summary

Controlling the file system and processing files.

Errors Summary

Trapping and returning error values.

Financial Summary

Performing financial calculations.

Input and Output Summary

Receiving input and displaying or printing output.

Information and Interaction Summary

Starting other applications and processing events.

Math Summary

Performing trigonometric and other mathematical calculations.

My Reference

Documents My, a feature that allows easy and rapid application development by providing intuitive access to commonly used methods, properties, and events used for programming against the computer on which the application is running, the current application, the application's resources, the application's settings, and so on

Operators Summary

Comparing expressions and other operations.

Registry Summary

Deleting, reading, and saving program settings.

String Manipulation Summary

Manipulating strings and string type data.

See Also

Reference

Visual Basic Language Keywords
Visual Basic Run-Time Library Members
Keywords Compared in Different Languages